PALO ALTO, Calif. — The University of Colorado men’s golf team enjoyed a record day here Friday and as a result, the Buffaloes find themselves in second place at the midway point of the 63rd annual Pac-12 Championship.
Colorado, ranked No. 57, had six scores in the 60s and four others with even-par 70s en route to a 20-under par team score of 680. The only two scores the Buffs didn’t have to count were just a 1-over 71 and a 2-over 72, easily the lowest scores CU had to throw out in the 11 years CU has been in the Pac-12 Conference.
The Buffaloes were tied for fourth after the morning round after recording a 6-under par 344 score on the 6,727-yard, par-70 Stanford Golf Club course track. After a slow start on the back nine that saw CU 4-over par three holes in, the birdies starting to come, 12 on each side. Colorado had just one score worse than bogey out of the 108, topped only by none by Washington and matched by no one else; there were 49 doubles or worse in the opening round. The 6-under round on a par-70 course tied for the fifth-best by a CU team in its history, but would be bumped to sixth just hours later.
The pin placements were changed between rounds, but only the Buffaloes appeared to take the most advantage of them, whether they were easier or tougher; CU turned in a 14-under 336 score for the second round, six strokes better than any of its previous 40 rounds in Pac-12 championship play. It was the best-ever in relation to par on a par-70 course, topping a 10-under in the first round of the 2012 Wyoming Cowboy Classic and was the 10th-best on a course of any configuration.
No. 4 Arizona State emerged as the first day leader with a team score of 24-under 676; the Buffs actually pulled even for a few minutes late in the day with the Sun Devils, who teed off an hour after the Buffs. No. 37 Washington is in third with a 13-under 686 score, followed by No. 22 Oregon (687) and No. 9 and host Stanford (691); the Cardinal had the next best second round total of 341.
“Obviously, a very good day and start to the tournament,” head coach Roy Edwards said. “I was really proud of the effort during a very long day. The guys had a great practice round yesterday, and they executed their plan. It’s absolutely where we expect to be.”
Of course, one day a tournament does not make; the Buffaloes are currently…
Colorado, ranked No. 57, had six scores in the 60s and four others with even-par 70s en route to a 20-under par team score of 680. The only two scores the Buffs didn’t have to count were just a 1-over 71 and a 2-over 72, easily the lowest scores CU had to throw out in the 11 years CU has been in the Pac-12 Conference.
The Buffaloes were tied for fourth after the morning round after recording a 6-under par 344 score on the 6,727-yard, par-70 Stanford Golf Club course track. After a slow start on the back nine that saw CU 4-over par three holes in, the birdies starting to come, 12 on each side. Colorado had just one score worse than bogey out of the 108, topped only by none by Washington and matched by no one else; there were 49 doubles or worse in the opening round. The 6-under round on a par-70 course tied for the fifth-best by a CU team in its history, but would be bumped to sixth just hours later.
The pin placements were changed between rounds, but only the Buffaloes appeared to take the most advantage of them, whether they were easier or tougher; CU turned in a 14-under 336 score for the second round, six strokes better than any of its previous 40 rounds in Pac-12 championship play. It was the best-ever in relation to par on a par-70 course, topping a 10-under in the first round of the 2012 Wyoming Cowboy Classic and was the 10th-best on a course of any configuration.
No. 4 Arizona State emerged as the first day leader with a team score of 24-under 676; the Buffs actually pulled even for a few minutes late in the day with the Sun Devils, who teed off an hour after the Buffs. No. 37 Washington is in third with a 13-under 686 score, followed by No. 22 Oregon (687) and No. 9 and host Stanford (691); the Cardinal had the next best second round total of 341.
“Obviously, a very good day and start to the tournament,” head coach Roy Edwards said. “I was really proud of the effort during a very long day. The guys had a great practice round yesterday, and they executed their plan. It’s absolutely where we expect to be.”
Of course, one day a tournament does not make; the Buffaloes are currently…
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