ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Freshman and Mountain West Player of the Year, Bastien Amat, is tied for second overall on Tuesday as he leads the University of New Mexico men’s golf team through two rounds at the NCAA Albuquerque Regional.
The Lobos are just three strokes from qualifying to advance to nationals as they are nipping at the heels of fourth and fifth place (South Carolina & Texas A&M) in a tie for sixth. UNM (571, -5) is also just seven strokes behind third-place Arizona State (-12).
No. 41 Oregon State leads the field with a score of 556 (-20) after a -13 showing Tuesday, followed by No. 22 Texas Tech (561, -15) and No. 12 Arizona State (564, -12).
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A smile came to Bastien Amat’s face when the University of New Mexico freshman was indoors with the media, away from the wind and rain on the UNM Championship Golf Course on Tuesday afternoon.
The joy wasn’t about being dry, rather it was about taking a moment to realize that he shot the low round for the day, a personal-best 6-under-par 66 to match Oregon State senior Spencer Tibbits in the second round of the NCAA Regional at the UNM Championship south course.
Amat, the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year, expressed excitement that he put all of his game together – mostly his putting came through amid challenging conditions on the back nine.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. University of Colorado senior
Daniel O Loughlin shaved two strokes off his first round score here Tuesday, recording an even-par 72 in the second round of the NCAA Southwest Regional Monday.
O Loughlin remained in the same spot where he started the day, in a tie for 40th, as he has an overall score of 2-over 146 on the 7,555-yard, par 72 University of New Mexico s Championship Golf Course layout. He had four birdies and 10 pars with four bogeys Tuesday, giving him nine birdies and 16 pars over the two rounds.
The nine birdies are tied for the 14th most in the 75-man field. He s played the par-3s at 1-over, the par-4s at 5-over and the par-5s at 4-under.
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