{"id":851189,"date":"2026-10-05T05:24:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T05:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/851189\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T05:24:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T05:24:32","slug":"razorbacks-stretch-lead-after-rd2-at-blessings-collegiate-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/851189\/","title":{"rendered":"Razorbacks Stretch Lead After Rd2 at Blessings Collegiate Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FAYETTEVILLE \u2013 Arkansas was 10-over (298) in round two due to a tough course setup and steady wind, but the total was still the best team score by eight strokes as the Razorbacks expanded their 13-stroke lead to a 24-stroke cushion at the 7th annual Blessings Collegiate Invitational, presented by Tyson Foods.<\/p>\n<p>Arkansas, which has all five players in its lineup among the top 10, is the only team under par after 36 holes, sitting a -5 (571). Also, the four Razorback individuals are between places 13 and 22. North Texas, which was 21-over on Sunday, is second at +19 and UNC Greensboro is third at +22.<\/p>\n<p>By comparison, the overall field scoring average was 78.57 while the scoring average for the five players in the Arkansas lineup was 74.8, and all nine Hogs had a cumulative scoring average of 75.22 in round two.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Curry led the Razorbacks on day two with a 73. He and Niilo Maki-Petaja are tied for second, one stroke off the lead, at 142 (-2). Benjamin Fernandez (Southern Miss) sits atop the leaderboard at 141 (-3) despite shooting 75 in round two.<\/p>\n<p>Lev Grinberg is 1-under and in fourth place. Erich Fortlage is at even par through 36 holes and is tied for fifth. Gerardo Gomez is 4-over and is tied for 10th. Among the Razorback individuals, Cam Smith, who moved up 18 spots with his even-par 72, and Willie Gordon are tied for 13th, Guus Lafeber is tied for 16th \u00a0(+6) and Neo Berg is tied for 22nd (+8).<\/p>\n<p>The third and final round is set for Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Blessings Collegiate Invitational, presented by Tyson Foods<br \/>Oct. 3-5, 2026<br \/>Host: Arkansas<br \/>Blessings Golf Club<br \/>Fayetteville, Ark.<br \/>Par 72 \u2014 7,991 yards (Men\u2019s Tees)<\/p>\n<p>Results Thru Rd2<br \/>\u00a0 1\u00a0 Arkansas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 273-298=571 \/ -5<br \/>\u00a0 2\u00a0 North Texas\u00a0\u00a0 286-309=595 \/ +19<br \/>3\u00a0 UNC Greensboro\u00a0\u00a0 289-310=599 \/ +23<br \/>4\u00a0 Southern Miss\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 291-309=600 \/ +24<br \/>5\u00a0 Kansas State\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 296-309=605 \/ +29<br \/>6 \u00a0Little Rock\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 306-306=612 \/ +36<br \/>7\u00a0 Middle Tennessee State\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 300-315=615 \/ +39<br \/>8 \u00a0Nebraska\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 306-316=622 \/ +46<br \/>9\u00a0 Oral Roberts\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 307-324=631 \/ +55<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Arkansas Men\u2019s Golf,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RazorbackMGolf\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/razorbackmgolf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FAYETTEVILLE \u2013 Arkansas was 10-over (298) in round two due to a tough course setup and steady wind,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":851190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,1842,15144,1843,43352,231,772,1544],"class_list":["post-851189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-basketball","tag-college-basketball","tag-headlines","tag-home-feature","tag-men-s-basketball","tag-men-s-golf","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaab"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117386639014594498","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}