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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The University of Colorado men’s golf team opened the first round of the NCAA Championship Finals here Friday in a tie for 23rd place, but the Buffaloes are in decent position since all but team finished the day over par.
No. 11 Georgia Tech was that team, though it turned in an even-par 280. No. 8 Pepperdine and No. 28 Arkansas are tied for second, one back at 281, with a three-way tie between No. 1 Vanderbilt, No. 2 North Carolina and No. 5 Texas Tech for fourth at 2-over 282. Defending national champion and No. 17 Texas opened with a 15-over 295 to stand in 27th.
Colorado, ranked No. 48, landed in a tie for 23rd with Pac-12 rival Oregon with 12-over 292 scores. The top 15 teams after Sunday’s third round will advance into the fourth and final one on Monday; currently there are two teams tied for that position with 9-over 289’s.
“It’s a challenging golf course, and amplified even more so when the winds pick up,” head coach Roy Edwards said. At times the wind gusted up to 15 miles per hour but died down by the end of the first round.
All five Buffaloes got off to “safe” starts, parring the 390-yard, par-4 10th hole on the 7,289-yard, par-70 Grayhawk Golf Club course design; half the field (15 teams) started in the morning wave. The Buffs at one point were in second place at 1-over par when the team was five-to-seven holes in, but then hit a rough stretch. CU closed out the back nine from that point on with one birdie, nine pars, five bogeys and two double bogeys to make the turn at 9-over.
The four players who eventually had their scores apply to the team total settled down a bit, recording five birdies (and 22 pars) against nine bogeys. Colorado eventually finished 11th out of the morning pool, and was in 26th as the afternoon rounds commenced. The 292 team score still tied the fourth-best gross score for a single round by a CU team in the finals.
Colorado’s top player, sophomore Dylan McDermott, led the Buffaloes Friday with a 1-over 71; that has him tied for 31st. After a slow start with two bogeys in his first four holes (Nos. 11 and 13), he birdied No. 14 before reeling off eight straight pars. After scoring his last bogey of the round on No. 5, he parred the next two holes before birdying the 188-yard, par-3 8th hole to get back to just 1-over.
He was…
No. 11 Georgia Tech was that team, though it turned in an even-par 280. No. 8 Pepperdine and No. 28 Arkansas are tied for second, one back at 281, with a three-way tie between No. 1 Vanderbilt, No. 2 North Carolina and No. 5 Texas Tech for fourth at 2-over 282. Defending national champion and No. 17 Texas opened with a 15-over 295 to stand in 27th.
Colorado, ranked No. 48, landed in a tie for 23rd with Pac-12 rival Oregon with 12-over 292 scores. The top 15 teams after Sunday’s third round will advance into the fourth and final one on Monday; currently there are two teams tied for that position with 9-over 289’s.
“It’s a challenging golf course, and amplified even more so when the winds pick up,” head coach Roy Edwards said. At times the wind gusted up to 15 miles per hour but died down by the end of the first round.
All five Buffaloes got off to “safe” starts, parring the 390-yard, par-4 10th hole on the 7,289-yard, par-70 Grayhawk Golf Club course design; half the field (15 teams) started in the morning wave. The Buffs at one point were in second place at 1-over par when the team was five-to-seven holes in, but then hit a rough stretch. CU closed out the back nine from that point on with one birdie, nine pars, five bogeys and two double bogeys to make the turn at 9-over.
The four players who eventually had their scores apply to the team total settled down a bit, recording five birdies (and 22 pars) against nine bogeys. Colorado eventually finished 11th out of the morning pool, and was in 26th as the afternoon rounds commenced. The 292 team score still tied the fourth-best gross score for a single round by a CU team in the finals.
Colorado’s top player, sophomore Dylan McDermott, led the Buffaloes Friday with a 1-over 71; that has him tied for 31st. After a slow start with two bogeys in his first four holes (Nos. 11 and 13), he birdied No. 14 before reeling off eight straight pars. After scoring his last bogey of the round on No. 5, he parred the next two holes before birdying the 188-yard, par-3 8th hole to get back to just 1-over.
He was…
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