SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The Pepperdine men's golf team finished a strong performance at The Goodwin on Saturday, finishing eighth out of 31 teams at the par-70, 7,193-yard TPC Harding Park.

Freshmen Kristoffer Kuvaas and William Walsh both finished in the top-10, tied for sixth with final scores of 208.  The Waves finished the tournament with an 851 (281-288-282) after three rounds, posting the 2-over to stay in eighth in the third-round.  Pepperdine was only five strokes out of fifth-place.
Georgia took home the hardware with a 1-stroke margin, while Utah finished runner-up.

PLAYER SCORES

• Freshman Kristoffer Kuvaas (Houston, Texas) shot a 208 (71-67-70) for another top-10 finish.  He's had two in as many tournaments.  He marked three birdies in the round today, including a 2-under output on the back nine, while amassing 11 throughout the weekend.
• Freshman William Walsh (San Mateo, Calif.) also shot a 208 (70-68-70) to finish tied for sixth.  He shot 3-under through 12 holes in the middle of the day and finished with 11 birdies in three rounds as well.
• Sophomore Mahanth Chirravuri (Chandler, Ariz.) posted a 212 (67-75-70) to close out the tournament, marking a pair of birdies in the final round.  He finished with nine overall.
• Sophomore Brady Siravo (Sacramento, Calif.) tied for 145^th with a 226 (73-81-72) and picked up three birdies this weekend.
• Sophomore Joshua Koo (Cerritos, Calif.) shot a 233 (77-78-78) to finish 165^th and amassed three birdies.

 
THE NUMBERS
Team Scores: 1. Georgia 839; 2. Utah 840; 3. Stanford 844; 4. Tennessee 845; 5. Georgia Tech 846; 6. BYU 848; 7. San Francisco 849; 8. Pepperdine 851; 9. UCLA 852; 10. Oregon 854; 11. Clemson 855; 12. Lipscomb 857; 13. San Jose State 861; T14. San Diego State 862; T14. Cal Poly 862; T14. Cal 862; T17. Colorado 863; T17. Little Rock 863; T19. San Diego 866; T19. Oregon State 866; 21. Washington State 867; T22. Santa Clara 868; T22. Long Beach State 868; T22. Nevada 868; 25. UC Davis 876; 26. USC 879; 27. Utah Tech 880; 28. TCU 881; T29. California Baptist 886; T29. Howard 886; 31. Appalachian State 895.

Top Individuals: 1. Braxton Watts (Utah) 205; 2. Michael Thorbjornsen (Stanford) 206; T3. Jonathan Nielsen (Clemson) 207; T3. Jakob Melin (San Francisco) 207; T3. Ben Van Wyk (Georgia) 207; T6. Kristoffer Kuvaas (Pepperdine) 208; T6. William Walsh (Pepperdine) 208; T6. Sampson Zheng (Cal) 208; T6. Pablo Ereno (UCLA) 208.