Feb. 21, 2017 LA QUINTA, Calif. - UC Davis senior Ben Corfee fired a 1-under-par 70 to move up 17 places on the individual leaderboard after the second round of action at the Prestige At PGA WEST collegiate golf tournament at the par-71, 7076-yard Greg Norman Course Tuesday. He finished the day in a tie for 24th place, while the Aggies moved to 12th in the overall team standings.
Corfee opened the day with birdies on the 11th and 12th holes, then later rallied to as low as 2-under. He holds a 36-hole total of 144, two strokes above par. Besides Corfee's 70, junior
Evan Knight had the Aggies' low round of the day with his 2-over-par 73. Knight enters Wednesdays' final round with 148 strokes, tied for 39th place along with freshman teammate
Matt Robinson. Junior
Jeremy Sanchez is right behind at 149, good for a tie for 46th place.
Nicolas Noya rounded out the UC Davis team entrants at 11-over 153.
Ryan Han (t53rd, 150) and
Brandon Baumgarten (t74th, 156) are individual Aggie entrants. Arizona State's Jared duToit claimed sole possession of the medalist lead at 8-under 134. LSU rallied into the lead with a team score of 278 on the second day. The Tigers enter the last round with a total of 569, one stroke up on co-host Stanford and two ahead of San Diego State and Iowa State. The 17th-annual Prestige at PGA WEST concludes on Wednesday.
2017 PRESTIGE AT PGA WEST, DAY 2 Greg Norman Course at PGA WEST
Par 71, 7076 Yards
TEAMS 1. LSU, 291-278--569
2. Stanford, 281-289--570
t3. San Diego State, 282-289--571
t3. Iowa State, 288-283--571
t5. Texas Tech, 293-283--576
t5. Oklahoma, 286-290--576
t7. Pepperdine, 281-296--577
t7. Arizona State, 288-289--577
t9. East Tennessee State, 292-291--583
t9. Saint Mary's, 291-292--583
11. Stirling, 299-289--588
12. UC DAVIS, 293-296--589
13. San Diego, 298-302--600
INDIVIDUALS Leader plus UC Davis competitors 1. Jared duToit, Arizona State, 67-67--134
t24.
Ben Corfee, 74-70--144
t39.
Evan Knight, 75-73--148
t39.
Matt Robinson, 70-78--148
t46.
Jeremy Sanchez, 74-75--149
t53.
Ryan Han, 75-75--150
t68.
Nicolas Noya, 75-78--153
t74.
Brandon Baumgarten, 75-81--156
