Big Second Round moves Greyson Porter into NYI Lead

1/5/2018 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

36-hole leader Greyson Porter leads by four <br>(Naples Daily News Photo)

In the Mid-Amateur Division Kyle McCarthy leads the way while Jimmy Jones Sr. and Greg Marshall pace the Senior Division

ST. PETERSBURG, FL (January 5, 2018) - Florida State sophomore Greyson Porter fired the round of the tournament, a 7-under 65 to move to 6-under and take the lead after 36-holes at the 92nd New Year's Invitational. After a cold, windy first round the conditions were marketably better on Friday for round two as Porter moved from two-strokes off the pace to four ahead at the halfway point at St. Petersburg Country Club. Michael Mattiace (North Florida) will begin the third round in second place at 2-under after carding a 2-under 70 on day two, Ben Albin (Notre Dame) and first round co-leader Ben Doyle (Cal) are 1-under in a tie for third while Christian DiMarco (USF) and Ben Schlottman (Auburn) are tied for fifth at even-par. First round co-leader Tyler Johnson (Middle Tennesse) dropped to 5-over while defending champion Hayden Buckley (Missouri) is 2-over. Buckley shot a 1-under 71 on Friday. MID-AMATEUR DIVISION With a 2-under 70 in the second round Kyle McCarthy rebounded from an opening 5-over 77 and at 3-over he will take a four shot lead into the third round. Troy Vannucci is 7-over in second while Miles McConnell and Joe Lyons are sharing third with 8-over showing. SENIOR DIVISION In the Super Division Jimmy Jones Sr. has gone from four back to a share of the lead with first round leader Greg Marshall. Both players will start day three 6-over and six clear of the rest of the field. Greg Hedrix is 12-over in third while Tom Hyland and Dennis Monahan share fourth at 13-over

Results: New Year's Invitational

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Hayden Buckley	Tupelo, MS	700	75-71-72-68=286
2	Greyson Porter	Clearwater, FL	500	73-65-78-70=286
T3	Michael Mattiace	Jacksonville, FL	400	72-70-74-74=290
T3	Cristian DiMarco	Lake Mary, FL	400	74-70-70-76=290
5	Daniel Robinson	St. Petersburg, FL	400	74-72-73-72=291

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