Arkansas Tied for Sixth at General Jim Hackler


MURRELLS INLET, S.C. - After the second round was suspended due to darkness at the General Jim Hackler Intercollegiate the 13th-ranked Razorbacks found themselves sharing six place with three other schools. Arkansas, Central Florida, Furman and Louisville all shot a 14-over-par 302 on the TPC of Myrtle Beach's par 72, 6,950-yard golf course. Pepperdine is leading the 19-team field with a score of 292 for four-over-par.
The Hogs had three holes left in the second round and were at even par as a team to that point. That kind of play has left Arkansas head coach Mike Ketcham optimistic about completing the second round on Tuesday.
"We were moving up fast in the afternoon," Ketcham said. "Things are going better for us and I think this morning we had a little of a hangover effect from last weekend's performance. The conditions here have been very difficult to play in with 15-20 mile-per-hour wind gusts, but Seth Murphy played well today. It's the kind of tournament where you want to get the ball as close to the green as possible and get par. I think we'll have a good opportunity to win this tournament going into the last round."
Leading Arkansas is senior Seth Murphy who posted a 72 for even par in the first round and is alone in ninth place. Senior Andrew Dahl and sophomore Paul Bradshaw both posted scores of four-over-par 76 and they are tied in 32nd.
Freshman Matt Bortis is tied at 58th with a 78 for six over par. When freshman Beau Glover came down with a case of food poisoning senior Chad Faucett was able to take his place since he was competing at the tournament as an individual. Faucett registered a 79 (+7) to put himself in a tie for 68th. The General Jim Hackler Intercollegiate is Faucett's first competition of the spring campaign and his third for the year.
A shotgun start at 8 a.m. on Tuesday will mark the completion of the second round and entire final round at the General Jim Hackler Intercollegiate. When the Hogs return from South Carolina they will head south to Austin, Texas for the Morris Williams Intercollegiate on March 14-16. 

 General Jim Hackler Invitation * Individual TPC of Myrtle Beach Murrells Int,SC Dates: 03/08 - 03/09 (Today:03-08-2004) Par: 72 Yardage: 6950 Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores 1 Pepperdine Univ. 292 2 Wake Forest Univ. 297 3 Virginia, U. of 299 East Tennessee St. 299 5 Virginia Tech 301 6 UCF 302 Arkansas, U. of 302 Furman University 302 Louisville, U. of 302 10 Kansas State Univ. 303 11 South Alabama, U. of 304 12 UT-Arlington 305 13 South Carolina 306 14 East Carolina Univ. 308 Charlotte 308 16 Coastal Carolina 309 17 Michigan, U. of 311 18 Long Beach State 314 Coastal Carolina B 314 Fin. Top 20 Players School Scores 1 Bill Haas Wk. Forest 35- 35 70 Michael Putnam Pepperdine 37- 33 70 Kevin O'Connell Virginia 36- 34 70 4 Charlie Woo Louisville 33- 38 71 Tyrone Mordt UTA 35- 36 71 Randy Creighton Pepperdine 35- 36 71 Pat Stolpe Coastal B 36- 35 71 Scott Wise Va. Tech 36- 35 71 9 Seth Murphy Arkansas 37- 35 72 10 Gareth Maybin So Alabama 39- 34 73 Noel Kavanagh E Tenn. St 40- 33 73 Ryan Stinnett Va. Tech 39- 34 73 13 Matt Davidson Furman 36- 38 74 Aaron Watkins Kansas St. 39- 35 74 Dustin Johnson Coast. Car 37- 37 74 Cennydd Mills E Tenn. St 36- 38 74 Rob Langley Furman 37- 37 74 Chad Wilcox Wk. Forest 38- 36 74 Ben Kern Kansas St. 33- 41 74 Jeremy Luce Virginia 36- 38 74 Alex Coe Pepperdine 38- 36 74 Fin. School Scores 1 Pepperdine Univ. 292 T 1 Michael Putnam 37- 33 70 T 4 Randy Creighton 35- 36 71 T 13 Alex Coe 38- 36 74 T 46 Brian O'Flaherty 40- 37 77 T 68 Chris Elliott 39- 40 79 2 Wake Forest Univ. 297 T 1 Bill Haas 35- 35 70 T 13 Chad Wilcox 38- 36 74 T 22 Kyle Reifers 38- 37 75 T 58 Doug Manchester 37- 41 78 T 89 Sean Moore 45- 38 83 T 3 Virginia, U. of 299 T 1 Kevin O'Connell 36- 34 70 T 13 Jeremy Luce 36- 38 74 T 32 Brad Tilley 38- 38 76 T 68 Eamonn McLoughlin 38- 41 79 T 76 Daniel McGurk 37- 43 80 T 3 East Tennessee St. 299 T 10 Noel Kavanagh 40- 33 73 T 13 Cennydd Mills 36- 38 74 T 22 Andrew Paduch 40- 35 75 T 46 Jeremy Hobson 38- 39 77 T 86 Rhys Davies 40- 42 82 5 Virginia Tech 301 T 4 Scott Wise 36- 35 71 T 10 Ryan Stinnett 39- 34 73 T 46 Joel Kraner 41- 36 77 T 76 Sam Nicholson 41- 39 80 T 89 Ryan Sypniewski 45- 38 83 T 6 UCF 302 T 22 Andreas Hoegberg 39- 36 75 T 22 Stefan Wistorf 36- 39 75 T 32 Barry Roof 38- 38 76 T 32 Sonny Nimkhum 38- 38 76 T 32 Steven Bain 38- 38 76 T 6 Arkansas, U. of 302 9 Seth Murphy 37- 35 72 T 32 Andrew Dahl 37- 39 76 T 32 Paul Bradshaw 39- 37 76 T 58 Matt Bortis 39- 39 78 T 68 Chad Faucett 38- 41 79 T 6 Furman University 302 T 13 Matt Davidson 36- 38 74 T 13 Rob Langley 37- 37 74 T 32 T.J. Blandford 36- 40 76 T 58 Buddy Davis 38- 40 78 T 89 Noble Judy 39- 44 83 T 6 Louisville, U. of 302 T 4 Charlie Woo 33- 38 71 T 22 Brent Holmes 36- 39 75 T 46 Brett Jones 41- 36 77 T 68 Will Hanna 40- 39 79 T 89 Michael Giammaresi 44- 39 83 10 Kansas State Univ. 303 T 13 Aaron Watkins 39- 35 74 T 13 Ben Kern 33- 41 74 T 32 A.J. Elgert 37- 39 76 T 68 Josh Persons 41- 38 79 T 76 Matt VanCleave 37- 43 80 11 South Alabama, U. of 304 T 10 Gareth Maybin 39- 34 73 T 22 Ben Briscoe 38- 37 75 T 58 Colin Speirs 42- 36 78 T 58 Colm Montgomery 41- 37 78 T 82 Josh Lampley 42- 39 81 12 UT-Arlington 305 T 4 Tyrone Mordt 35- 36 71 T 22 Bryan Baker 36- 39 75 T 58 Landon Allen 39- 39 78 T 82 Michael Douthit 43- 38 81 96 Jordan Krantz 40- 44 84 13 South Carolina 306 T 22 Martin Rominger 36- 39 75 T 32 Jake Thompson 37- 39 76 T 46 Robert Svensson 39- 38 77 T 58 Alex Hamilton 41- 37 78 T 76 Erik Johansen 42- 38 80 T 14 East Carolina Univ. 308 T 32 Calle Andren 38- 38 76 T 46 Philip Reale, II 39- 38 77 T 46 Jeff Crowe 38- 39 77 T 58 Jason Harris 39- 39 78 T 76 Adam Howell 38- 42 80 T 14 Charlotte 308 T 22 Ray Sheedy 38- 37 75 T 22 John Arnette 37- 38 75 T 32 Matt Mincer 37- 39 76 T 86 Scott McNeil 40- 42 82 T 89 Andy Elseman 42- 41 83 16 Coastal Carolina 309 T 13 Dustin Johnson 37- 37 74 T 32 Alvaro Velasco 35- 41 76 T 32 Moises Cobo 36- 40 76 T 89 Christian Smith 39- 44 83 T 89 Jeremy Kirkland 44- 39 83 17 Michigan, U. of 311 T 46 Robert Tighe 37- 40 77 T 46 Kevin Dore 34- 43 77 T 58 Brandon Duff 41- 37 78 T 68 Matt McLaughlin 42- 37 79 T 68 Christian Vozza 36- 43 79 T 18 Long Beach State 314 T 46 Torey Edwards 40- 37 77 T 46 Jeremy Keller 39- 38 77 T 68 Chris Gilley 39- 40 79 T 82 Bret Lederer 43- 38 81 T 82 Todd Saukkola 43- 38 81 T 18 Coastal Carolina B 314 T 4 Pat Stolpe 36- 35 71 T 32 AJ DeLawyer 39- 37 76 T 58 Chris Halkowitz 38- 40 78 98 Matt Bennett 41- 48 89 99 Jay Sylvan 45- 45 90 Fin. Individuals School Scores T 46 Tyler McGhie Coastal B 37- 40 77 T 76 Matt Robinson S Carolina 41- 39 80 T 86 Will Kendall Michigan 40- 42 82 97 Chad Selzler Coastal B 45- 42 87 GOLFSTAT COLLEGIATE SCORING SYSTEM Developed by: Mark Laesch, Golfstat COPYRIGHT (C) 2001, All Rights Reserved, Golfstat Check out Stats, Scores, and More: www.GOLFSTAT.COM