HUTCHINSON, Kan. - Oklahoma State leads the field after the first two rounds of the 2011 Big 12 Men's Golf Championship at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan.
Despite rainy and wet conditions during the morning round, the Cowboys established a three-stroke lead with a 3-over-par round of 283. As the wind picked up and conditions toughened for the day's second round, OSU was able to maintain their lead with a round of 292 (+12). Texas sits in second, just three shots back while Oklahoma finished day one in third and four off the lead. Texas A&M (582) and Texas Tech (585) are in fourth and fifth places, respectively.
Oklahoma State's Kevin Tway and Morgan Hoffman are on top of the individual leader board finishing with a 1-under-par total of 139. Oklahoma's Ryan Sirman sits in third, one behind the leaders at even-par (140). Texas' Julio Vegas (141) is in fourth while Abraham Ancer (OU), Will Griffin (TTU) and Chandler Rusk (TTU) are in a three-way tie for fifth at 144 (+4).
Tway was tied for the lead at four-under following the first round, but it was Hoffmann who fired a second-round low, 69, to jump seven spots and into a share for the top spot.
The third round gets underway Tuesday at 8 a.m. with Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Nebraska teeing off the first hole while Kansas, Baylor and Colorado will begin their rounds on the 10th. The remaining six teams begin at 8:50 a.m. with Oklahoma State, Texas and Oklahoma going off hole 1 and Kansas State, Missouri and Iowa State starting on the 10th tee.
Team Leaders
1. Oklahoma State 283-292=575
2. Texas 287-291=578
3. Oklahoma 287-292=579
4. Texas A&M 286-296=582
5. Texas Tech 286-299=585
6. Nebraska 286-303=589
7. Kansas 290-303=593
8. Baylor 296-299=595
9. Colorado 291-307=598
T10. Kansas State 296-306=602
T10. Missouri 300-302=602
12. Iowa State 302-305=607
Individual Leaders
T1. Morgan Hoffmann, OSU 70-69=139
T1. Kevin Tway, OSU 66-73=139
3. Ryan Sirman, OU 66-74=140
4. Julio Vegas, UT 70-71=141
T5. Abraham Ancer, OU 73-71=144
T5. Will Griffin, TTU 73-71=144
T5. Chandler Rusk, TTU 71-73=144
T8. Neil Dufford, NU 72-73=145
T8. Riley Pumphrey, OU 72-73=145
T8. Conrad Shindler, TAMU 71-74=145