Vols Move Up to Fourth at SEC Championships

Thursday, April 25

St. Simons Island, GA

All Day

University of Tennessee

SEC Championship

April 25, 2019 | Men's Golf

Results

Redshirt sophomore Hunter Wolcott remains in contention for the individual title at 5-under-par

By: Andy Kovar

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – The University of Tennessee men's golf team moved up three spots on the leaderboard in the second round of SEC Championships.

The Vols carded a second round score of 274 (-6) to leap Kentucky, South Carolina and Ole Miss on Thursday. They sit tied for fourth with Texas A&M and four strokes clear of the cutline for match play.

After entering the turn at 4-under-par, Tennessee helped close out the round with a flurry of birdies in the final four holes.

Junior Rhys Nevin birdied the par-4 16th and par-4 18th to finish to close out his second round 69 (-1). Nevin moved up four spots in the leaderboard and is tied for 27th, shooting even par through 36 holes of play.

Redshirt sophomore Hunter Wolcott is the top Vol player on the leaderboard, firing the low round for the team in both rounds. Wolcott enters the final round of medal play just two strokes off the individual lead and tied for fourth at 5-under-par.

After a bogey on the opening hole, Wolcott was bogey-free and 4-under for the remainder of the round. His second round 67 (-3) was his lowest round of the spring season and the second lowest round of his college career.

It was his team-leading 18th round of par or better this season and his score has counted for 28 consecutive rounds.

Redshirt junior Nolan Ray joins Nevin at even par for the tournament. Ray carded his second round of 70 (E) on Thursday which included three birdies including two over the final four holes of the round.

Tennessee will tee off the second round tomorrow at 8:20 a.m. ET. The Vols will be paired with Texas A&M (-6) and Arkansas (-5) who are both tied for fourth and tied for sixth, respectively.

Coach's Take
On the teams play and getting out early:
"I think the conditions were definitely easier not nearly as windy especially on those finishing holes were picked up a little bit yesterday. We played really well to throw out a 70 can't complain about that." – Coach Brennan Webb

On all five players scoring well in round two:
"If you have to have five guys in the in the game the whole day, it just makes things a lot easier. The guys are able to kind of feel the energy of what's going on and can pick it up. To have everyone in the game all day long, this is a good feeling. And that's what we need." – Coach Brennan Webb

On Hunter Wolcott being near the top of the leaderboard:
"He's just playing extremely solid, keeping the ball in play and hits the ball a very long distance. He's playing well and has followed his game plan to a tee. He hasn't tried to press the issue and takes his birdies when they come to him. If it works out that he ends up the top of the board great but if not, we're here to win a team championship and I know that's his number one goal." – Coach Brennan Webb

Player's Take
On feeding off of teammates energy on the course:
"Coach Webb and I were standing on the tee. We were just talking about how we knew that everyone was going to score well today and we did. You could see the guys out on the course and knew everyone was feeling good out there." – Redshirt sophomore Hunter Wolcott

Day Two Scores:
Team

1	Auburn	-19 (541)
2	Vanderbilt	-10 (550)
3	Georgia	-9 (551)
T4	Tennessee	-6 (554)
T4	Texas A&M	-6 (554)
T6	Arkansas	-5 (555)
T6	Kentucky	-5 (555)
8	South Carolina	-4 (556)
9	Ole Miss	-2 (558)
10	LSU	+4 (564)
T11	Alabama	+10 (570)
T11	Mississippi State	+10 (570)
13	Missouri	+16 (576)
14	Florida	+18 (578)