ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Arkansas Tech men's golf team remains in a tie for third-place through two rounds of play at the 2025 NCAA Division II Central/Midwest Region Tournament after they matched their team score from Thursday's first round and shot an eight-over (292) on Friday.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
Tech is tied with Findlay for third and both are just one stroke back of being in a tie for second with Saginaw Valley State, who shot up eight spots on the team leaderboard on Friday with two-over (286).
Just one stroke back of Tech and Findley are four teams that are tied for fifth; setting up an exciting final round as the top-four teams at the conclusion of the round will advance to the National Championship Tournament.
Pacing the Wonder Boys in the second round was
Landon Lawson as he shot a three-under (68). Starting on hole one, Lawson was two-under through the front-nine as he birdied holes five and eight. He would get to three-under quickly after making the turn with a birdie on No. 10. His lone blemish came two holes later where he bogeyed 12.
Lawson would par the next five holes before ending his round with a birdie on 18. Lawson is currently tied for second at two-under for the tournament.
Behind Lawson on Friday was
Tobey Kim. The freshman would shoot one-over in his second round. He would overcome a pair of par-three double bogeys and a pair of par-four bogeys with a team-high five birdies in the round. At four-over for the tournament, Kim is currently tied for 20
th.
Roby Cooper and
Shaun Jones were the final two Wonder Boys to score on Friday. Cooper would shoot three-over (74) while Jones went seven-over (78). Cooper is currently tied for 37
th overall while Jones is tied for 75
th.
The Wonder Boys will be in the final grouping on Saturday and will play with the University of Central Oklahoma and Saginaw Valley State. The first tee time will be at 12:40 p.m. and will see Cooper be the first out for Tech. Lawson has the final tee time and is scheduled to start his round at 1:20 p.m.
