Columbus, Ohio -- The Furman men’s golf team carded rounds of 311 and 318 to hold 10th place after two rounds at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate Saturday at the par-71, 7,455-yard Scarlet Course at The Ohio State University Golf Club.

Furman senior Ben Goforth (77-77=154) posted back-to-back rounds of six-over-par 77 to pace the Paladins in 24th place after 36 holes.  Chris Gilliland (77-79=156) is in 33rd place at 14-over on the strength of a first round 77 on Saturday morning.

Michigan State (303-302=605) holds a one-stroke lead over Colorado (299-307=606) and three-stroke advantage over the host Buckeyes (298-310=608) following two rounds of play.  Kent State and Penn State round out the top five while the Paladins are 24 strokes off the lead in 10th.

Michigan State’s Ryan Brehm (73-72=145) and Zach Sebert (71-74=145) enter Sunday in a tie for individual honors at three-over-par. 

Final round action at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate is set for Sunday morning.  The 14-team field will begin to tee-off at 8:30 a.m.

10         Furman             311       318       629

T24       Ben Goforth                   77         77         154

T33       Chris Gilliland    77         79         156

T45       Jonathan Bowden           80         79         159

T65       Matt Hayes                   77         87         164

T69       Garrett Schneider           83         83         166