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Yuxin Lin's second straight 67 gave him a 5-stroke lead at 10-under 134 at the Southern Highlands Collegiate.
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USC, Lin Build Sizeable Second-Round Leads At Southern Highlands Collegiate
March 02, 2020 | Men's Golf, Features
Trojan freshman fires second 67 in a row, USC now ahead by nine strokes.
Freshman Yuxin Lin, with his second straight 5-under 67, and USC, with a team 5-under, both built sizeable leads despite challenging conditions Monday (March 2) during the second round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate at the Southern Highlands G.C. in Las Vegas.
USC, looking for its first win this year and its third in Vegas, combined for a 5-under 283 to pad its lead by four strokes, now at 6-under 570 (287-283). The Trojans lead the field by nine shots with Texas second at 3-over 579 and Florida and Texas Tech tied for third at 7-over 583.
Lin leads the field at 10-under 134 (67-67), five better than Florida's Ricky Castillo. Five others are within seven strokes. The freshman birdied five holes without a bogey and has played his last 35 holes bogey free after a tournament-opening bogey.
Lin won the 2019 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championships in September but has yet to crack the top 10 in a collegiate event. He now has seven rounds in the 60s this year, one off the team lead.
Sophomore Cameron Henry is tied for eighth at 2-under 142 (72-70) after his best two back-to-back rounds of the season. He was 1-over through six holes Monday but turned at par and was 2-under on the back 9. His round today was his second-best of the year behind a season-opening 4-under 68.
Junior Issei Tanabe battled the tough conditions and clawed back from 5-over through 10 to finish at 2-over today and is tied for 14th overall at 1-over 145 (71-74). Following a triple on 10, he birdied 12 and eagled 13 en route to his 2-over.
Junior Leon D'Souza, Troy's top finisher in its last three events, moved into a tie for 47th at 7-over 151 (79-72) thanks to a strong round of par while junior Kaito Onishi is tied for 50th at 8-over 152 (77-75).
Freshman Tyler Guo, playing as an individual, is 82nd at 16-over 160 (83-77).
USC will tee off with Florida and Texas beginning at 10:40a.
USC, looking for its first win this year and its third in Vegas, combined for a 5-under 283 to pad its lead by four strokes, now at 6-under 570 (287-283). The Trojans lead the field by nine shots with Texas second at 3-over 579 and Florida and Texas Tech tied for third at 7-over 583.
Lin leads the field at 10-under 134 (67-67), five better than Florida's Ricky Castillo. Five others are within seven strokes. The freshman birdied five holes without a bogey and has played his last 35 holes bogey free after a tournament-opening bogey.
Lin won the 2019 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championships in September but has yet to crack the top 10 in a collegiate event. He now has seven rounds in the 60s this year, one off the team lead.
Sophomore Cameron Henry is tied for eighth at 2-under 142 (72-70) after his best two back-to-back rounds of the season. He was 1-over through six holes Monday but turned at par and was 2-under on the back 9. His round today was his second-best of the year behind a season-opening 4-under 68.
Junior Issei Tanabe battled the tough conditions and clawed back from 5-over through 10 to finish at 2-over today and is tied for 14th overall at 1-over 145 (71-74). Following a triple on 10, he birdied 12 and eagled 13 en route to his 2-over.
Junior Leon D'Souza, Troy's top finisher in its last three events, moved into a tie for 47th at 7-over 151 (79-72) thanks to a strong round of par while junior Kaito Onishi is tied for 50th at 8-over 152 (77-75).
Freshman Tyler Guo, playing as an individual, is 82nd at 16-over 160 (83-77).
USC will tee off with Florida and Texas beginning at 10:40a.
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