Pepperdine takes the lead at Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate

October 18, 2019 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

Josh McCarthy (NCGA photo)

Playing all the way across the country, Pepperdine went 12 under on the opening day at the Golf Club of Georgia.

Playing all the way across the country, Pepperdine took the first-round lead at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate on Friday as they try to chase a second-consecutive October win. The Waves went 12 under in Alpharetta, Ga., which was seven shots better than Stanford.

The Waves fired a 12-under 276 at the par-72 Golf Club of Georgia, with four of five players finishing under par. Josh McCarthy and Joe Highsmith led that charge, as each posted a 4-under 68. That put them in a share of fourth individually with Wake Forest’s Mark Power.

The individual leaderboard is crowded at the top with three men doing one better: Stanford’s David Snyder, USC’s Yuxin Lin (recent winner of the Asia-Pacific Amateur) and Texas A&M’s William Paysse all opened with 5-under 67.

For Pepperdine, freshman William Mouw got on a four-birdie streak from Nos. 9-12 which helped him to a 3-under 69. Redshirt senior Sahith Theegala was the other Pepperdine counter with a 1-under 71.

The Waves got their first season victory last week at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational. They are ranked No. 5 by Golfweek and were No. 5 in the latest Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll to be released on Friday.

Behind Stanford in second, Duke had a 4-under 284 on Friday to fall into third, followed by UCLA and North Carolina in a tie for fourth one shot back.

Playing at home, Georgia Tech is ninth at 2 over.

Results: Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
T1	Eddy Lai	San Jose, CA	800	72-69-68=209
T1	William Paysse	Belton, TX	800	67-72-70=209
T3	Kaito Onishi	, Japan	400	70-73-68=211
T3	Mark Power	, Ireland	400	68-75-68=211
5	Tyler Strafaci	Davie, FL	400	73-71-68=212

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Pepperdine takes the lead at Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate

The United States Collegiate Championship, hosted by Georgia Tech, annually brings 15 of the nation's top college teams to The Golf Club of Georgia for a three-day, 54-hole tournament that has been called "the Masters of college golf.” Started in 200...