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6 USGA Men’s State Team2010 Championship NotesLeadersRound 1 – Washington and Kansas, at 2-under-par 140, bytwo over Georgia. Round 2 – Kansas and Georgia, at 3-under281, by five over Florida, Rhode Island and North Carolina.WeatherMen’sState TeamFog suspended play for 60 minutes in the first round Tuesdaymorning. Play suspended for darkness at 7:35 p.m. PDT. Playsuspended again in Wednesday’s second round for 45 minutesdue to fog. Play suspended for the day due to darkness at 7:37p.m. PDT. Temperatures were cool and mild throughout theweek, ranging from the low 60s to upper 70s. Overcast skiesin the a.m. transitioned to sunny skies each afternoon.NotesAll 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico wererepresented in the field … Three USGA champions participated:2009 U.S. Amateur Public Links champion Brad Benjamin(Illinois), 1994 and 2001 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion TimJackson (Tennessee) and 2003 and 2009 U.S. Mid-Amateurchampion Nathan Smith (Pennsylvania) … Smith, Knapp(Pennsylvania), Keith Decker (Virginia) and Jackson had all wona USGA Men’s State Team title … Decker and Frank Vana Jr.(Massachusetts) have now competed in all nine USGA Men’sState Team Championships … Elvin Gonzalez and Erick J.Morales had represented Puerto Rico in past World AmateurTeam Championships, while Gonzalez and Smith each competedin the 2010 Copa de las Americas event in Argentina …Twenty-five golfers had qualified for the 2010 U.S. Amateur,including stroke-play medalist Jeff Wilson (California) … The65 shot by Georgia’s David Noll Jr. in the second round was acompetitive course record at Mayacama ... The youngest playerin the field was 16-year-old Seth Sweet, of Maine, while theoldest was 61-year-old Todd Baumgartner, of North Dakota… By hosting the Men’s State Team Championship, Californiajoined Minnesota as the only state to have hosted all 13 USGAchampionships, the Walker Cup, Curtis Cup and State TeamChampionship.