Lehman Fires 3-under Par at Linger Longer Invitational

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Linger Longer Invitational

Lehman Fires 3-under Par at Linger Longer Invitational

March 21, 2016 | Men's Golf

Junior moves up to 13th place after two rounds

By: Rocco Gasparro

GREENSBORO, Ga. – J.D. Lehman of the University of Louisville men's golf team shot a 3-under par 69 to lead the Cardinals at the 2016 Linger Longer Invitational. The Cardinals are in eighth place after two rounds after firing 289-296=558 (+9)

Alabama will enter the final 18 holes with a three-stroke lead over No. 22 Virginia (570). Augusta State (572), ranked No. 47 in the nation, is in third, while tournament host Kennesaw State (577) and No. 3 Georgia (579) round out the top five.

After shooting a 2-over par 74 on Sunday, Lehman was on fire Monday to move in to a tie for 13^th place after the first two rounds of action. He moved to 1-under par for the tournament, just six shots off the lead.

Shooting 71 on Sunday, Robin Sciot-Siegrist carded a 2-over par 74 to slip into a tie for 19^th, while Keegan de Lange shot 76 to move into a tie with his teammate.

Erik Dulik dropped to 53^rd place after shooting 77 and Simon Zach also shot 77 to move into 67^th place.

The third round will tee off at 9 a.m. Live scoring for this year's tournament can be found at www.Golfstat.com.