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Garrett Wood Paces Cats on Day Two of Hootie at Bulls Bay

AWENDAW, S.C. – Kentucky men's golfer Garrett Wood paced the play of the Wildcats during a hotly-contested second round of the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate. Wood fired his second straight score of 2-under par to lead four Wildcats with sub-par scores, but all 16 teams in the field shot par or better during Monday's second round.
 
Kentucky is tied for eighth overall with a combined 12-under scorecard. UK will enter Tuesday's final round just eight shots off a top-three finish. South Carolina leads the field at 30-under par. NC State, Ole Miss and Missouri are tied for second at 20-under par. Six teams comprise the middle of the pack and all are within four strokes of each other.
 
Wood fired a 2-under 70 for the second straight day and is tied for 22nd overall at 4-under par. He had an up-and-down opening nine holes, before picking up birdies at the par-three 12th and par-four 18th to finish the day two shots below par. He has now generated 14 par-or-better rounds on the season.