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Georgia’s Trent Phillips during the second round of the NCAA Championships at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Saturday, May 28, 2022. (Photo by Steven Colquitt)
Bulldogs Improve To 10th; Phillips Aces 13th Hole
May 28, 2022 | Men's Golf
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. --- Aided by a hole in one from senior Trent Phillips, the Georgia men's golf team moved into the top 10 in the NCAA Championships at Grayhawk Golf Club on Saturday.
Playing Grayhawk's par-70, 7,289-yard layout, the Bulldogs fired a 12-over 292 to shift into a tie with Kansas at 23-over 583 for the tournament. Oklahoma has the team lead at 2-over 562, followed by Vanderbilt at 4-over 564 and Oklahoma State at 6-over 566.
Georgia and the other 29 squads will complete 54 holes of stroke play on Sunday. The field then will be cut to the top 15 teams to complete a fourth round on Monday. The top eight squads after stroke play will advance to match play, with the quarterfinals and semifinals set for Tuesday and the championship slated for Wednesday.
The Bulldogs will head into Sunday one shot behind the eighth-place teams (Arizona State and Texas) and two ahead of the teams hovering on the cut line (Stanford, Oregon, and Florida).
"We're looking at a pretty bunched-up leaderboard going into Sunday," Georgia head coach Chris Haack said. "That will be exciting for the fans, but it will be nerve-racking for the coaches. Teams will be working hard to position themselves for those top-15 and top-8 spots, so I expect it to be a very competitive day. Our guys know what the blueprint is. We have to take each shot as it comes, each hole as it comes. We'll add them up at the end and we'll see where we are."
The Saturday highlight for the Bulldogs was produced by Phillips. On the par-3, 230-yard 13th hole, which is known as Burning Bush, the senior found the bottom of the cup for his first collegiate ace and just the second of his golf career.
"It was pretty electric," said Phillips, who ended the round at 2-over 72. "It was a full 6-iron, I hit it hard, it looked good all the way, and it went in. I could see it go in and then I saw all the people going crazy. It was a great feeling."
Junior Ben van Wyk paced the Bulldogs in the second round with a 1-over 71. After Phillips, junior Nicolas Cassidy signed for a 3-over 73 and freshman Maxwell Ford posted a 6-over 76. Freshman Buck Brumlow had Georgia's non-counting round of 11-over 81.
Phillips moved to 3-over 143 for the tournament, good enough for 18th individually. Vanderbilt's Cole Sherwood holds the lead at 3-under 137, followed by Aman Gupta of Oklahoma State and Gordon Sargent of Vanderbilt at 2-under 138, and Jackson Suber of Ole Miss and Chris Gotterup of Oklahoma at 1-under 139.
Van Wyk landed at 5-over 145, followed by Ford at 6-over 146, Cassidy at 11-over 151, and Brumlow at 17-over 157.
The Bulldogs will return to Grayhawk on Sunday with tee times slated for 10:27-11:11 a.m. EDT. Georgia will be paired with Kansas and Ole Miss. Said Phillips, "We're going to keep grinding and battling. I know our guys will be ready for Sunday."
Playing Grayhawk's par-70, 7,289-yard layout, the Bulldogs fired a 12-over 292 to shift into a tie with Kansas at 23-over 583 for the tournament. Oklahoma has the team lead at 2-over 562, followed by Vanderbilt at 4-over 564 and Oklahoma State at 6-over 566.
Georgia and the other 29 squads will complete 54 holes of stroke play on Sunday. The field then will be cut to the top 15 teams to complete a fourth round on Monday. The top eight squads after stroke play will advance to match play, with the quarterfinals and semifinals set for Tuesday and the championship slated for Wednesday.
The Bulldogs will head into Sunday one shot behind the eighth-place teams (Arizona State and Texas) and two ahead of the teams hovering on the cut line (Stanford, Oregon, and Florida).
"We're looking at a pretty bunched-up leaderboard going into Sunday," Georgia head coach Chris Haack said. "That will be exciting for the fans, but it will be nerve-racking for the coaches. Teams will be working hard to position themselves for those top-15 and top-8 spots, so I expect it to be a very competitive day. Our guys know what the blueprint is. We have to take each shot as it comes, each hole as it comes. We'll add them up at the end and we'll see where we are."
The Saturday highlight for the Bulldogs was produced by Phillips. On the par-3, 230-yard 13th hole, which is known as Burning Bush, the senior found the bottom of the cup for his first collegiate ace and just the second of his golf career.
"It was pretty electric," said Phillips, who ended the round at 2-over 72. "It was a full 6-iron, I hit it hard, it looked good all the way, and it went in. I could see it go in and then I saw all the people going crazy. It was a great feeling."
Junior Ben van Wyk paced the Bulldogs in the second round with a 1-over 71. After Phillips, junior Nicolas Cassidy signed for a 3-over 73 and freshman Maxwell Ford posted a 6-over 76. Freshman Buck Brumlow had Georgia's non-counting round of 11-over 81.
Phillips moved to 3-over 143 for the tournament, good enough for 18th individually. Vanderbilt's Cole Sherwood holds the lead at 3-under 137, followed by Aman Gupta of Oklahoma State and Gordon Sargent of Vanderbilt at 2-under 138, and Jackson Suber of Ole Miss and Chris Gotterup of Oklahoma at 1-under 139.
Van Wyk landed at 5-over 145, followed by Ford at 6-over 146, Cassidy at 11-over 151, and Brumlow at 17-over 157.
The Bulldogs will return to Grayhawk on Sunday with tee times slated for 10:27-11:11 a.m. EDT. Georgia will be paired with Kansas and Ole Miss. Said Phillips, "We're going to keep grinding and battling. I know our guys will be ready for Sunday."
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