BELLEAIR, Fla., April 20, 2024 – The University of South Florida men's golf team stands in a tie for the lead through 36 holes of the American Athletic Conference Championship. Junior Jake Peacock is tied for the individual lead at 135 (-5) following a 66 (-4), which ties his low round as a Bull.
 
The 48th-ranked Bulls, who had three players shoot under par in the second round, have two other players in the top 10. Senior Sam Nicholson and graduate student Brock Healy are tied for sixth place at 138 (-2).
 
In the second round, USF shot 271 (-9), the low round of the tournament, to move up three spots. As a team, the Bulls made 20 birdies in the second round and improved 10 shots from the first round. The Bulls are at 552 (-8) heading into Sunday's final round. Through the first two rounds, USF leads the field with 127 pars, is second in par four scoring at 4.05 (+6), and in par three scoring at 3.03 (+1).
 
Peacock (Milton, Ga), a member 2022-23 AAC Men's Golf All-Conference team, who has a win, and four top-10 finishes this season, moved up six spots on the leaderboard in the second round. He opened with a 69 (-1), and improved three shots in the second round, to a 66 (-4), a round in which he carded five birdies, offset by one bogey.
 
Healey (Norcross, Ga.) made a big jump in the second round as he shot up 25 spots on the leaderboard after shooting 66 (-4), which ties his second-best round as a Bull. He bettered his first round of 72 (+2) by six shots. Healey combined a 34 (-1) on the front nine with a back nine 32 (-3), making four birdies on the back.
 
Nicholson (Atlantic Beach, Fla.) has shot par or better in the first two rounds. After an opening round 70 (E), he shot 68 (-2) in the second round to move up nine spots. Nicholson made three birdies on the front nine, shooting 33 (-2), and two on the back nine for a 35 (E).
 
Junior Shubham Jaglan (Jr., Delhi, India) contributed to the Bulls' other scoring round with a 71 (+1) in the second round. Jaglan, who opened with an even-par 70, is tied for 19th place at 141 (+1) through the first two rounds.
 
Redshirt junior Cooper Smith (Tampa, Fla.) is tied for 29th place after shooting identical rounds of 72 (+2) in the first two rounds.
 
The Bulls are seeking their sixth American Athletic Conference championship in the first 10 years of the tournament. South Florida will tee off in the third round Sunday between 9:05 a.m. and 9:57 a.m. off the first tee. The final round can be watched on ESPN+.
 
 
Bulls Team Scores 
Place                                                                          RD1    RD2    TOTAL 
   T1     Jake Peacock (Jr., Milton, Ga.)                        69        66         -5 (135) 
  T6      Brock Healy (Gr., Norcross, Ga.)                     72        66         -3 (138)
  T6      Sam Nicholson (Sr., Atlantic Beach, Fla.)        70        68        +2 (217)
T19      Shubham Jaglan (Jr., Delhi, India)                   70       71         +1 (141)
T29      Cooper Smith (Redshirt Jr., Tampa, Fla.)        72        72         +4 (144)
 
 
Tournament Team Scores 
Place                                                                          RD1    RD2    TOTAL 
  T1 South Florida                                                        281    271        -8 (552)
  T1 SMU                                                                     277     275       -8 (552)
    3 Memphis                                                               280    275       -5  (555)
 T4  North Texas                                                          286    278      +4  (564)
 T4  Wichita State                                                        279    285      +4  (564)
   6  Florida Atlantic                                                      292    278    +10  (570)
   7  Charlotte                                                               282    290    +12  (572)
   8  Rice                                                                      285    290    +15  (575)
   9  East Carolina                                                        286    292    +18  (578)
 10  Temple                                                                  288    291    +19  (579)         
 11  UTSA                                                                     288    293    +21  (581)
 12  UAB                                                                       283    300    +23  (583)