Ospreys Climb To Top of Leaderboard on Moving Day at The Hayt

Saturday, February 25

Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (Sawgrass CC)

All Day

University of North Florida

The Hayt

Philip Knowles hits a tee shot for the UNF men's golf team

Photo by: Todd Drexler

Ospreys Climb To Top of Leaderboard on Moving Day at The Hayt

2/25/2017 10:07:00 PM | Men's Golf

By: North Florida Athletics

Tournament: The Hayt
Location: Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (Sawgrass Country Club)
Course info: 6,976 Yards, Par 72
UNF finish: 1st of 15 (577)
Top Osprey: Philip Knowles (T1st / 140)
Round 2 Results pdf

The short story: The North Florida men's golf team climbed to the top of the leaderboard in their home event, The Hayt, following a second round 2-under par 286 on Saturday at Sawgrass Country Club. Sophomore Philip Knowles matched a career low with a 5-under 67 to lead the Osprey charge.

FIRST TEE
- All five Ospreys in the lineup shot rounds of 74 (+2) or better in Saturday's round
- Knowles played the front nine in 4-under with 4 birdies and no bogeys and was as low as 6-under thru 14 before a back-to-back bogeys slowed his momentum. He birdied 17 and then had a great par save on the 18th to record the third 67 of his collegiate career
- Andrew Alligood, UNF's first round leader, followed his opening round 70 with a 1-over 73 to join Knowles in the Top 10, ranking tied for 7th heading into the final round
- Senior Osten Waite carded an even par 72 highlighted by six birdies
- Travis Trace and Dillon Woods both posted rounds of 74 to complete the UNF lineup scoring
- Freshman Michael Mattiace, playing as an individual, lowered his total by 10 shots on Saturday and shooting his first collegiate round under par with a 1-under 71

TEAM SCOREBOARD (# National Top 50 Ranking)
#36 North Florida (577), #31 Jacksonville (580), #49 UCF (584), Tennessee (584), #33 Liberty (584), North Texas (585), UAB (585), Campbell (585), Louisville (587), East Carolina (590), Army (591), #45 UCLA (593), Furman (598), Coastal Carolina (601), Navy (626)

INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- North Florida and Jacksonville were the only two teams to post under-par team scores
- Knowles enters the final round in a four-way tie for medalist honors along with Peter Kim (Army), David Wicks (JU) and Cory Churchman (North Texas)... Knowles finished runner-up at last year's event as a freshman
- Ospreys boasted three of the field's top six leaders in Par 5 scoring (Knowles, Alligood, Trace all tied at 6-under/ 4.25 avg)
- Knowles and Waite rank tied for second in the field with 10 birdies each

UNF RESULTS

1	North Florida	291	286	Rd 3	577 (+1)
T1	Philip Knowles	73	67	--	140 (-4)
T5	Andrew Alligood	70	73	--	143 (-1)
T23	Travis Trace	73	74	--	147 (+3)
T23	Osten Waite	75	72	--	147 (+3)
T43	Dillon Woods	76	74	--	150 (+6)
T51	Michale Mattiace (Ind)	81	71	--	152 (+8)
T76	Jack Comstock (Ind)	77	83	--	160 (+16)

QUOTABLE
"We played a really good 14 holes and then struggled a little coming in. It is great to be in the lead going into the final round. Now we just need to go out and see what we can do. It was a great round by Phil today. He showed everyone how good he can be." -- Head coach Scott Schroeder

UP NEXT
North Florida will play Sunday in the final round of action of The Hayt. The Ospreys will tee off at 9 a.m. from Hole 1 alongside Jacksonville and UCF.