Pepperdine Through One Round in Santa Cruz

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – The Pepperdine men's golf team is in seventh after the first round of the Western Intercollegiate, posting a 2-over 352 in the play 6-count-5 tournament at the 6,521-yard par-70 Pasatiempo Golf Club today.

The Waves were led by Mahanth Chirravuri and Willy Walsh who are both tied for 15th after carding 1-under 69's in the opening round.

#18 San Diego State is leading the tournament at 12-under (338), while #21 Arizona, #42 Stanford and Nihon University are all tied for second at 5-under (345).

PLAYER SCORES

Junior Mahanth Chirravuri (Chandler, Ariz.) is tied for 15th after carding a 1-under 69 in the opening round. He played the back nine 1-under and collected a total of three birdies today.
Sophomore Willy Walsh (San Mateo, Calif.) is also tied for 15th after 18 holes of play. Walsh fired off four consecutive birdies from holes 8-11 and was 4-under through 11. However, he found trouble on his way back to the clubhouse and finished with a 1-under 69 on Monday.
Freshman Byungho Lee (Seoul, South Korea) is tied for 20th after posting an even 70 today. He started off with three-straight bogeys, but collected five birdies and played the rest of his round 3-under, including a 1-under back nine to finish at even-par for the day.
Freshman Luke Bailey (Encinitas, Calif.) is tied for 34th after tabbing a 1-over 71 with four birdies on Monday.
Sophomore Kris Kuvaas (Houston, Texas) tallied a 3-over 73 with three birdies in the first round. Kuvaas is tied for 61st after 18 holes.
Junior Brady Siravo (Sacramento, Calif.) is also tied for 61st after collecting three birdies during his 3-over 73 in the opening round.

THE NUMBERS
Team Scores:
T1. #18 San Diego State 338
T2. #21 Arizona 345
T2. #42 Stanford 345
T2. Nihon University 345
5. #34 UNLV
6. California 351
7. #22 Pepperdine 352
8. UC Irvine 353
9. Washington 356
10. #29 BYU 357
11. #36 Oregon 358
12. Chattanooga 363
T13. Hawaii 367
T13. San Jose State 367

Top Individuals:
T1. Filip Jakubcik (Arizona) 65
T1. Taiga Kobayashi (Nihon University) 65
T3. Ratchanon Chantananuwat (Stanford) 66
T3. Caden Fioroni (UNLV) 66
T3. Justin Hastings (San Diego State) 66
T3. Harry Takis (San Diego State) 66
T7. Chanachon Chokprajakchat (San Diego State) 67
T7. Rei Harashima (UC Irvine) 67
T7. Daniel Heo (California) 67

The full individual leaderboard can be found here.

UP NEXT
The Waves will start to tee off hole 1 at 11:48 a.m. tomorrow. Pepperdine will be paired with Chattanooga on Tuesday, and live scoring can be found here.

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