NAIA Men's Golf National Championships

Wednesday, May, 14, 2008 1:18 PM

Luke Vermeer carded a five-over 77 in the second round of the 2008 NAIA Men's Golf National Championship. The sophomore from Sioux Center, Iowa, is 11 over for the tournament and is currently tied for 81st place as he begins third round play on Thursday morning at 8:15am. The championship is being played at the Indiana National Golf Club in Plymouth, Ind.

Vermeer began the day with a bogey on the first hole, a 401-yard, par four, but followed with a birdie on the par three second. After three consecutive pars, he closed the front nine with three bogeys on the final four holes to card a 39 on the front nine. Vermeer found his groove as he started the back nine with five straight pars followed by a birdie on the 429-yard, par four 15th hole. After he parred 16, Vermeer finished the round with a double bogey and bogey to finish with a five-over 77.

After Thursday's third round, the championship field will be cut down to the top 40 individual golfers (including ties) and the top 17 teams.

Leaderboard and Live Scoring

Finish	School	Strokes
T 0	Cal Saint San Marcos	0
T 0	Concordia (Ore.)	0
T 0	Missouri Valley	0
T 0	Northwestern	0
T 70	Luke Vermeer	40-38	78
1	Johnson & Wales	284
2	Oklahoma Christian	287
T 3	British Columbia	294
T 3	Oklahoma City	294
T 3	Wayland Baptist	294
6	Point Loma Nazarene	296
T 7	Cal. State East Bay	297
T 7	Victoria	297
9	Texas Wesleyan	298
10	Berry	299
11	Northwood	303
T 12	Davenport	305
T 12	Malone	305
14	St. Thomas	306
15	Lindenwood	307
16	Lee	309
T 17	Bethel	312
T 17	Southwestern	312
T 17	Tennessee Wesleyan	312
20	Shorter	314
21	Campbellsville	315
22	St. Ambrose	316
T 23	Midland Lutheran	317
T 23	Savannah Art and Design	317
25	Southern Nazarene	318
26	Ohio Dominican	321
27	William Woods	322
28	Webber International	327