Men's Golf Sets 36-Hole Record at MacKenzie - Pepperdine University Athletics

Monday, October 8

Fairfax, Calif.

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Pepperdine University

Alister MacKenzie Invitational

RJ Manke

Photo by: Jeff Golden

10/8/2018 8:30:00 PM | Men's Golf

Round 2 Results

By: by Athletic Communications

FAIRFAX, California – Led by RJ Manke, the Pepperdine men's golf team set a school record with a score of 30-under through 36 holes on Monday at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational and the Waves will be looking for both a team title and the 54-hole record on Tuesday.

Pepperdine is in second place after firing a 14-under 270 and a 16-under 268 at the par-71 Meadow Club. Those now rank as the fifth and third best 18-hole scores, respectively, in program history. The Waves are at 538, six shots behind host California.

The team's previous 36-hole record of 24-under was set at this same course in 2016. The 54-hole record of 33-under was also set at the Meadow Club in 2015.

PLAYER SCORES

Sophomore RJ Manke (Lakewood, Wash./Bellarmine Prep) had the best day of his young college career. He's tied for third place with an 11-under 131 (65-66). The 11-under ties the third-best 36-hole score by a Pepperdine player. His career-best 6-under 65 in the morning had six birdies and zero bogeys. His 5-under 66 in the afternoon had seven birdies and one double-bogey. He heads into Tuesday two shots out of the lead.
Junior Joshua McCarthy (Danville, Calif./De La Salle HS) turned in a pair of below-par rounds and is tied for 13th place with a 5-under 137 (69-68). Six of his 10 birdies came in the afternoon and he also had an eagle in his morning round.
Junior Clay Feagler (Laguna Niguel, Calif./Dana Hills HS) is also tied for 13th with a 5-under 137 (71-66). His even-par first round had two birdies and an eagle, and he came back with six birdies and an eagle in the afternoon.
Senior Roy Cootes (Rolling Hills, Calif./Palos Verdes HS) is tied for 21st with a 3-under 139 (71-68). He had 10 birdies on the day and an eagle in each round.
Playing as an individual, sophomore Austin Murphy (Morgan Hill, Calif./Bellarmine College Prep) is tied for 38th at 143 (72-71). He had six birdies on Monday.
Freshman Joe Highsmith (Lakewood, Wash./Bellarmine Prep) is tied for 47th at 144 (65-79). He had a remarkable morning round at 6-under with six birdies and an eagle, but couldn't carry that momentum into the afternoon.

UP NEXT

The third and final round is Tuesday. The Waves will be paired with California, San Jose State and Arizona State and they'll start on the first tee at 8:45 a.m.

THE NUMBERS

Team Scores: 1. California 258-274=532; 2. Pepperdine 270-268=538; 3. San Jose State 269-278=547; 4. Arizona State 280-273=553; T5. San Francisco 280-275=555; T5. UC Davis 285-270=555; 7. Saint Mary's 285-271=556; 8. San Diego State 287-272=559; 9. Santa Clara 288-276=564; 10. Oregon State 290-275=565; 11. Long Beach State 288-279=567; 12. Augusta 295-273=568; 13. Fresno State 290-280=570; 14. Hawai'i 299-281=580; 15. San Diego 298-289=587.

Top Individuals: 1. Collin Morikawa (California) 65-64=129; 2. Sebastian Crampton (California) 63-67=130; T3. RJ Manke (Pepperdine) 65-66=131; T3. Matthew McCarty (Santa Clara) 70-61=131; T5. Kaiwen Lu (California) 63-71=134; T5. Ryan Han (UC Davis) 68-66=134.