STANFORD, Calif. – The Pepperdine men's golf team is tied for fourth at The Goodwin after posting a 2-under 278 on the 6,742-yard par-70 Stanford Golf Course today. After 18 holes, the 22nd-ranked Waves are in front of nine schools that are currently ranked in the top-50, including the 15th-ranked UCLA Bruins.

Today, the Waves were led by Willy Walsh who shot a 3-under 67. Walsh heads into the second round tied for third.

#31 BYU and #32 Colorado are tied for first after both shooting a 5-under 265. #13 Utah is in third at 4-under (276).

PLAYER SCORES

• Sophomore Willy Walsh (San Mateo, Calif.) is tied for 3rd after 18 holes of play. Walsh fired off six birdies during his impressive 3-under 67 on Thursday.
• Junior Brady Siravo (Sacramento, Calif.) is tied for 30th after recording an even 70 with five birdies in the opening round.
• Junior Mahanth Chirravuri (Chandler, Ariz.) is also tied for 30th after posting an even 70 today. He birdied two holes and eagled the 505-yard par-5 16th hole during his first round.
• Sophomore Kris Kuvaas (Houston, Texas) tallied a 1-over 71 with five birdies in the first round. Kuvaas is tied for 48th after 18 holes.
• Freshman Byungho Lee (Seoul, South Korea) carded a 3-over 73 with two birdies on Thursday. Lee is tied for 73rd heading into Friday's second round.
• Playing as an individual, freshman Luke Bailey (Encinitas, Calif.) is tied for 111th after tabbing a 5-over 75 with one birdie Thursday.

THE NUMBERS
    Team Scores:
    T1. #31 BYU 275
    T1. #32 Colorado 275
    3. #13 Utah 276    
    T4. Pepperdine 278
    T4. Santa Clara 278
    T6. #33 SMU 279
    T6. #36 Oregon 279
    T8. #27 Long Beach State 280
    T8. Clemson 280
    T10. #34 Northwestern 282
    T10. #40 Arkansas Little Rock 282
 
    The full team leaderboard can be found here.
 
    Top Individuals:
    1. Omar Morales (UCLA) 65
    2. Ramil Saelim (Oregon) 66
    T3. Willy Walsh (Pepperdine) 67
    T3. Daniel Svard (Northwestern) 67
    T3. Peter KIm (BYU) 67
    T3. JP Odland (Santa Clara) 67
    T3. Eric Doyle (Oregon) 67
    T3. Hunter Swanson (Colorado) 67
 
    The full individual leaderboard can be found here.
 
UP NEXT
The Waves will start to tee off of hole 10 at 8:05 a.m. tomorrow. Pepperdine will be paired with #13 Utah, #15 UCLA and #46 Stanford on Friday, and live scoring can be found here.