SUGAR LAND – After the first two rounds of the Colin Montgomerie Invitational on Monday at Sweetwater Country Club, the East Texas A&M University men's golf team is in ninth place.
 
The Lions improved by four strokes in the afternoon round, finishing with a score of 600 through the first two rounds, which is one stroke behind Prairie View A&M for eighth, while Nicholls, Missouri State, and Weber State are in a three-way tie for 10^th, just a stroke back of the Lions. Abilene Christian is front the team leaderboard by six strokes over New Mexico Junior College.
 
Individually for the Lions, Cooper Watt (Rockford, Ill.) tied for seventh after shooting a combined score of 144 (73-71) on Monday. Nicke Kajaavirta (Kajaani, Finland) is tied for 31^st with a score of 150 (79-71), Blake Taylor (Mansfield) is tied 46^th, shooting a 152 (75-77) through the first two rounds.
 
Matt Walters (Ballito, South Africa) is tied for 63^rd with a score of 155 (75-80) and Janis Erll (Lich, Germany) is tied for 70^th with a score of 158 (79-79). New Mexico JC's Elias Pettersson has a two-stroke lead on the player leaderboard with a score of 139.
 
The third round concludes with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.
 

Pos	Teams	Round 1	Round 2	Total
1	Abilene Christian	285	287	572
2	New Mexico JC	291	287	578
3	UIW	291	291	582
4	HCU	290	295	585
5	North Dakota	288	300	588
6	Texas Southern	304	290	594
7	Southeastern	294	304	598
8	Prairie View A&M	300	299	599
9	EAST TEXAS A&M	302	298	600
T10	Nicholls	305	296	601
T10	Missouri State	301	300	601
T10	Weber State	289	312	601
13	Blinn College	300	305	605
14	Central Michigan	306	325	631

 

9	EAST TEXAS A&M	302	298	600
T7	Cooper Watt	73	71	144
T31	Nicke Kaajavirta	79	71	150
T46	Blake Taylor	75	77	152
T63	Matt Walters	75	80	155
T70	Janis Erll	79	79	158