KOHALA COAST, Hawaii. – The Pepperdine men's golf team is tied for 5th after the first round of the Amer Ari Invitational. The Waves shot a 17-under 271 on the 6,913-yard par-72 Mauna Lani North Course in today's opening round.
Pepperdine was highlighted by
Nathan Han and
Mahanth Chirravuri who both shot 5-under 67's today. They are currently tied for 19th.
#9 Oklahoma State is leading the tournament after a 26-under 262, while #2 Arizona State is in second after posting a 264 (-24).
PLAYER SCORES
- Junior Mahanth Chirravuri (Chandler, Ariz.) posted a bogey free 5-under 67 with five birdies to open the tournament. He's tied for 19th heading into the second round.
- Graduate Nathan Han (Somers, N.Y.) birdied his first hole of the day before collecting six consecutive pars to stay 1-under through seven. He then rattled off five birdies over his next eight holes to move to 6-under, but finished his round with a 5-under 67 and is tied for 19th. Han's 67 was his career-best score as a Wave.
- Junior Brady Siravo (Sacramento, Calif.) is also tied for 26th after carding a 68 today (-4). Siravo was 2-over through seven holes, but found a rhythm and birdied six of his last 11 holes to finish 4-under.
- Sophomore William Walsh (San Mateo, Calif.) is tied for 36th after a personal season-best 3-under 69 in the first round. After back-to-back birdies on his fourth and fifth hole of the day, he remained 2-under through eight. Walsh then found a groove and birdied three-straight holes, but ran into trouble to close his round.
- Sophomore Byungho Lee (Seoul, South Korea) is 1-over and is tied for 86th. He collected four birdies during his opening round.
- Competing as an individual, sophomore Kristoffer Kuvaas (Houston, Texas) is tied for 26th after posting a personal season-best 4-under 68 in the opening round. Kuvaas started off hot and was 5-under with five birdies through his first nine, but bogeyed back-to-back holes shortly after. Kuvaas tallied a total of seven birdies in today's round.
THE NUMBERS
Team Scores: 1. Oklahoma State 262; 2. Arizona State 264; T3. North Carolina 268; T3. Oregon 268;
T5. Pepperdine 271; T5. Pacific 271; T7. UCLA 272; T7. Texas Tech 272; T7. Texas 272; 10. Stanford 277; 11. Georgia Tech 278; 12. Auburn 280; T13. Waseda 281; T13. San Jose State 281; 15. UC Davis 283; 16. Hawaii-Hilo 284; 17. Oregon State 285; T18. Hawaii 287; T18. Washington 287; 20. Osaka Gakuin 296.
Top Individuals: 1. Preston Stout (Oklahoma State) 62; 2. Eric Doyle (Oregon) 63; T3. Ethan Fang (Oklahoma State) 64; T3. Michael Mjaaseth (Arizona State) 137; T5. Billy Davis (Auburn - IND) 65; T5. Grant Roscich (North Carolina) 65; T5. Justin Bai (Pacific) 65; T5. Peer Wernicke (Arizona State) 65.
UP NEXT
The Waves will begin the second round at 9:30 a.m. PT during tomorrow's shotgun start. Pepperdine will be paired with #6 North Carolina, #12 Georgia Tech and #50 Pacific, and live scoring can be found
here.
