GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Junior David Oliver IV (-2) fired a second round 68 to tie for third, and the Paladin (+12) men's golf team also tied for third following Sunday's two rounds of the 56th Annual Furman Intercollegiate at the par 71, 7,131-yard Furman University Golf Course in Greenville, S.C.
Campbell (-3) holds an 11-stroke lead over second-place Lipscomb (+8), while the Paladins (+12) sit one shot ahead of SoCon foe Wofford (+13) with 18 holes to play. League opponents Samford (+27) and Tennessee Tech (+35) are in 11th and 12th place, respectively.
Oliver, a native of Pageland, S.C., recorded a 72 with birdies on No. 11 and No. 13 then came alive in the second round, shooting a 30 with five birdies on the front nine and adding the last of his team-high six birdies on No. 16. He is three shots back of individual leaders William Easterlin (-5) of Western Kentucky and Joachim Larsen Tegner (-5) of Campbell.
Sophomore Cameron Reed (+4) and redshirt junior Walter Anderson (+4) are tied for 16th. Reed opened with a 74 with birdies on No. 2 and No. 8 then notched a 72 with three birdies in the afternoon round. Anderson carded a 73 in each round with seven birdies on the day. Freshman Tucker Gutierrez (+6) shot a 72 with birdies on No. 2 and 15 in round one and a 76 with three birdies in round two to tie for 30th, and sophomore Benton Manly (+13) tallied rounds of 75 and 80 with three birdies to tie for 70th.
Other Paladins competing as individuals include junior Ludvig Josefsson (+5), who is tied for 25th after posting a 71 with three birdies in round one and a 76 with three birdies in round two, and freshman Ewen Farquhar (+6) who is tied for 30th after recording an opening-round 76 and a second-round 72 with five total birdies on Sunday.
Also among the individuals, senior Fisher Kennedy (+9) is tied for 51st with rounds of 75 and 76, while graduate student Ben Loomis (+10) recorded a 73 in round two and five birdies for the day to tie for 59th, and junior Turner Chiles (+14) posted a 78 in each round with a birdie on No. 18 in round two, tying for 78th.
The 54-hole tournament will conclude Monday beginning at 8:20 a.m. with teams teeing off of No. 1 and No. 10. Furman will tee off on No. 1 starting at 9:31 a.m. will play in a group with Wofford, Lipscomb, and Campbell.
Admission is free and live scoring will be available at https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/245060/scoring/team.
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3 Furman 291 289 580 +12
3 David Oliver IV 72 68 140 -2
T16 Cameron Reed 74 72 146 +4
T16 Walter Anderson 73 73 146 +4
T25 Ludvig Josefsson* 71 76 147 +5
T30 Tucker Gutierrez 72 76 148 +6
T30 Ewen Farquhar* 76 72 148 +6
T51 Fisher Kennedy* 75 76 151 +9
T59 Ben Loomis* 79 73 152 +10
T70 Benton Manly 75 80 155 +13
T77 Turner Chiles* 78 78 156 +14
* - playing as an individual
