Seton Hall’s Go leads Southern Amateur by two strokes

Seton Hall golfer Lloyd Jefferson Go of the Philippines shot a third-round 4-under 68 to take a two-stroke lead going into the final round of the 110th Southern Amateur Championship at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club.

Go, the reigning Big East Player of the Year as a rising senior at Seton Hall, is at 68-71-68–207, two strokes ahead of Oklahoma State golfer Zachary Bauchou (68) of Forest, Va.

Defending champion Taylor Funk of Ponte Vedra, Fla., a rising junior at Texas and the son of nine-time PGA Tour winner Fred Funk, was among a group of three (also Brett Coletta of Australia and Virginia’s Jimmy Stanger of Tampa, Fla.) who are three strokes behind Go.

The field was cut to the low 66 players following the completion of the second round, and spectators are welcomed for the final day of competition Sunday.

The Dunes Club has also hosted the Southern Am in 1960, 1988 and 2005, when PGA Tour member and U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson won.

Last year’s tournament was held at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Miss. Recent University of South Carolina standout Matt NeSmith tied for fourth with 2015 NCAA and U.S. Amateur champion Bryson DeChambeau.

Recent champions include Harris English, Kyle Stanley, Michael Sim and Casey Wittenberg, who all reached the PGA Tour, and other past champions include

Bobby Jones, Ben Crenshaw, Lanny Wadkins, Hubert Green, Gay Brewer, Justin Leonard, Billy Joe Patton, Bob Tway, Mark Brooks, Steve Lowery, Len Mattiace and Dale Morey.

This story was originally published July 16, 2016 at 8:58 PM with the headline "Seton Hall’s Go leads Southern Amateur by two strokes."