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Sept. 24, 2012

ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- Senior Toni Hakula and freshman Brandon Stone carded rounds of even-par 70 in Monday’s second round of the PING/Golfweek Preview to lead the No. 2 Texas Men’s Golf team at Capital City Club. As a team, the Longhorns climbed from a 10^th-place tie to seventh place with a team score of 3-over 283. 

Beginning his round on the 10^th tee of the Crabapple Course of CCC – site of the 2013 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship – Stone (74-70=144) carded a team-high five birdies (11, 14, 17, five, six). With only two bogeys through 16 holes, Stone was on pace for Texas’ first subpar round of the tournament before a double bogey on eight and a final bogey on nine pushed him back to even.

Hakula (74-70=144) found a pair of early birdies on 12 and 14, but a three-hole stretch of double-bogey-bogey on holes 15, 16 and 17 increased his total to +2. Hakula birdied the first and fifth holes after the turn for an even-par round.

Stone and Hakula are tied for 29^th place through 36 holes of action. Sophomore All-American Jordan Spieth (72-71) and senior Julio Vegas (71-72) are tied for 20^th place at 3-over 143, while senior Cody Gribble (73-74=147) rounds out the squad in a tie for 46^th.

UCLA (282-284=566) holds a one-stroke lead over second-place UNLV (281-286=567) on the team leaderboard. Host Georgia Tech (287-282) and California (289-280) are tied for second at 9-over 569.

The Longhorns are set to conclude the 54-hole tourney Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. Central off the first tee alongside Texas A&M and San Diego State.

PING/Golfweek Preview
Capital City Club (par 70; 7,246 yards)
Team Standings (through two rounds)
1. UCLA – 282-284=566 (+6)
2. UNLV – 281-286=567 (+7)
T3. Georgia Tech – 287-282=569 (+9)
T3. California – 289-280=569 (+9)
T5. Washington – 289-282=571 (+11)
T5. New Mexico – 287-284=571 (+11)
7. TEXAS – 290-283=573 (+13)
8. Texas A&M – 294-280=574 (+14)
9. San Diego State – 287-288=575 (+15)
10. Alabama – 294-284=578 (+18)
11. Georgia – 288-291=579 (+19)
T12. Arkansas – 288-292=580 (+20)
T12. Kent State – 290-290=580 (+20)
14. Florida State – 290-292=582 (+22)
15. Chattanooga – 295-301=596 (+36) 

Top-14 Individual Standings
1. Tom Berry, San Diego State – 67-69=136 (-4)
2. Gavin Green, New Mexico – 71-67=138 (-2)
T3. Pedro Figueiredo, UCLA – 69-70=139 (-1)
T3. Cameron Peck, Texas A&M – 72-67=139 (-1)
T5. Bo Andrews, Georgia Tech – 70-70=140 (E)
T5. Kurt Kitayama, UNLV – 68-72=140 (E)
T5. Kevin Penner, UNLV – 71-69=140 (E)
T8. Seven players at 1-over 141 

Texas Players
T20. Jordan Spieth – 72-71=143 (+3)
T20. Julio Vegas – 71-72=143 (+3)
T29. Brandon Stone – 74-70=144 (+4)
T29. Toni Hakula – 74-70=144 (+4)
T46. Cody Gribble – 73-74=147 (+7)