RHYS DAVIES TAKES UP RUNNING

IN SEMINOLE INTERCOLLEGIATE

Edinburgh-born Welsh Walker Cup player Rhys Davies (East Tennessee State) has taken over the lead with one round to go in the prestigious Seminole Intercollegiate tournament at Golden Eagle Country Club, Tallahassee in Florida.
Rhys, pictured right, has had rounds of 73 and 68 for a three-under-par tally of 141 over a testing 7,041yd course with a par of 72.
Davies birdied the first, fourth, eighth, 15th and 17th with a single bogey at the sixth in halves of 34.
He leads by one shot from Reed Darsie (North Carolina), Patton Kizzire (Auburn) and first-round leader Brad Revell (North Carolina State).
West of Scotland Open champion Callum Macaulay (Mississippi) from Tulliallan is sharing 18th place on 146 after scores of 74 and 72.
Callum has had seven birdies over the first 36 holes, three of them in his second round – at the ninth, 14th and 15th. He cancelled them out with bogeys at the second, 11th and 18th in halves of 37.

MACAULAY'S TOP-10 CHANCE
But for a double bogey at the fourth in the first round, Macaulay would have been challenging for a top-10 place … he might still do it.
Banchory Golf Club men’s and junior champion in 2003, Scott Larkin, a student at the College of Charleston, South Carolina, is in joint 28th place on 148 after scores of 73 and 75.
Scott birdied the fourth and fifth in his second round – boosting his total to six for the tournament – but wiped out that good start with a double bogey 5 at the short seventh. That took the steam out of Larkin because he bogeyed the 10th, 14th and 18th in an inward 39.
Waterford’s Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) fell from a share of third place to joint 48th with an 80 after an opening 70. Double bogeys at the long fourth and short seventh saw him turn in 41, despite a birdie at the sixth. Even with additional birdies at the 12th and 15th, the inward half still cost young Power 39 shots for an 80.
Another East Tennessee State Irishman, Cian McNamara went the opposite way from Seamus. Cian followed up an 82 with a 69 for 151 and a share of 48th place.
McNamara from Limerick had a bogey-free second round, studded with birdies at the 10th, 16th and 18th

DISQUALIFIED FINDLAY STILL PLAYING
Team-mate Gareth Shaw from Lisburn is sharing 55th place in a quality field of 78 players with 77 and 75 for 152. Gareth had only one birdie, at the 15th in his second round.
Fraserburgh’s former British boys champion Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State) was disqualified after reporting to the officials that he had inadvertently signed for a lower score than he actually had in the first round (in which he had been credited with an 83).
Although disqualified, under NCAA rules Findlay is allowed to continue playing – but only for team purposes (four from five to count) each round – and his 79 today was a counting score, one shot better than Seamus Power’s 80.
North Carolina (577) lead by a single shot from Auburn with Northwestern (584) a couple of shots ahead of Mississippi.
LEADING INDIVIDUAL SCORES
Par 144 (2 x 72)
141 Rhys Davies (East Tennessee State) 73 68.
142 Reed Darsie (North Carolina) 72 70, Patton Kizzire (Auburn) 72 70, Brad Revell (North Carolina State) 67 75.
Other scores:
146 Callum Macaulay (Mississippi) 74 72 (jt 18th).
148 Scott Larkin (College of Charleston) 73 75 (jt 28th).
150 Seamus Power (East Tennessee State) 70 80 (jt 41st).
151 Cian McNamara (East Tennessee State) 82 69 (jt 48th).
152 Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State) 77 75 (jt 55th).
Team score only: Jordan Findlay (East Tennessee State) 79.
LEADING TEAM SCORES
577 North Carolina. 578 Auburn. 584 Northwestern. 586 Mississippi, Florida State. 587 UAB. 589 Mississippi State. 593 East Tennessee State.
Also: 596 College of Charleston.