JALISCO, MEXICO | Eaglecrest junior-to-be Davis Bryant got into the red numbers during the second round of the boys Junior Americas Cup golf tournament on Wednesday, helping the team from Colorado make a rise in the standings.
Bryant and teammates Jackson Solem and Cole Krantz all shot 1-under-par 71 at the Guadalajara Country Club as Colorado moved to 1-under for the tournament and climbed from ninth to fifth in the 18-time field of four-player teams from 11 Western states, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico.
The locals sit just one stroke out of a three-way tie for second place between teams from Utah, Washington and Mexico and five off the pace set by a squad from San Diego going into Thursday’s final round. Bryant and Solem also played on the Colorado team last season when it took third.
Bryant — who shot even par in the opening round — made an eagle on the par-5 Hole No. 1 and finished the front nine even, then made a birdie on the par-4 No. 16 to come in at 1-under. For the tournament, he is tied for seventh with players from Idaho, British Columbia and Mexico going into the final round in which he has a 9:54 a.m. MT tee time.
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44TH JUNIOR AMERICAS CUP BOYS GOLF
Team scores (through two rounds, par 432): 1. San Diego 216-210 — 426; 2. Utah 215-215 — 430; T2. Mexico No. 2 216-214 — 430; T2. Washington 219-211 — 430; 5. COLORADO 218-213 — 431; T6. Hawaii 217-217 — 434; T6. Southern California 212-222 — 434; 8. Northern California 223-213 — 436; T9. CJGA Alberta 220-218 — 438; T9. Arizona 222-216 — 438;11. Oregon 216-225 — 441; T12. British Columbia 215-227 — 442; T12. Nevada 227-215 — 442; 14. Mexico No. 1 230-213 — 443; 15. Idaho 216-228 — 444; 16. Wyoming 224-222 — 446; 17. Montana 226-221 — 447; 18. Sun Country 241-237 — 478
Colorado players (through two rounds, par 144): T7. DAVIS BRYANT 72-71 — 143; T11. Cole Krantz 73-71 — 144; T19. Jackson Solem 74-71 — 145; T32. Daniel Pearson 73-74 — 47
