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Walsh's Career Day Highlights Pepperdine's Final Round in Hawaii

KOHALA COAST, Hawaii. – Highlighted by William Walsh's career day, the Pepperdine men's golf team finished the Amer Ari Invitational in seventh place with a three-day score of 818 (271-279-268) (-46). The Waves posted a 20-under 268 in the final round.

Today, Pepperdine was highlighted by William Walsh who shot a career-best 9-under 63 to become the seventh Wave to ever record a round of 9-under or better. He joins Andrew Putnam, Frederick Wedel, Clay Feagler, Derek Hitchner and Joe Highsmith as Pepperdine players who have shot 9-under in a round. RJ Manke holds the record for the best round as a Wave with his score of 10-under in 2018.

#9 Oklahoma State won the tournament at 64-under with a three-day score of 800 (262-271-267), while #6 North Carolina and #5 Texas rounded out the podium.

PLAYER SCORES
  • Junior Brady Siravo (Sacramento, Calif.) carded a 3-under 69 to finish the tournament 12-under and tied for 16th. He had a three-round score of 204 (68-67-69). Siravo collected five birdies today, including back-to-back birdies to finish his round. This was his third top-20 finish this season and the seventh such finish of his career.
  • Junior Mahanth Chirravuri (Chandler, Ariz.). rattled off three birdies during his first four holes before moving back to 1-under through his first nine holes today. He then finished his round with a bogey free 3-under to post a 4-under 68 and finish tied for 24th with a three-day score of 205 (67-70-68) (-11).
  • Sophomore William Walsh (San Mateo, Calif.) finished the Amer Ari Invitational tied for 24th after his career round today. He tallied a three-round score of 205 (69-73-63) (-11). Walsh fired off a bogey free final round with seven birdies and an eagle on the 521-yard par-5 second hole.
  • Graduate Nathan Han (Somers, N.Y.) finished the tournament 10-under and tied for 28th with a three-round score of 206 (67-71-68). Today, Han was 1-under through nine, but was able to find three more birdies on his last nine holes to finish with a 4-under 68.
  • Sophomore Byungho Lee (Seoul, South Korea) finished the tournament even and tied for 83rd with a three-round score of 216 (73-71-72). Today, Lee carded an even 72 with three birdies.
  • Competing as an individual, sophomore Kristoffer Kuvaas (Houston, Texas) ended the tournament 4-under and tied for 63rd with a three-day score of 212 (68-73-71). Kuvaas collected four birdies during his final round and notched a 1-under 71.
THE NUMBERS
Team Scores: 1. Oklahoma State 800; 2. North Carolina 805; 3. Texas 808; 4. Auburn 811; 5. Oregon 816; 6. UCLA 817; 7. Pepperdine 818; 8. Arizona State 819; 9. Texas Tech 821; 10. Georgia Tech 824; T11. Stanford 829; T11. Pacific 829; 13. Oregon State 843; 14. Washington 845; 15. Waseda 847; 16. Hawaii 854; 17. UC Davis 858; 18. San Jose State 861; 19. Hawaii-Hilo 866; 20. Osaka Gakuin 870.

Top Individuals: T1. Hampton Roberts (North Carolina) 195; T1. Tommy Morrison (Texas) 195; T3. Ethan Fang (Oklahoma State) 198; T3. Carson Bacha (Auburn) 198; 5. Eric Doyle (Oregon) 199; 6. Kyle An (UCLA) 200; T7. Carlos Astiazaran (Pacific) 201; T7. Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson (Oklahoma State) 201; T7. Ryan Eshleman (Auburn) 201.

Full results can be found here.
 
UP NEXT
The Waves will be back in action at The Prestige on February 17-19 in La Quinta, Calif., hosted by Stanford. The tournament central can be found here.
 
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Players Mentioned

Mahanth Chirravuri

Mahanth Chirravuri

5' 10"
Junior
1V
Kristoffer Kuvaas

Kristoffer Kuvaas

6' 2"
Sophomore
1V
Brady Siravo

Brady Siravo

5' 8"
Junior
2V
Willy Walsh

Willy Walsh

5' 9"
Sophomore
1V
Byungho Lee

Byungho Lee

6' 5"
Freshman
HS
Nathan Han

Nathan Han

5' 11"
Graduate Student
TR

Players Mentioned

Mahanth Chirravuri

Mahanth Chirravuri

5' 10"
Junior
1V
Kristoffer Kuvaas

Kristoffer Kuvaas

6' 2"
Sophomore
1V
Brady Siravo

Brady Siravo

5' 8"
Junior
2V
Willy Walsh

Willy Walsh

5' 9"
Sophomore
1V
Byungho Lee

Byungho Lee

6' 5"
Freshman
HS
Nathan Han

Nathan Han

5' 11"
Graduate Student
TR