Behind a career-low round of 65 by individual leader Baard Skogen, the Red Raiders, ranked 25th by Golfweek/Sagarin, carded a 21-under score of 267 on Friday to move to 36-under for the tournament, good for a one-stroke lead over the top-ranked Sun Devils at 35-under 541. Washington is also keeping pace at 30-under 546 followed by Pepperdine (-28) and Oklahoma State (-26).
The Red Raider's 21-under score of 267 was one shy of the program record for the lowest round in program history behind only a 266 in the third round of the 2015 Amer Ari.
In addition to Skogen's 7-under round, Texas Tech also counted a pair of 67s from AmateurGolf.com's 2021 Player of the Year Ludvig Aberg and Garrett Martin, a 68 from Calum Scott and had the luxury of tossing out a 3-under 69 from Andy Lopez.
Skogen, who had eight birdies against just one bogey on his Friday card, moved to 13-under 131 at the 36-hole mark of the tournament and will take a two-stroke lead over Arizona State's Preston Summerhays into Saturday's final round.
North Carolina freshman David Ford turned in the lowest round of the day with an 8-under 64 to jump 29 spots up the leaderboard into a tie for third place with Pepperdine's Dylan Menante, Washington's R.J. Manke, Auburn's Austin Coggin and ASU's Mason Andersen.
After opening his round with a bogey, Ford made nine birdies in a 12-hole stretch en route to a second-round 64.
The Amer Ari Invitational concludes tomorrow.