Bears Seventh After Two Rounds in Fort Lauderdale

Monday, March 2

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Fort Lauderdale CC)

8:45 a.m.

Mercer University

Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate

Bears Seventh After Two Rounds in Fort Lauderdale

3/2/2020 8:07:00 PM | Men's Golf

Tyler Copp shot a pair of 1-under-par rounds to finished the first day tied for 11th

By: Stephen Waldman

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Mercer men's golf team finds itself ranked seventh of 15 teams after the first two rounds of the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate, hosted by Loyola (Md.), at the Fort Lauderdale Country Club on Monday.

Tyler Copp was the most consistent player for the Bears throughout the day, shooting a 1-under 71 in both rounds. He sits tied for 11th at 2-under. Martin Plukka posted the lowest round of the day for Mercer with a 2-under 70 through the first 18 holes, while all five competitors recorded a round where they shot even par or better.

Mercer Scorecard

7	Mercer	292	287	--	+3	579
T11	Tyler Copp	71	71	--	-2	142
T16	Martin Plukka	70	74	--	E	144
T23	Spencer Ball	73	72	--	+1	145
T47	Lino Galdin	78	72	--	+6	150
T47	Ethan Werblo	78	72	--	+6	150

COACH KAYDEN'S TAKE
"I thought we had a good second round. It was a good all-around team effort. We had three guys shoot even par and Tyler shot a 1-under. Tyler was very consistent all day. I'm very proud of his efforts to lead us. He's right there in a good position going into the final round. He played solid golf all day long through some strong 20-25 mph winds. It felt like the guys handled the wind really well in the second round. We played some of the tough holes into the wind very smartly and made good decisions when the wind was high this afternoon. In the first round, we had to count a 78 which is a high score that we need to fix. We can't be counting high scores like that to keep up. That hurt our position in the field, but it was a good comeback by the guys. Seven of our counting rounds were solid.

"We need a good day tomorrow. With a good round tomorrow, we could really move up the leaderboard. We're only eight shots out of second place so in team golf that's not that much if you have a good day. We need to come out with confidence, play hard, sink some birdies and get it rolling."

Up Next
Mercer will close out the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate with the final round on Tuesday. The Bears will tee off with St. John's and Connecticut on the first hole from 7:45-8:21 a.m.

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