TUCSON, Ariz. — Logan Vargas is in a tie for 21st and UTSA is in 12th after the opening day of the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate, which got underway Monday at Tucson Country Club.
The field finished the first round but only six of the 14 teams completed round two before darkness set in, forcing play to be suspended until Tuesday. Play will resume in the morning followed by the final round.
Vargas is part of a five-way tie for 21st at 1-under par. The senior from Lubbock opened his week with a 1-under 71 that featured four birdies, including three over a five-hole stretch on the front nine. He started the event with a four on the 553-yard, par-5 first and then countered a bogey with back-to-back birdies on Nos. 4-5. He also bounced back from a bogey on the 17th with a three on the 503-yard, par-4 18th to get back to the red for the round.
Vargas has completed 13 holes of his second round, as he sits at even par with two birdies, including a repeat on No. 1, against a double bogey on the seventh.
Francisco Solorza is one shot behind Vargas in a tie for 26th at even par. The redshirt freshman out of Mexico posted a 72 in the first round on the strength of birdies on the 421-yard, par-4 fourth and on the 602-yard, par-5 fifth. Like Vargas, he has made it through 13 holes of the second round sitting at even par with back-to-back birdies on Nos. 5-6 against a pair of bogeys.
Joshua Hong has a share of 39th at 3-over par. The true freshman from Mexico carded an even-par 72 in the opening round behind an eagle on the first and birdies on Nos. 14-15. He is through 11 holes of his second round with a birdie on the fifth to bring that tally to three for the tournament.
Brayden Bare is in 60th at 6-over par, as the redshirt junior out of Waco has completed 12 holes of his second round after posting a 76 in the first round, while Sam Acharya rounds out the UTSA lineup in a tie for 71st (+10).
In the team race, UTSA is 8-over par, six shots ahead of Pacific and 29 in front of Hawai’i. The Roadrunners are just two strokes out of the top 10 and only five behind No. 18 New Mexico, which stands eighth.
No. 32 Long Beach State is in first at 21-under par, followed by No. 22 Arizona (-19), fifth-ranked Arizona State (-17), No 14 Oklahoma (-7) and Colorado (-6) in the top five of the team standings.
Alejandro De Castro of Long Beach State has the individual lead at 13-under par through 13 holes of his second round in a field that includes 10 top-100 golfers.
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