NORMAN, Okla. — Texas Tech’s Ludvig Aberg finished another day of bogey-free golf with a 4-under-par 68 in Tuesday’s second round of the NCAA Norman Regional, taking the lead and bidding to win his fourth tournament of the school year.
The senior from Eslov, Sweden started his round at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club with a birdie on a 472-yard par-4. He added more on the par-4 No. 3, the par-6 No. 6 and the par-5 No. 13, making him 9-under after 36 holes. Oklahoma’s Drew Goodman (70) trails Aberg by one and Alabama’s Nick Dunlap (71) trails the Ben Hogan Award finalist by two.
The Tech men are tied for third as a team, and after Wednesday’s final round the top five teams and the lowest-scoring player not on those teams qualify for the NCAA championship tournament May 26-31 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.
On Monday, Tech had four players break par, combining for a 10-under and a one-shot lead. On Tuesday, Alabama carded 8-under, making the Crimson Tide 15-under with a two-shot lead over Oklahoma. Tech and Colorado are tied at 11-under, and North Florida is the other team inside the cut line at 10-under.
Within striking distance of the top five are Duke at 8-under, LSU at 4-under, Mississippi at 3-under and Wake Forest at 1-under.
Tech’s Jack Wall took a double bogey at the par-4 14th in a round of 72, and Tyran Snyders birdied the par-5 18th for 73. Matthew Comegys and Calum Scott each shot 74. Scott was 4-over for the day after he took a triple-bogey 8 on No. 5, then battled back with five birdies and three bogeys afterwards.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Ludvig Aberg leads field, Texas Tech tied for 3rd at Norman Regional