DADE CITY, Fla. – The No. 32 Valdosta State men's golf team fired a 9-under 279 in the second round of the 2025 Saint Leo Invitational and is tied for sixth head into the final round Tuesday morning. VSU carded a 574 score on rounds of 295 and 279 on Monday. Blazer senior
Chase Long sits second with rounds of 68 and 67 for a 9-under 135.
Long carded 14 birdies combined for the two rounds to lead the field and had just three bogeys and one double bogey. His 9-under ties the school-record for the lowest 36-hole score by a Blazer in program history as Brent Witcher also was 9-under at the Dennis Rose Intercollegiate in 2008-09.
The 279 in the second round is tied for second all-time in school history for the lowest single round. VSU carded a 278 at the Dennis Rose Intercollegiate in 2008-09, while the Blazers had 279s in both the Dennis Rose in 2008-09 and most recently at The Kaiwah Island Invitational in 2019-20.
For the two rounds today, Florida Southern's Colton Swartz leads the field with a 10-under 134, while Barry's Giorgio Celani is 7-under at 137. There is a four-way tie for fourth at 4-under 140.
No. 43-ranked Barry leads the 18-team field with a 16-under 560, followed by a tie for second between host Saint Leo and No. 12 Florida Southern at 9-under 567. No. 8 Lee sits fourth at 8-under 568, followed by No. 19 Rollins at 3-under 573. VSU and No. 42 Montevallo are tied for sixth at 2-under 574. Tampa sits eighth at 577, followed by a tie for ninth between No. 23 Nova Southeastern and Carson-Newman at 581.
Click here for the complete scores of every team and player and will be the link for tomorrow's final round for live scoring.
Blazer senior
Parker Highsmith is tied for 18
th at 2-under 142 on rounds of 73 and 69 as there are 23 golfers under par for the tournament and an additional 12 at even par 144, including Blazer sophomore
Adam Waller with rounds of 76 and 68 as he is tied for 24
th. Senior
Brandon Cho is tied for 73
rd at 153 on rounds of 78 and 75 and sophomore
Landon Bassford at 156 on a pair of 78s.
Check back with vstateblazers.com Tuesday afternoon for a complete recap and stats of the final round.
