From usctrojans.cstv.com:
Freshman Jamie Lovemark is 9-under after two rounds while freshman teammate Rory Hie is 5-under, pacing four Trojans who are under par through the first 36 holes and establishing an eight-shot team lead on Monday (April 23), halfway through the 2007 Pac-10 Championships at the Eugene (Ore.) C.C.
USC, ranked No. 5 in the latest Golfword.com poll, posted rounds of 358 (-2) and 342 (-16) for a two-round 700 (-18). UCLA is in second (355-353, 708) while Stanford is in third (356-364, 720). The Pac-10 Championships, unlike most tournaments, features six-player teams with the low five scores counting toward each 18-hole round.
“I think we got off to somewhat of a slow start, but we were able to get it together,” first-year USC head coach Chris Zambri said. “I think we have a good team and I’m not totally surprised they played this well.
“Rory has been playing great all spring. He’s just such a good ball striker that he can shoot 5-under and not make a lot of putts.”
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Hie is tied for second, four shots behind Lovemark with a 36-hole 139 (-5). He opened play with a par 72 that included three birdies and three bogeys, then followed it with a season-low tying 67. The second round included a 4-under on the front 9 for his 10th sub-70 round of the season. Hie is tied with Arizona State’s Niklas Lemke.
“I gave myself a lot of birdie opportunities and made some putts,” Hie said. “Everything worked pretty well today. It was pretty nice to see everyone play well in the second round.”
From pac-10.org:
EUGENE, Ore. – Paced by freshmen Jamie Lovemark and Rory Hie and a torrid second round overall, sixth-ranked Southern California jumped out to an eight-stroke lead after the opening day of the Pac-10 Conference men’s golf championships Monday at the Eugene Country Club.
… Hie, who was tied for 21st after the first round, made six birdies his second time through to finish the day tied for second place at 5-under with Niklas Lemke of Arizona State.
Their success helped propel USC into first place at 20-under-par 700, including an18-under-par 342 second round. The Trojans had been in a tie for fourth place with Oregon after the opening round.
… Hie, who came in ranked 81st, made four birdies on the final five holes of the front nine in his second round to move into second.
“You know, he’s actually had our lowest spring scoring average,” Zambri said. “Rory’s been playing great all spring. He’s finished in the top 12 in five of his last seven events.”
