Three tied at the top of the leaderboard at The Prestige at PGA West
2/17/2025 | by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com
see also: View results for The Prestige at PGA West, PGA West - Greg Norman Course
David Ford of UNC, the top-ranked player in the field, is one of the three golfers T1 at 5-under.
David Ford of North Carolina, Aidan Krafft of Oregon, and Kobe Valociek of Kansas State all shot opening rounds of 5-under 66 to get to the top of the leaderboard at the 2025 Prestige at PGA West, the Greg Norman Course, in La Quinta, Calif.
Ford carded six birdies and one bogey, Krafft carded seven birdies and two bogeys, including a bogey on the first hole, and Valociek carded six birdies and one bogey.
Ford is currently ranked No. 8 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com World Rankings and No. 1 in the PGA Tour University Rankings. He is the top-ranked player in the field.
Sam Renner of Washington State and Collin Hodgkinson of Oregon State are T4 at 4-under and just one shot behind the leaders.
In the team competition, North Carolina opened up with a team round of 9-under 275 to take a three-shot lead over Kansas. The Jayhawks are in solo second place at 6-under.
San Diego is in solo third place at 3-under, and UNCW, Oregon, and Florida Atlantic are T4 at 2-under and seven shots back of North Carolina heading into the second round.
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Results: The Prestige at PGA West
| Place | Player | Location | Pts | Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Temecula, CA | 700 | 68-69-65=202 | |
| 2 | , England | 500 | 68-70-67=205 | |
| 2 | Bend, OR | 500 | 67-69-69=205 | |
| 4 | San Diego, CA | 400 | 71-69-66=206 | |
| 4 | DeWitt, MI | 400 | 68-69-69=206 |
About the The Prestige at PGA West
54 hole men's college tournament played in California's Coachella Valley which features an all- star field of many of major college golf's top teams and players. The Prestige is co-hosted by eight time NCAA Champion Stanford University of the Pac 12 ...
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