KOHALA COAST, Hawai'i – Two rounds of the Amer Ari Intercollegiate are complete at Mauna Lani North Course after Tuesday's action and the Pepperdine men's golf team is in ninth after a two-day score of 550 (274-276).
The Waves are ahead of five teams that are ranked higher in the Clipp'd national poll this week, most notably leading #11 Florida State by three-strokes and #18 Oregon by six-strokes. Pepperdine is one shot behind #88 Stanford and #12 Georgia Tech. #2 North Carolina is at the top of the leaderboard with a 46-under 530 after 36-holes, while #1 Auburn and #7 Arizona State are three-shots out of the lead to sit tied at second.
Tomorrow, Pepperdine will be paired with UCLA, Oregon State and Florida State, teeing off on holes 8-10 beginning at 9:30 a.m. PT.
PLAYER SCORES
- Sophomore Brady Siravo (Sacramento, Calif.) is tied for 23rd with a 136 (68-68). Coming off a bogeyless round yesterday, he shot well again today, having posted six birdies and trouble on only one hole throughout. He is three shots out of the top-10. He picked up his first birdie on hole two, before falling back with a double-bogey on the fifth. He rallied to finish strong with five more birdies on nine bogeyless holes.
- Sophomore Joshua Koo (Cerritos, Calif.) put in a 138 (70-68) to put in tied for 41st heading into the final round tomorrow. He has marked 12 birdies throughout the tournament thus far, including another six today. After tabbing a birdie and bogey consecutively on holes 15 and 16, he put in three-straight birdies on holes 17, 18 and one to get back on track. Koo finished with two more birdies, though he bogeyed his second to last hole.
- Sophomore Mahanth Chirravuri (Chandler, Ariz.) is tied for 48th with a 139 (69-70). He started the day with a birdie, and posted four more throughout the round on holes two, four, six and 10. He's amassed nine birdies in total.
- Freshman Kristoffer Kuvaas (Houston, Texas) is tied for 54th with a two-round score of 140 (67-73). He had a tremendous day on the links to open the tournament with seven birdies yesterday and followed up with another three birdies today, though a few bogeys plagued him as well.
- Freshman William Walsh (San Mateo, Calif.) is tied for 59th with a score of 141 (71-70). He has tied the team-high in birdies for this tournament with 12 overall thus far, including seven in the round today. He went 4-under through 11 holes, but a triple-bogey and bogey on seven and nine put him back to even. He put in two more birdies by the end of the round to finish strong.
THE NUMBERS
Team Scores: 1. North Carolina 530; T2. Auburn 533; T2. Arizona State 533; 4. Washington 538; 5. Texas Tech 539; 6. Oklahoma State 544; T7. Stanford 549; T7. Georgia Tech 549; 9. Pepperdine 550; T10. UCLA 552; T10. Oregon State 552; T12. Florida State 553; T12. Pacific 553; 14. Oregon 556; 15. San Jose State 559; 16. Hawai'I 565; 17. Texas 566; 18. UC Davis 576; 19. Hawai'i Hilo 583; 20. Osaka Gakuin 587.
Top Individuals: 1. Wenyi Ding (Arizona State) 127; T2. Jackson Koivun (Auburn) 130; T2. Finn Kowell (Washington) 130; 4. Matthew Comegys (Texas Tech) 131; 5. David Ford (North Carolina) 132.
