Men's Golf Finishes Day One of the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational

FORT WORTH, Texas — Junior Willy Walsh leads the way for the No. 20 Pepperdine men's golf team after the first two rounds of play at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational Presented by Charles Schwab, held in Fort Worth, Texas Monday.

Competing against a stacked field with over a dozen nationally ranked teams, Walsh is tied for eighth with an even-par 140 through two rounds of the par-70, 7,289-yard Colonial Country Club course. If the result holds, Walsh will have his second consecutive top-10 finish.

As a team, the Waves are in 12th out of 15 teams with a 14-over 574. Pepperdine is just one stroke back of 11th-place TCU and three strokes behind Auburn and Oklahoma, which are tied for eighth. On a challenging day for everyone involved, Virginia is the only team below par with a 1-under 559 after the first two rounds, while just seven players are below par.

Pepperdine plays one more round tomorrow morning at 8:45 a.m. CT/6:45 a.m. PT.

PLAYER SCORES

Junior Willy Walsh is tied for eighth with a two-round total of 140 (70-70) (-2). His first round featured five birdies while his second round had four — including three in the final five holes — to keep him in the top 10.
Senior Brady Siravo is tied for 32nd with a two-round total of 144 (71-73) (+2).
Fellow senior Mahanth Chirravuri is tied for 32nd with a two-round score of 144 (72-72) (+2).
Sophomore Luke Bailey is tied for 46th with a two-round total of 146 (75-71) (+4).
Junior Carson Kim is tied for 63rd with a two-round total of 149 (76-73) (+7).

THE NUMBERS

Team scores: 1. Virginia 559 (-1); 2. Texas Tech 562 (+2); 3. North Carolina 563 (+3); 4. Georgia Tech 567 (+7); T-5. Texas 586 (+8); T-5. Vanderbilt 568 (+8); 7. Alabama 569 (+9); T-8. Auburn 571 (+11); T-8. Oklahoma 571 (+11); 10. Stanford 572 (+12); 11. TCU 573 (+13); 12. Pepperdine 574 (+14); 13. Texas A&M 581 (+21); 14. Arizona State 582 (+22); 15. Georgia 583 (+23)

Top individuals: T-1. Ben James (Virginia) 136 (-4); T-1. Connor Graham (Texas Tech) 136 (-4); 3. Ryder Cowan (Oklahoma) 138 (-3); T-4. Keaton Vo (North Carolina) 138 (-2) T-4. Wells Williams (Vanderbilt) 138 (-2); T-4. William Jennings (Alabama) 138 (-2); T-8. Albert Hansson (Georgia Tech) 140 (E); T-8. Josh Duangmanee (Virginia) 140 (E); T-8 Willy Walsh (Pepperdine) 140 (E); T-8. Niall Sheils Donegan (North Carolina) 140 (E); T-8. Tommy Morrison (Texas) 140 (E)

TEE TIMES

Tuesday's tee times are as follows:
8:45 a.m. CT/6:45 a.m. PT, hole 10 — Carson Kim
8:54 a.m. CT/6:54 a.m. PT, hole 10 — Luke Bailey
9:03 a.m. CT/7:03 a.m. PT, hole 10 — Brady Siravo
9:12 a.m. CT/7:12 a.m. PT, hole 10 — Mahanth Chirravuri
9:21 a.m. CT/7:21 a.m. PT, hole 10 — Willy Walsh

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