Pepperdine takes the lead at Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate
10/18/2019 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: View results for Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate, The Golf Club of Georgia - Creekside Course
Playing all the way across the country, Pepperdine went 12 under on the opening day at the Golf Club of Georgia.
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.
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 | San Jose, CA | 800 | 72-69-68=209 | |
| T1 | Belton, TX | 800 | 67-72-70=209 | |
| T3 | , Japan | 400 | 70-73-68=211 | |
| T3 | , Ireland | 400 | 68-75-68=211 | |
| 5 | Davie, FL | 400 | 73-71-68=212 |
About the 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...
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