PALO ALTO, California – The Pepperdine men's golf team got the big finish it needed at The Goodwin, posting the second-best score of anyone on Saturday to move up eight spots on the leaderboard and into seventh place.
The Waves shot a three-day total of 863 (293-290-280) at the par-70 Stanford Golf Course. Other than tournament champion and host Stanford, Pepperdine's final round score of even-par was at least two shots better than any of the 25 other teams in the field.
The tournament featured 13 of Golfstat's top 50 teams, including the #14 Waves, and Pepperdine beat seven of them. The Waves hope this will be a preview of next month's West Coast Conference Championships, as they had the best finish among the six WCC schools in the field.
PLAYER SCORES
- Freshman Joe Highsmith (Lakewood, Wash./Bellarmine Prep) finished in a tie for 19th place at 214 (74-72-68), his fourth top-20 performance of the season. His 2-under round included seven birdies, four of which came over a six-hole stretch midway through the round. He moved up 28 spots on the leaderboard in the final round.
- Junior Clay Feagler (Laguna Niguel, Calif./Dana Hills HS) tied for 41st at 217 (75-72-70). His even-par round today included five birides. He had three consecutive birdies on holes 5-7.
- Sophomore RJ Manke (Lakewood, Wash./Bellarmine Preparatory School) tied for 46th at 218 (74-73-71). He had four birdies on Saturday.
- Junior Joshua McCarthy (Danville, Calif./De La Salle HS) also tied for 46th at 218 (70-73-75).
- Freshman Derek Hitchner (Minneapolis, Minn./The Blake School) tied for 91st at 225 (75-79-71). He had three birdies today.
UP NEXT
Pepperdine's next tournament is the Western Intercollegiate, hosted by San Jose State, from April 15-17.
THE NUMBERS
Team Scores: 1. Stanford 279-279-274=832; 2. USC 286-279-285=850; 3. Oklahoma 288-280-286=854; 4. California 286-280-289=855; 5. Washington 278-291-288=857; 6. UNLV 292-286-282=860;
7. Pepperdine 293-290-280=863; 8. Santa Clara 287-293-284=864; T9. BYU 295-282-290=867; T9. Northwestern 288-293-286=867; T9. Nevada 304-280-283=867; T9. Oregon 287-290-290=867; 13. San Jose State 291-288-289=868; 14. Colorado 287-292-290=869; 15. Florida 290-284-297=871; 16. Arizona 295-292-287=874; 17. San Francisco 288-292-296=876; 18. McNeese State 294-296-287=877; 19. Stanford "B" 297-292-291=880; T20. Toledo 301-287-293=881; T20. Saint Mary's 296-293-292=881; 22. Nebraska 293-304-297=894; 23. George Washington 299-307-295=901; 24. UC Davis 295-308-299=902; 25. Nova Southeastern 310-294-300=904; 26. San Diego 310-302-297=909; 27. SMU 302-291-DNF.
Top Individuals: T1. Brandon Wu (Stanford) 70-69-67=206; T1. David Snyder (Stanford) 67-71-68=206; T3. Collin Morikawa (California) 69-68-71=208; T3. Peter Kuest (BYU) 68-70-70=208; T3. Kaito Onishi (USC) 69-66-73=208.
