KINGSTON SPRINGS, Tenn. – After carding a three-over 74 on Tuesday, FGCU senior Van Holmgren dropped into a tie for 28^th at the NCAA Men's Golf Regional hosted by The Golf Club of Tennessee. Following Monday's two-under 69, Holmgren has a 36-hole total of 143 which is one over par.
 
San Diego State's Youssef Guezzale and Vanderbilt's Reid Davenport lead the field with five-under scores of 137 each. Holmgren sits just three strokes outside of a top-10 finish overall.
 
The low five teams and the low individual not from those teams from each of the six regional sites will move on to the NCAA Championship on May 28-June 2 at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
 
The Kingston Springs Regional will conclude on Wednesday with Holmgren slated to start on hole No. 1 at 10:31 AM (9:31 AM CT). Live scoring will be provided through www.GolfStat.com.

"Van showed tremendous resiliency today on the course and really played at a high level," said head coach Andrew Danna. "He hit some terrific shots and made some plays that were really unbelievable to salvage a few holes. I was proud of how he kept his demeanor and focus throughout the day."
 
In Tuesday's second round action, Holmgren sat even through the first seven holes of play after a bogey on No. 2 and a birdie on No. 4. He ran into trouble just before the turn with a bogey on No. 8 followed by a double bogey on No. 9 give him a front side score of three-over 39.
 
On the back, he started to get on track going par on No. 10 and No. 12 while picking up a birdie on No. 11. Back-to-back bogeys on No. 13 and No. 13 pushed him to four over, but the senior was able to pick up two birdies and a par on three of the last four holes.
 
Holmgren was tied for eighth after Monday's first round with his two-under 69 that was highlighted by an eagle on No. 5. His first round score marked the second-best individual performance for an Eagle at an NCAA Regional. Overall, he is the fourth player in program history to reach the event joining Brandon Pena in 2012 (Athens), Edward Figueroa in 2013 (Tallahassee), and Jake Sherwin in 2015 (Lubbock).
 
 
NCAA Regional Individuals (seeded in the following order):
T8 - James Piot, Michigan State – 72-68 – 140
T20 - Christopher Gotterup, Rutgers – 68-74 – 142
T20 - Brandon Einstein, High Point – 72-70 – 142
T28 - Van Holmgren, Florida Gulf Coast – 69-74 – 143
T35 - Timothius Tamardi, App State – 74-70 – 144
52 - Evan Davis, Belmont – 75-72 – 147
T53 - Austin Devereux, Rider – 75-73 – 148
T56 - Hunter Eichhorn, Marquette – 76-74 – 150
T56 - Hunter Fry, USC Upstate – 72-78 – 150
T70 - Ben van Wyk, Augusta – 79-79 – 158
 
Top 10 Individuals Overall:
T1 - Reid Davenport, Vanderbilt – 65-72 – 137
T1 - Youssef Guezzale, San Diego State – 69-68 – 137
T3 - Puwit Anupansuebsai, San Diego State – 71-67 – 138
T3 - William Buhl, Arkansas – 69-69 – 138
T3 - Pietro Bovari, Virginia – 70-68 – 138
T3 - Evan Brown, Loyola Maryland – 67-71 – 138
7 - Turk Pettit, Clemson – 70-69 – 139
T8 - Easton Paxton, NC State – 72-68 – 140
T8 - William Moll, Vanderbilt – 69-71 – 140
T8 - Zihao Jin, San Diego State – 71-69 – 140
T8 - Maximilian Steinlechner, NC State – 66-74 – 140
T8 - Ben Woodruff, Charlotte – 72-68 – 140
T8 - James Piot*, Michigan State – 72-68 – 140 
 
 
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