AUGUSTA, Ga. — Behind five birdies on Saturday, Georgia Southwestern's Nicolas Escobar climbed seven spots in the individual standings to take a share of the lead after two rounds of the Peach Belt Conference Championship at the par-72, 7,086-yard Forest Hills Golf Club. Escobar posted a 68 in Round 2 and enters Sunday's final round at 3-under par. Seventh-ranked GSW moved into second place with a 1-under 287 in Round 2 and sits two strokes out of the lead.
Erik Fogel made the biggest move on the leaderboard for GSW on Saturday, soaring 16 spots behind a 1-under 71. He joins teammate Jack Tharrington in a tie for 17th place at 5-over for the tournament. Payne Sells matched his opening round score of 73 on Day 2 and is tied for ninth place. Chase McLain is in 16th place after dropping eight spots with a 75 on Saturday.
USC Aiken shaved 14 strokes off its Round 1 score and jumped three spots to take control of first place in the nine-team event.
Tharrington will get the final round started for GSW on Sunday with a tee time of 10:10 a.m.
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2023 PEACH BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP - TEAM SCORES
| Pos |
|
Team |
Rd. 1 |
Rd. 2 |
Rd. 3 |
Total |
+/- |
| 1 |
↑3 |
USC Aiken (33) |
295 |
281 |
|
576 |
E |
| 2 |
↑1 |
Georgia Southwestern (7) |
291 |
287 |
|
578 |
+2 |
| 3 |
↓2 |
North Georgia (4) |
287 |
293 |
|
580 |
+4 |
| 4 |
↓2 |
Flagler College (44) |
290 |
294 |
|
584 |
+8 |
| 5 |
↑3 |
Lander (23) |
308 |
289 |
|
597 |
+21 |
| 6 |
↓1 |
Clayton State (11) |
301 |
298 |
|
599 |
+23 |
| 7 |
↓1 |
Columbus State (24) |
303 |
300 |
|
603 |
+27 |
| 8 |
↓2 |
Georgia College |
303 |
309 |
|
612 |
+36 |
| 9 |
|
Young Harris |
310 |
307 |
|
617 |
+41 |
| |
| ( ) - NCAA Division II Golfstat Computer Ranking |
GSW SCORES
