LA QUINTA, Calif. – William Mouw shot an 8-under 65, one shy of his career best 18-hole round, to lead the Pepperdine men's golf to take the lead after 18 holes of play on Monday to open The Prestige. 
 
The #15 Waves shot 8-under collectively at the par-71 Greg Norman Course at PGA WEST with a score of 276.  The team will head into the second round one-shot ahead of #6 Stanford and three ahead of #3 Texas Tech and #42 TCU. 
 
Mouw will enter the second round with a one-shot lead over the Cardinal's Michael Thorbjornsen and Texas Tech's Tyran Snyders.  His career-best 18-hole score was an 8-under 64 as a freshman at the Amer Ari Invitational in 2020.
 
PLAYER SCORES

• Senior William Mouw (Chino, Calif./Ontario Christian HS) eagled on 12 to highlight the day, but also posted five birdies and only one bogey throughout the round.
• Graduate Sam Choi (Anaheim, Calif./New Mexico) is tied for tied-10^th after going 2-under 69 in the first round.  He marked five birdies.
• Graduate Luke Gifford (Boca Raton, Fla./South Florida) shot a 70, 1-under with two birdies and only one bogey.
• Graduate Roberto Nieves (Miami, Fla./Delaware) is tied for 37^th after shooting 1-over 72 and graduate Derek Hitchner (Minneapolis, Minn./The Blake School) is tied-45^th after shooting 2-over 73.

UP NEXT
 
The second round of stroke play will continue tomorrow and the Waves will be paired with Stanford and Texas Tech.  The Waves will start on the 10^th tee beginning at 6:45 a.m. PT. 
 
THE NUMBERS
 
Team Scores: 1. Pepperdine 276; 2. Stanford 277; 3. TCU 279; 4. Texas Tech 280; T5. Baylor 281; T5. LMU 281; 7. Colorado State 285; 8. UC Davis 286; 9. Louisville 289; 10. San Francisco 290; T11. Northwestern 291; T11. Iowa State 291; 13. Oregon State 292; 14. Washington State 293; 15. Charlotte 294; T16. Kansas 296; T16. Liberty 296; T18. North Texas 297; T18. LSU 297; 20. San Diego 299; 21. Cal Poly 300; T22. Creighton 307; T22. Nebraska 307; 24. Princeton 312.
 
Top Individuals: 1. William Mouw (Pepperdine) 65; T2. Michael Thorbjornsen (Stanford) 66; T2. Tyran Snyders (Texas Tech) 66; T4. Ludvig Aberg (Texas Tech) 67; T4. Maxence Giboudot (TCU) 67; T6. Luke Gutschewski (Iowa State) 68; T6. Jiri Zuska (Louisville) 68; T6. Drew Wrightson (Baylor) 68; T6. Drew Doyle (LSU) 68; T10. Sam Choi (Pepperdine) 69; T10. Andi Xu (San Diego) 69; T10. Tony Hendricks (LMU) 69; T10. Daniel Svard (Northwestern) 69.