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The King's Course in Waikoloa, Hawai'i
Golfers In 14th After Day One In Hawai'i
February 06, 2020 | Men's Golf
First Round Of The Spring Season
WAIKOLOA, Hawai'i — The University of Colorado men's golf team opened the spring portion of its season here Thursday, finishing tied for 14th place after the first round of the 29th annual Hawai'i-Hilo Amer Ari Invitational.
No. 2 Georgia Tech and No. 10 Texas share the individual lead, both recording 14-under par 274 team scores; the Longhorns round was bolstered by five eagles, three coming on the par-5 3rd. No. 17 Arizona State is in third, one back at 275, with No. 44 Oklahoma State (276) and No. 3 Texas Tech (278) rounding out the top five.
The Buffaloes turned in an even-par 288 score, as the five designated scorers didn't post any big numbers, either for the round (all between 70 and 75) or on individual holes. They collectively had 18 birdies, 51 pars and 21 bogeys.
Sophomore John Paterson led the CU attack with a 2-under 70, which has him tied for 28th place. He had a very steady first time around the 7,074-yard, par-72 Waikoloa's King's Course, recording three birdies and 14 pars with just one bogey. All his birdies came in the first seven holes and he closed his round with eight straight pars. He played the par-3's at 1-under, tied for fifth in the field, while his 14 pars were tied for third.
Junior Cole Krantz carded an even-par 72, tying him for 51st individually. He had a team-high five birdies with eight pars and was within one stroke of par after each hole throughout his round.
Senior Ross Macdonald and redshirt freshman Adam Matteson are tied for 63rd after firing 1-over 73s. They had similar rounds, with Macdonald scoring three birdies and 11 pars while Matteson had four and nine, respectively.
Senior Daniel O'Loughlin had an uncharacteristic 3-over 75 to open up the spring; he had three birdies and nine pars against six bogeys as he is tied for 92nd. He's coming off the fall where he owned a 70.43 stroke average, the lowest for a fall season in school history. It also marked the first time O'Loughlin's score did not count toward CU's team total since April 2017, a span of 54 rounds over 18 tournaments. He had just set the record in the final round of CU's last team tournament, its own Mark Simpson Invitational; Jeremy Paul had the old mark of 53 set in 19 events over the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.
Sophomore Kristoffer Max is competing here as an individual; he opened with a 5-over 77, which has him tied for 105th. His score was mainly inflated by two double bogeys on the front nine. He did have 13 pars and a birdie, which he scored on his next-to-last hole of the day (No. 16).
"I saw a lot of good things today," CU head coach Roy Edwards said. "We couldn't get on a roll, and that's what held us back from shooting a lower score. Nobody shot low, but we had a lot of competitiveness out there. John had a nice round. We were a little off in our lag putting, so we had too many three putts, and didn't have great wedge play. We just didn't do as well as we're capable of.
"Nothing we can't correct between rounds, and we're expecting to score better the next two rounds."
The second round will commence with a shotgun start at 10:30 a.m. Friday morning, with the third and final round slated for Saturday morning.
NOTES: This is the 15th straight year the Buffaloes have opened the spring portion of their schedule in this tournament (the 17th time overall) … The average score for 123 rounds on Thursday was 72.67 … Colorado played the par-5 holes the best Thursday, collectively at 9-under (tied for sixth-best among the 20 teams); the Buffs were 5-over on the par-4's (tied for 13th) and plus-7 on the par-3's (tied for 17th).
*—competing as an individual.
TEAM STANDINGS
No. 2 Georgia Tech and No. 10 Texas share the individual lead, both recording 14-under par 274 team scores; the Longhorns round was bolstered by five eagles, three coming on the par-5 3rd. No. 17 Arizona State is in third, one back at 275, with No. 44 Oklahoma State (276) and No. 3 Texas Tech (278) rounding out the top five.
The Buffaloes turned in an even-par 288 score, as the five designated scorers didn't post any big numbers, either for the round (all between 70 and 75) or on individual holes. They collectively had 18 birdies, 51 pars and 21 bogeys.
Sophomore John Paterson led the CU attack with a 2-under 70, which has him tied for 28th place. He had a very steady first time around the 7,074-yard, par-72 Waikoloa's King's Course, recording three birdies and 14 pars with just one bogey. All his birdies came in the first seven holes and he closed his round with eight straight pars. He played the par-3's at 1-under, tied for fifth in the field, while his 14 pars were tied for third.
Junior Cole Krantz carded an even-par 72, tying him for 51st individually. He had a team-high five birdies with eight pars and was within one stroke of par after each hole throughout his round.
Senior Ross Macdonald and redshirt freshman Adam Matteson are tied for 63rd after firing 1-over 73s. They had similar rounds, with Macdonald scoring three birdies and 11 pars while Matteson had four and nine, respectively.
Senior Daniel O'Loughlin had an uncharacteristic 3-over 75 to open up the spring; he had three birdies and nine pars against six bogeys as he is tied for 92nd. He's coming off the fall where he owned a 70.43 stroke average, the lowest for a fall season in school history. It also marked the first time O'Loughlin's score did not count toward CU's team total since April 2017, a span of 54 rounds over 18 tournaments. He had just set the record in the final round of CU's last team tournament, its own Mark Simpson Invitational; Jeremy Paul had the old mark of 53 set in 19 events over the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.
Sophomore Kristoffer Max is competing here as an individual; he opened with a 5-over 77, which has him tied for 105th. His score was mainly inflated by two double bogeys on the front nine. He did have 13 pars and a birdie, which he scored on his next-to-last hole of the day (No. 16).
"I saw a lot of good things today," CU head coach Roy Edwards said. "We couldn't get on a roll, and that's what held us back from shooting a lower score. Nobody shot low, but we had a lot of competitiveness out there. John had a nice round. We were a little off in our lag putting, so we had too many three putts, and didn't have great wedge play. We just didn't do as well as we're capable of.
"Nothing we can't correct between rounds, and we're expecting to score better the next two rounds."
The second round will commence with a shotgun start at 10:30 a.m. Friday morning, with the third and final round slated for Saturday morning.
NOTES: This is the 15th straight year the Buffaloes have opened the spring portion of their schedule in this tournament (the 17th time overall) … The average score for 123 rounds on Thursday was 72.67 … Colorado played the par-5 holes the best Thursday, collectively at 9-under (tied for sixth-best among the 20 teams); the Buffs were 5-over on the par-4's (tied for 13th) and plus-7 on the par-3's (tied for 17th).
| BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS |
| T28. | John Paterson | 33-37—70 |
| T51. | Cole Krantz | 35-37—72 |
| T63. | Ross Macdonald | 38-35—73 |
| T63. | Adam Matteson | 37-36—73 |
| T92. | Daniel O'Loughlin | 38-37—75 |
| T105. | *Kristoffer Max | 40-37—77 |
| INDIVIDUAL LEADERS |
| T1. | Tyler Strafaci, Georgia Tech | 31-33—64 |
| T2. | Cole Hammer, Texas | 32-33—65 |
| T2. | Aman Gupta, Oklahoma State | 34-31—65 |
| T4. | Sahith Theegala, Pepperdine | 31-35—66 |
| T4. | Travis Vick, Texas | 34-32—66 |
| T4. | Ludvig Aberg. Texas Tech | 34-32—66 |
TEAM STANDINGS
| 1. | Texas | 274 |
| 1. | Georgia Tech | 274 |
| 3. | Arizona State | 275 |
| 4. | Oklahoma State | 276 |
| 5. | Texas Tech | 278 |
| 6. | Auburn | 279 |
| 7. | Pepperdine | 281 |
| 8. | Oregon | 282 |
| 9. | Southern California | 284 |
| 9. | TCU | 284 |
| 11. | Oregon State | 285 |
| 12. | San Jose State | 286 |
| 12. | Hawai'i | 286 |
| 14. | COLORADO | 288 |
| 14. | Osaka Gakuin Univ. | 288 |
| 16. | UC Davis | 289 |
| 17. | CSU-Northridge | 291 |
| 18. | Stanford | 295 |
| 19. | Hawaii-Hilo | 298 |
| 20. | Pacific | 304 |
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