Back-To-Back 65s Give Kisner A One-Shot Advantage   

Goldsboro, NC – On the night of September 27th, the hopes of University of Georgia football fans everywhere were dashed by a determined rival in the form of the Alabama Crimson Tide. While the chances of a BCS title may have washed away in that tide, Bulldog fans can look to one rising star who may represent the red and black on an even grander stage: The PGA Tour.

Former Bulldog “All American” Kevin Kisner scorched the Walnut Creek Country Club course again Thursday with a blistering 6-under 65 and sits atop the leaderboard at 12-under 130 with one round to play in the EGOLF Tarheel Tour’s Walnut Creek Open in Goldsboro, NC.

Kisner, who hails from Aiken, SC, began his second round on the back nine in a rather benign yet steady fashion with two birdies and six pars in his first eight holes. It wasn’t until a bogey at the short par-4 18th that he realized it was time to get going.

“I was playing pretty well and drove it in the fairway on 18, hit a bad wedge shot and made a dumb bogey that kind of fired me up. After that, I birdied five of the next six to get to six under before finishing par-par-par. A good round all in all,” said Kisner, who lit the EGOLF Tarheel Tour ablaze earlier this year with four top-4 finishes in his first five starts, including a win at the Bermuda Run Open in May. However, a lull in his play this summer may have looked like a slump but was more or less by design.

“In the middle of the summer I kind of worked on my swing a bit – I figured that was the time. I worked on a few things that I needed to get done in order to be ready for (PGA) Tour school. So I think it all came to fruition at the right time, hopefully, I’m going into Tour school playing well.”

With the PGA Tour’s Qualifying Tournament on the horizon, players on the EGOLF Tarheel Tour are hoping to peak in the coming weeks as the first and second stages loom like a dark reminder of goals to be achieved.

“Even though you’re playing in a tournament, you still work on the things you need to for Tour school. That’s your goal in January, to get to Tour school and play well, so I don’t see why you wouldn’t prepare right now any different than you would to start the year.”

Kisner is not alone in his thoughts about the next level and he is not in a position to even think about it on Friday as a trio of top players sits one shot behind him.

Jeff Curl, Scott Brown and Cory Kaufman each find themselves trailing Kisner by a single shot at 11-under 131 and well in the mix with 18 holes to play.