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Ford and Bennett lead the individual race, while Oklahoma is looking to hold off Texas and Auburn in the team competition
After 36 holes of the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Tex., a familiar face in collegiate golf leads the way.
David Ford of North Carolina and Daniel Bennett of Texas are 6-under through the first two rounds, with Ford carding rounds of 69-65 and Bennett carding rounds of 65-69.
Ford is ranked No. 6 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com World Rankings and has already recorded two top-ten finishes this season, finishing T8 at the Sahalee Player's Championship and T6 at the Fighting Illini Invite.
A duo of Auburn Tigers, Brenden Valdes and Billy Davis, are just one shot back and T3 at 5-under. They will look to lead the Tigers to the team win in the final round.
Luke Potter of Texas and Matthew Troutman of Oklahoma are T5 at 3-under. Four golfers are T7 at 2-under, and six golfers are T11 at even par.
In the team competition, Oklahoma leads by two shots at 9-under, while Texas is in solo second place at 7-under, and Auburn is in solo third place at 4-under.
Oklahoma has been one of the best teams in the nation recently, winning the Texas Valero Collegiate last week. The Sooners shot team rounds of 276-275 to get to 9-under and take the lead.
North Carolina is in solo fourth place at 2-under, and Arizona State and Georgia are T5 at 8-over.
| Place | Player | Location | Pts | Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peachtree Corners, GA | 800 | 69-65-67=201 | |
| 2 | Orlando, FL | 500 | 69-66-69=204 | |
| T3 | Norman, OK | 400 | 66-72-67=205 | |
| T3 | Spring Valley, CA | 400 | 68-67-70=205 | |
| T3 | , South Africa | 400 | 65-69-71=205 |

54-hole men's collegiate championship for teams in the Big 12 Conference. Team (best four scores out of six players each round) and individual competitions.
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