Men's Golf Finishes Third at The Goodwin

Saturday, March 27

Palo Alto, Calif.

Pepperdine University

The Goodwin

Joey Vrzich

Photo by: Scott Swegan

3/27/2021 8:44:00 PM | Men's Golf

Results

By: by Athletic Communications

PALO ALTO, California – Joe Highsmith and Joey Vrzich both shot 3-under 67s to help the Pepperdine men's golf team collect a solid third-place finish at The Goodwin on Saturday.

The Waves posted a three-day total of a 2-over 842 (282-285-275) at the par-70 Stanford Golf Course. They entered the day tied for third, and while Arizona State and Stanford were too far ahead to catch, Pepperdine held off a number of teams to keep hold of third.

Pepperdine ended up beating seven of the nine Pac-12 schools in the competition, and all five rival West Coast Conference schools that were there.

PLAYER SCORES

Junior Joe Highsmith (Lakewood, Wash./Bellarmine Prep) led the Waves for the first time this season with a sixth-place finish. He shot a 6-under 204 (67-70-67). His final round began with an eagle on the par-5 1st hole, and he added three more birdies today. Over the three days Highsmith played the par-5s at 8-under, tied for tops in the field.
Senior Joey Vrzich (El Cajon, Calif./Christian HS/Nevada) tied for 14th with a 1-under 209 (70-72-67). His 3-under today included four birdies.
Senior Clay Feagler (Laguna Niguel, Calif./Dana Hills HS) also tied for 14th with a 1-under 209 (72-68-69). His 1-under round on Saturday included two birdies.
Sophomore William Mouw (Chino, Calif./Ontario Christian HS) tied for 76th at 221 (73-75-73). He had two birdies today.
Sophomore Dylan Menante (Carlsbad, Calif./Sage Creek HS) tied for 107th at 225 (76-77-72). He had three birdes in the final round.

UP NEXT

Pepperdine's next tournament is the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational in Georgia on April 3-4.

THE NUMBERS

Team Scores: 1. Arizona State 825; 2. Stanford 833; 3. Pepperdine 842; 4. Washington 845; 5. Saint Mary's 847; 6. Nevada 848; 7. SMU 850; 8. Oregon 851; 9. Georgia Tech 854; 10. San Diego 859; T11. Colorado 862; T11. Denver 862; T13. Northwestern 864; T13. Washington State 864; T13. USC 864; 16. UCLA 865; 17. Florida Atlantic 866; 18. Santa Clara 868; 19. BYU 872; 20. TCU 879; 21. California 880; 22. San Jose State 883; 23. Long Beach State 884; 24. Minnesota 885; T25. UC Davis 888; T25. Cal Poly 888; 27. Pacific 899; 28. California Baptist 914.

Top Individuals: T1. Sam Harned (Nevada) 200; T1. Blake Hathcoat (Saint Mary's) 200; 3. Tom Gueant (Oregon) 201; T4. Kaito Onishi (USC) 203; T4. Noah Goodwin (SMU) 203.