Ducks in Third After 36 Holes at Amer Ari

KOHALA COAST, Hawaii – Four players finished under par in the second round of the Amer Ari Intercollegiate on Friday, keeping the Oregon men's golf team in third place with one round left to play at Mauna Lani.

The Ducks closed round two with a 16-under 272 and will enter Saturday's finale at 36-under par, seven strokes behind first-place Oklahoma State (-43).

After matching the best round of his career on Thursday with 9-under 63, Eric Doyle once again led the Ducks with a 5-under 67. He remains in second place individually with one round left to play, two strokes behind individual leader Hampton Roberts of North Carolina.

Freshman Tim Chang matched Doyle with a career-best 5-under 67 and Greyson Leach and Aiden Krafft rounded out the counting scores, each carding a 3-under 69.

On the day, Oregon's four counting scorers combined to record two eagles and 18 birdies against just seven bogeys.

How It Happened
After going bogey-free on Thursday on his way to tying the second-lowest round vs. par in program history, Doyle extended his bogey-free streak to 30 straight holes to start Friday's round with 11 total birdies and an eagle in that stretch. Doyle started his round with a par on No. 9, and then recorded four birdies in his next six holes to get to 4-under par quickly. The senior's lone bogey of the tournament thus far came on hole No. 4, but he bounced back quickly with an eagle on No. 6 and then finished with a pair of pars to close with a 5-under 67.

Chang skyrocketed up in the individual leaderboard, climbing 31 spots from Thursday's finish to end the day in 33rd place. The freshman kicked off day two with a par on No. 9 and had just one bogey for the round at No. 16, which he answered with an eagle three holes later en route to a career-best performance.

Krafft moved up six spots to 20th individually after two days, with four birdies to counter his sole bogey on hole No. 4 in a 3-under 69 finish. Leach remains in ninth individually with one round left to play, answering each of his four bogeys with a birdie on the subsequent hole as he finished the day with a 3-under 69. The senior tallied eight total birdies after a season-best score of 66 during Thursday's round.

Quotable
"We played beautifully again today," head coach Casey Martin said. "I saw some amazing shots from the guys. Now we just need to relax and keep doing it!"

Duck Scorecard
Amer Ari Intercollegiate
Mauna Lani Golf Club – Par 72 (6,913 yards)
T3. Oregon – 268-272--540 (-36)
2. Eric Doyle – 63-67 – 130 (-14)
T9. Greyson Leach – 66-69 -- 135 (-9)
T20. Aiden Krafft – 68-69 -- 137 (-7)
T33. Tim Chang – 71-67 -- 138 (-6)
T100. Shams Jahangir-Arshad – 73-76 -- 149 (+5)
T107. Ramil Saelim (I) – 77-74 -- 151 (+7)

Notable
The Ducks continued to score low on par-5s, ranking second in the field with a 4.33 scoring average (-27) over the first two rounds … Chang and Doyle enter Saturday's final round tied for sixth in the field in par-5 scoring average (4.13, -7), one shot ahead of Leach (4.25, -6) … The Ducks have carded four eagles and 47 birdies through 36 holes, ranking tied for third and seventh in the field, respectively.

Next Up
Saturday's final round will begin with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. PT.