The Mason men's golf team improved on their first-round score by three strokes at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate finishing the day with a two-round score of 615 (309-306) (+39) at the Classic Club in Palm Desert , Calif., on Saturday. The Patriots are currently 16th in the 17-team field.
After a rough start in round one, junior Kevin Yerks carded the best score for the Patriots on the day, a one-over par 73, besting his first-round 82. Christian Bech and Senior Casey Thompson lead Mason going into the final round tomorrow each with a two-round 154 (+10). They are currently tied for 63rd in the 100+ field.
TCU's Julien Brun, Texas Tech's Finley Ewing IV and St. Marys' Jonathan De Los Reye are tied atop the individual leaderboard with 36-hole scores of 139 (-5). In fourth place is San Francisco's Cory McElyea who is two strokes behind the leaders with a score of 141 (-3).
TCU leads the team scores with a two-round tally of 565 (-11), followed by Texas Tech in second with a score of 576 (E), St. Mary's in third with a score of 578 (+2), San Francisco in fourth with a 579 (+3) and Oregon State rounds out the top five with a six-over 582 two-round score.
Third and final round play of the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate will begin with tee times at 7:20 PT on Sunday morning.
16 George Mason 309 306 615
T63 Casey Thompson (2) 76 78 154
T63 Christian Bech (4) 79 75 154
T69 Kevin Yerks (1) 82 73 155
T75 Mark Folkwein (3) 75 81 156
T90 Zack Lauzon (5) 79 80 159
1 2 Team Scores
1 1 TCU 277 288 565 -11
T2 2 Texas Tech 284 292 576 E
T2 3 St. Mary's (CA) 284 294 578 +2
T2 4 San Francisco 284 295 579 +3
5 5 Oregon State 291 291 582 +6
T9 6 Wichita State 299 296 595 +19
T7 7 Cal Poly 296 301 597 +21
11 8 Iowa State 300 300 600 +24
T7 9 Nebraska 296 305 601 +25
6 T10 Idaho 295 308 603 +27
T9 T10 Kansas 299 304 603 +27
T16 12 Southern Utah 309 297 606 +30
15 13 Wyoming 308 299 607 +31
13 14 Arkansas-Little Rock 302 306 608 +32
12 15 Santa Clara 301 309 610 +34
T16 16 George Mason 309 306 615 +39
14 17 Louisiana-Monroe 304 316 620 +44
