Greensboro, Ga. - After two rounds of the Linger Longer Invitational at The Landing Course at Reynolds Lake Oconee
, Augusta has moved up two spots and is in 12th place, but just four shots out of the top eight with one round to play. On the individual front,
Chapman Barnett is in a tie for eighth place.
On a tough scoring day with only two teams breaking par, Alabama has a five shot lead over both Georgia and South Florida heading into Tuesday's final round. The Jaguars posted the seventh best round of the day.
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Alabam -15
2. Georgia -10
2. South Florida -10
4. Elon -4
5. South Carolina +1
6. Charlotte +8
7. Louisiana Tech +16
8. South Alabama +20
9. Georgia State +21
10. Ohio St. +22
10. Kennesaw St. +22
12. Augusta +24
12. Jacksonville St. +24
14. Wofford +29
15. Mercer +40
16. Francis Marioin +56
LIVE SCORING
Barnett shot a 74 Monday and is 2-under for the tournament. He was 4-over at one point, but two late birdies salvaged his round and kept him in contention for a top three finish.
Bo Blanchard II tied Barnett for the low round of the day with a 74. Blanchard got off to a rough start on the back nine, but made birdies on holes 16 and 18 to get him closer to par. He is in 24th place overall.
After an opening hole bogey,
Stefan Jacobs made six straight pars before registering his first birdie of the day. Jacobs finished with a 75 and in the top 35.
Behn Heyns and
Dean Wilkens had the other two counting scores for Augusta. Heyns carded a 77 and Wilkens a 78. Heyns had a roller coaster round with seven bogeys, a double bogey and five birdies.
Pieter Rossouw Jr. is the other Jaguar in the field and shot an 80 in round two.