Daly Leads Arkansas in Rd2 at NCAA Corvallis Regional

CORVALLIS, Ore. – John Daly II fired a 2-under-par 69 on Tuesday to lead the top-seeded and sixth-ranked Razorbacks. Arkansas shot a 1-over 285 in round two and sits in fifth with a 26-hole score of 560 (-8) at the NCAA Corvallis Regional, played at the par-71 Trysting Tree Golf Club.

Oklahoma had three players shoot 5-under and one 4-under for an impressive 19-under round of 265, for a two-day score of 540 (-28), to vault into the lead. Round one leader Purdue is second (-20) and host Oregon State is third (-13). UCLA was 8-under Tuesday, climbed six spots up the leaderboard and sits in fourth at -9. The Razorbacks are fifth at -8. Georgia Southern and Liberty are tied for sixth at -6.

The top five teams after tomorrow’s final round will advance to the NCAA Championships next week.

Daly is tied for ninth after 36 holes with his rounds of 68-69 (137 / -5). Ryder Cowan (Oklahoma) leads at -9 with two players tied for second (8), one player in fourth (-7) and four players are tied for fifth (-6).

Daly opened his day with four pars. He dropped shots on holes 5 and then reeled off four pars to stand at 2-over after 10 holes. From that point, he birdied holes 11, 13, 16 and 17 to finish at 2-under (69).

Erich Fortlage and Gerardo Gomez are tied for 24th, each shooting a 1-over 72 and sitting at 2-under for the Regional. Fortlage got off to a slow start with bogeys on holes 1, 4 and 6. He then played his final 12 holes bogey-free with birdies on holes 10 and 14. Gomez was 1-under through 11 holes with 10 par and a birdie on hole 8. After a double bogey on 12 and a bogey on 13, the sophomore played his final five holes at 1-under with a birdie on 17.

Cam Smith, who posted an even-par round Monday, joined Fortlage and Gomez by shooting a 1-over 72 on Tuesday. He is tied for 40th with a 36-hole total of 143 (+1). Thomas Curry carded a 73 for the second-straight day and is tied for 55th (146 / +4).

The third and final round is set for Wednesday.

2026 NCAA Corvallis Regional
Dates: May 18-20 (Mon.-Wed.)
Host: Oregon State
Location: Corvallis, Ore. || Trysting Tree Golf Club
Par: 71 || Yards: 7,384 yards

Results Thru Rd2 (Top 5 teams after Rd3 advance to NCAA Championship):
  1 #17 Oklahoma  275-265=540 / -28
2  #43 Purdue     272-276=548 / -20
3  #60 Oregon State   276-279=555 / -13
4  #30 UCLA     283-276=559 / -9
  5  #6 Arkansas   275-285=560 / -8
 T6  #80 Liberty   282-280=562 / -6
T6  #56 Georgia Southern   282-280=562 / -6
8  #7 Texas Tech   283-282=565 / -3
9  #42 San Diego   280-288=568 / E
10  #19 Charlotte   280-291=571 / +3
11  #93 Xavier    281-291=572 / +4
12  #31 Notre Dame    287-291=578 / +10
13  #151 Sacramento State   287-299=586 / +15

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