Ducks Look to Bounce Back for Second Day of The Goodwin

Thursday, March 30

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Ducks Look to Bounce Back for Second Day of The Goodwin

03/30/17 | Men's Golf

Round One Individual Results Round One Team Results Round Two Tee Times

By: Erin Kunesh

STANFORD, Calif. – The No. 5 University of Oregon men's golf team had a one-day turnaround from the Duck Invitational before competing in The Goodwin at the Stanford Golf Course. In the three-day tournament's opening round on Thursday afternoon, the Ducks finished tied for 13^th with Cal Poly with a 296 (+16).

Redshirt sophomore Ryan Gronlund paced the Ducks with an opening round of 71 (+1) and is tied for 18^th. Freshman Norman Xiong also finished with the top 30 on Thursday with a 72 (+2) and is tied for 27th.

No. 12 Stanford is currently in first with a round one of 276 (-4). No. 36 Washington is second overall (283, +3), SMU is third (284, +4), and No. 1 USC is fourth (285, +5). No. 44 BYU rounds out the top five with a 288 (+8).

Individually, Corey Pereira (Washington) currently leads the field at 4-under after carding a 66. Stanford's Maverick McNealy (No. 5) and Franklin Huang (No. 89) are tied for second with opening round 67's. Tied for fourth overall is Harry Hall (No. 100) of UNLV, and Pepperdine's Joshua McCarthy. The pair tallied scores of 68 (-2).

Live scoring of the second and third rounds can be found on Golfstat.

How it Happened: Through the front nine, Oregon was 13^th overall with some tough holes that set the Ducks back. Senior Wyndham Clark had three consecutive bogeys to begin the day, as did Xiong on Holes 2-4. Xiong and sophomore Edwin Yi tallied double bogeys on Holes 6 and 2, respectively, while freshman Kevin Geniza had back-to-back double bogeys to begin play.

Through 12 the Ducks would notch three more double bogeys and three bogeys, poising the Ducks for a tough finish.

Gronlund had an impressive Eagle on Hole 16 to give him a boost for the highest Duck finish of the day in a tie for 22^nd.

Xiong had the second best finish for the Ducks at two-over, tied for 31^st. Yi (+6) tied for 81^st, while Clark (+7) and Geniza (+11) rounded out the Oregon lineup with ties for 92^nd and 116, respectively

What it Means: After ending the opening round of the their last three tournaments in first, this is only the second of six spring tournaments the Ducks haven't commanded the lead. At the Amer Ari Invitational in Waikola, Hawaii (2/2 – 2/4), the Ducks finished tied for seventh out of 21 teams.

First Day Team Standings:
1 Stanford (276, -4)
2 Washington (283, +3)
3 SMU (284, +4)
4 USC (285, +5)
5 BYU (288, +8)
T6 UNLV (289, +9)
T6 Oregon State (289, +9)
T8 Colorado State (292, +12)
T8 Pepperdine (292, +12)
T8 Northern Colorado (292, +12)
T11 Wyoming (294, +14)
T11 Pacific (294, +14)
T13 Cal Poly (296, +16)
T13 Oregon (296, +16)
T15 UCLA (298, +18)
T15 Colorado (298, +18)
T15 Marquette (298, +18)
T15 St. Mary's (CA) (298, +18)
19 Chico State (299, +19)
20 Fresno State (300, +20)
21 San Francisco (301, +21)
22 Nevada (302, +22)
23 UC Davis (306, +26)
24 San Jose State (317, +37)

Oregon Lineup:
T18 Ryan Gronlund (71, +1)
T27 Norman Xiong (72, +2)
T81 Edwin Yi (76, +6)
T89 Wyndham Clark (77, +7)
T115 Kevin Geniza (81, +11)

Day One Individual Leaders:
1 Corey Pereira (Washington) (66, -4)
T2 Maverick McNealy (Stanford) (67, -3)
T2 Franklin Huang (Stanford) (67, -3)
T4 Harry Hall (UNLV) (68, -2)
T4 Joshua McCarthy (Pepperdine) (68, -2)

Quotes: Head coach Casey Martin –

"That was a tough round for us. We haven't had too many this year, but that was not our best. Hoping and expecting the guys to bounce back tomorrow."

Looking Ahead: Oregon will tee off with USC and Stanford at the 10^th hole between 7:41-8:25 a.m. on Friday morning for the second round.

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