WAIKOLOA, Hawaii -- Senior Jesse Bratz turned in his team's low round of 1-under-par 71 while sophomore Thomas Hutchison and senior Tanner Hughes fired even-par 72s to lead UC Davis's second day of action at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate men's golf tournament at the Waikoloa Resort Kings' Course Friday.

Bratz fired an eagle-3 on the 513-yard fourth hole to highlight his round. Hutchison and Hughes each carded even-par 36s on both sides of the course. Hutchison leads the Aggies in a tie for 44th on the individual leaderboard with 142 total strokes. Bratz and Hughes both sit two back of Hutchison in a tie for 56th. 

Senior Ryan Han and freshman Daniel Kim scored matching 75s on Friday, moving to 86th and 99th place, respectively.

UC Davis compiled a 2-over 290 in Round 2, slipping a spot to 16th in the overall team standings. No. 1-ranked and NCAA defending-champion Oklahoma State held on to its team lead with a 273 on Friday toward a 36-under 540 total. 

Individually, Texas' Cole Hammer took over the lead in the medalist  standings when his 8-under 64 propelled him to 13-under overall. Hammer, ranked 49th nationally, sits a stroke ahead of Oregon's Edwin Yi and USC's Justin Suh.

The Amer Ari tournament concludes with a final round of 18 holes on Saturday. The tough 18-team field features six teams in Golfstat's national Top 30, plus 24 individuals in the top 100. Hutchison entered the weekend ranked 48th nationally.

2019 AMER ARI INTERCOLLEGIATE
Waikoloa Kings' Course (Par 72 • 7,074 yards)

TEAM SCORES (36 holes)
1. Oklahoma State, 267-273--540
2. Southern California, 277-268--545
3. Texas, 281-265--546
t4. Texas Tech, 269-283--552
t4. Oregon, 271-281--552
t6. Auburn, 279-274--553
7. Georgia Tech, 277-284--561
8. TCU, 279-284--563
9. Oregon State, 285-279--564
10. San Jose State, 284-281--565
11. Pacific, 290-278-568
12. Colorado, 280-291--571
13. Utah, 281-292--573
14. Stanford, 290-284--574
15. Hawaii-Hilo, 285-291--576
16. UC Davis, 289-290--579
17. Osaka Gakuin , 288-292--580
18. Hawaii, 297-306--603

INDIVIDUAL SCORES (36 holes)
Leader plus UC Davis competitors.

1. Cole Hammer, Texas, 67-64--131
t44. Thomas Hutchison, 70-72--142
t56. Tanner Hughes, 72-72--144
t56. Jesse Bratz, 73-71--144
t86. Ryan Han, 74-75--149
t99. Daniel Kim, 78-75--153
 

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