Virginia Posts Low Round, Moves Up Six Spots

PANAMA CITY, FLA. – Top-seeded Virginia soared up the leaderboard on Friday (April 24) after combining to shoot a 10-under, 278 to match first-place Stanford for the lowest round of day. The Cavaliers rose six spots on leaderboard and currently sit alone in second place after 36 holes at the 2026 ACC Men’s Golf Championship.

Senior Ben James was one of three Cavaliers under par in round two and carded a 4-under, 68. He totaled five birdies and added an eagle on the par-5, 13^th hole. It marked the fourth time in his career that James has produced a round in the 60s at the ACC Championship.

Classmate Bryan Lee jumped 36 spots on the individual leaderboard thanks to a 4-under 68 and now sits in a tie for 24^th place. After an opening round 77 (+5) on Thursday, he rebounded with a bogey-free effort on Friday.

Graduate student Paul Chang slid up 10 spots with a 2-under 70 and is now 1-under for the tournament. A medalist in his last two tournaments, Chang is tied for 17^th going into the final round, eight strokes behind current individual leader Edan Cui (Stanford).

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Virginia’s first tee time is set for 9 a.m. on Saturday (April 25). The top eight teams from the stroke play portion will advance to an 8-team match play competition that begins with the quarterfinals and semifinals on Sunday (April 26).

LEADERBOARD 

PL.	TEAM	RD 1	RD 2	TO PAR
1.	Stanford	275	278	-23
2.	Virginia	291	278	-7
3.	North Carolina	286	285	-5
4.	Louisville	290	283	-3
5.	Wake Forest	285	290	-1
T6.	Georgia Tech	287	290	+1
T6.	Clemson	291	286	+1
T6.	SMU	288	289	+1
T6.	Florida State	291	286	+1
10.	NC State	289	290	+3
11.	California	294	287	+5
12	Duke	296	287	+7
13.	Notre Dame	299	284	+7
14.	Virginia Tech	305	291	+20
15.	Boston College	310	302	+36

VIRGINIA 

PL.	PLAYER	RD 1	RD 2	TO PAR
T3.	Ben James	70	68	-6
T17.	Paul Chang	73	70	-1
T24.	Bryan Lee	77	68	+1
T30.	Michael Lee	73	72	+2
T41.	Josh Duangmanee	74	74	+4