ALBANY, Ga. – The Valdosta State men's golf team fired rounds of 301 and 305 for a 606 score through the first two rounds of the 2023 Hurricane Invitational Monday, on the par 72, 7,024-yard Doublegate Country Club Course.  North Georgia leads the 17-team field with a 7-under 569 score heading into Tuesday's final round.
 
Nova Southeastern is second at 572, followed by Carson-Newman at 574, Columbus State (575) and Clayton State is at 576 to round out the top five.  Anderson's Reece Coleman, ranked sixth nationally, leads the field with a 5-under 139, while there is a three-way tie for second at 4-under 140 between Columbus State's Bernard Meyer, Nova Southeastern's Michael Hay and North Georgia's Evan Thompson. 
 
For the Blazers, who sit 14^th as a team heading into the final round, sophomore Chase Long, senior Chase Weathers and freshman Joshua Burki each are tied for 57^th at 151, while freshman Ty Folsom is tied for 67^th at 153 and sophomore Gage Winkler is tied for 80^th at 159. 
 
Check back with vstateblazers.com Tuesday afternoon for a complete recap of the final round.  The final round is scheduled to begin at 8:15 a.m. with a shotgun start.