Men's Golf Has Record Start at WCC Championships

Thursday, April 29

Henderson, Nev.

Pepperdine University

WCC Championships

William Mouw

Photo by: Jeff Golden

4/29/2021 3:52:00 PM | Men's Golf

Round 1 Results

By: by Athletic Communications

HENDERSON, Nevada – The Pepperdine men's golf team shattered the West Coast Conference Championships record for single-round team score and has opened up an eight-stroke lead after Thursday's first round.

Pepperdine fired a 19-under 269 at the par-72 Reflection Golf Club. The Waves, who have won the last two WCC titles and a league-best 20 overall, lead BYU by eight and San Francisco by nine.

Four Waves shot 4-under or better. The 19-under is the second-best single-round score in program history (the school record is 22-under).

Pepperdine's previous best round at the WCC Championships was 13-under, accomplished three times. The previous WCC record was 15-under set by Saint Mary's in 2016.

PLAYER SCORES

Junior Joe Highsmith (Lakewood, Wash./Bellarmine Prep), sophomore Dylan Menante (Carlsbad, Calif./Sage Creek HS) and sophomore William Mouw (Chino, Calif./Ontario Christian HS) are all tied for third place after 5-under 67s. They are all one shot back of the leaders. Menante had a team-best seven birdies, including a run of three straight on holes 13-14-15. Highsmith had six birdies. Mouw had five birdies, including four in a row between 9-12, and zero miscues.
Senior Clay Feagler (Laguna Niguel, Calif./Dana Hills HS) is tied for seventh after a 4-under 68. He had six birdies on the day.
Senior Joey Vrzich (El Cajon, Calif./Christian HS/Nevada) is tied for 28th after a 73. He had three birdies today.

UP NEXT

For round two, Pepperdine, BYU and San Francisco will tee off in the final pairings beginning at 8:40 a.m. on Tuesday.

THE NUMBERS

Team Scores: 1. Pepperdine 269; 2. BYU 277; 3. San Francisco 278; 4. San Diego 283; 5. Loyola Marymount 286; 6. Gonzaga 289; 7. Santa Clara 290; T8. Saint Mary's 291; T8. Pacific 291.

Top Individuals: T1. Tim Widing (San Francisco) 66; T1. Gavin Cohen (Loyola Marymount) 66; T3. Dylan Menante (Pepperdine) 67; T3. Joe Highsmith (Pepperdine) 67; T3. William Mouw (Pepperdine) 67; T3. Kelton Hirsch (BYU) 67.