{"id":196322,"date":"2026-03-09T04:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/196322\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T04:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:17:08","slug":"no-11-red-raiders-surge-to-fourth-with-top-second-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/196322\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 11 Red Raiders surge to fourth with top second round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. \u2014 No. 11 Texas Tech made the biggest move in the 16-team field Sunday, firing a second-round-best 13-under-par 275 to climb from a tie for ninth into fourth place after the second round of The Hayt at Sawgrass Country Club.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Raiders sit at 14-under 562 heading into Monday&#8217;s final round. No. 21 Charlotte leads the tournament at 18-under 558, while No. 6 LSU and No. 2 Auburn are tied for second at 15-under.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech&#8217;s surge was fueled by three subpar rounds from <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/adam-bresnu\/14047\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14047\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Bresnu<\/a> (6-under 66), <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/tim-wiedemeyer\/14046\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14046\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Wiedemeyer<\/a> (4-under 68) and <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/connor-graham\/14042\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14042\" target=\"_blank\">Connor Graham<\/a> (3-under 69), with all three Red Raiders entering the final round inside the top 20 individually.<\/p>\n<p>Graham is tied for the individual lead at 7-under 137 after posting his second consecutive under-par round. He shares the top spot with Virginia&#8217;s Ben James and Charlotte&#8217;s Seb Cave in the 90-player field at The Hayt.<\/p>\n<p>Bresnu bounced back from an opening-round 75 with a bogey-free 6-under 66. He jump-started his round with five birdies on the front nine to make the turn at 5-under 31, added another birdie at No. 11 and closed with seven consecutive pars.<\/p>\n<p>Wiedemeyer and Graham each highlighted their rounds with eagles on the 544-yard, par-5 eighth hole. Wiedemeyer is tied for 14th at 4-under 140, while Bresnu sits tied for 19th at 3-under 141. <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/ben-gregg\/14043\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14043\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Gregg<\/a> is even par through two rounds and tied for 41st, while <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/brady-mchenry\/14049\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14049\" target=\"_blank\">Brady McHenry<\/a> is tied for 61st at 3 over.<\/p>\n<p>The third and final round of The Hayt tees off Monday morning, with the Red Raiders beginning play at 8:33 a.m. CDT.<\/p>\n<p>The Hayt (Rounds 1-2 Team Results)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n1. Charlotte: 280-278=558 (-18)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-2. LSU: 274-287=561 (-15)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-2. Auburn: 279-282=561 (-15)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n4. Texas Tech: 287-275=562 (-14)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n5. South Carolina: 283-281=564 (-12)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n6. Alabama: 279-286=565 (-11)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n7. USF: 287-281=568 (-8)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-8. Coastal Carolina: 288-281=569 (-7)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-8. North Carolina: 282-287=569 (-7)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n10. Clemson: 287-285=572 (-4)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-11. UCF: 280-294=574 (-2)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-11. Virginia: 276-298=574 (-2)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n13. Liberty: 291-287=578 (+2)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n14. Duke: 291-288=579 (+3)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n15. Louisville: 294-289=583 (+7)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n16. North Florida: 296-295=591 (+15)<\/p>\n<p>Red Raiders in the Field (Rounds 1-2 Results)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-1. <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/connor-graham\/14042\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14042\" target=\"_blank\">Connor Graham<\/a>: 68-69=137 (-7)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-14. <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/tim-wiedemeyer\/14046\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14046\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Wiedemeyer<\/a>: 72-68=140 (-4)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-19. <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/adam-bresnu\/14047\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14047\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Bresnu<\/a>: 75-66=141 (-3)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-41. <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/ben-gregg\/14043\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14043\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Gregg<\/a>: 72-72=144 (E)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-61. <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/brady-mchenry\/14049\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14049\" target=\"_blank\">Brady McHenry<\/a>: 75-72=147 (+3)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TECH \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. \u2014 No. 11 Texas Tech made the biggest move in the 16-team field Sunday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-196322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}