Feagler 3rd, Waves 5th at Western Intercollegiate

Wednesday, April 17

Santa Cruz, Calif.

All Day

Pepperdine University

Western Intercollegiate

Clay Feagler

Photo by: Jeff Golden

4/17/2019 6:55:00 PM | Men's Golf

Results

By: by Athletic Communications

SANTA CRUZ, California – Clay Feagler finished in third place and the Pepperdine men's golf team will head into the postseason with a strong fifth-place result at the Western Intercollegiate on Wednesday.

In this play-six, count-five event, the Waves had a three-day total of a 10-over 1,060 (356-351-353) at the par-70 Pasatiempo Golf Club. The #19 Waves were one of four top-20 teams in the field. The other three finished ahead of Pepperdine, as well as tournament host San Jose State.

The Waves had a tremendous front nine and had worked their way back into contention with the top four teams. All five scoring players birdied the par-5 ninth hole. But after three Waves birdied the 13th, there wouldn't be any more scores in red the rest of the way, and Pepperdine settled for fifth place.

PLAYER SCORES

Junior Clay Feagler (Laguna Niguel, Calif./Dana Hills HS) went below-par in all three rounds for the first time this season and the third time in his career and finished with a 7-under 203 (67-68-68). He had six birdies on Wednesday, with five of them coming on the front nine. He was briefly in the lead when he made the turn, but finished one stroke behind the winners. Feagler's 13th career top-10 finish (his fifth this season) moves him into a tie for 10th on the Waves' all-time list along with teammate Sahith Theegala. He was the only player in the field to shoot all three rounds in the 60s. For the tournament, Feagler led all players on par-3s at 4-under. He tied for the second-most birdies in the tournament with 16.
Freshman Joe Highsmith (Lakewood, Wash./Bellarmine Prep) tied for 17th at 212 (73-70-69). His 1-under included five birdies, four of which came on the front nine, including a run of three straight on 7, 8 and 9.
Sophomore RJ Manke (Lakewood, Wash./Bellarmine Preparatory School) tied for 45th at 217 (70-77-70). His even-par round featured five birdies.
Sophomore Austin Murphy (Morgan Hill, Calif./Bellarmine College Preparatory) also tied for 45th at 217 (71-72-74). He had two birdies today. For the tournament, Murphy led all players on par-5s at 8-under.
Junior Joshua McCarthy (Danville, Calif./De La Salle HS) tied for 47th at 218 (75-71-72). He had three birdies today.
Freshman Derek Hitchner (Minneapolis, Minn./The Blake School) tied for 60th at 222 (76-70-76). He had one birdie today.

UP NEXT

The West Coast Conference Championships will be held in Stockton, California, next Thursday through Saturday (April 25-27). The Waves are the defending champs and Feagler was medalist in 2018.

THE NUMBERS

Team Scores: 1. Stanford 354-346-340=1040; 2. California 354-351-341=1046; 3. San Jose State 346-353-352=1051; 4. USC 348-357-347=1052; 5. Pepperdine 356-351-353=1060; T6. Oregon 348-359-358=1065; T6. Colorado State 353-363-349=1065; 8. Arizona 359-359-359=1077; 9. San Diego State 369-364-350=1083; 10. Washington 370-367-349=1086; 11. UTEP 377-368-356=1101; 12. UC Irvine 372-369-373=1114; 13. Hawai'i 383-371-364=1118.

Top Individuals: T1. **Isaiah Salinda (Stanford) 64-68-70=202; T1. Sean Yu (San Jose State) 64-71-67=202; 3. Clay Feagler (Pepperdine) 67-68-68=203; 4. K.K. Limbhasut (California) 70-70=64=204; T5. Kaito Onishi (USC) 69-67-70=206; T5. Cameron Henry (USC) 66-69-71=206.

** won in a playoff