Ducks Improve After Second Round in Stanford

Friday, March 31

Stanford, Calif.

All Day

University of Oregon

The Goodwin

03/31/17 | Men's Golf

By: Erin Kunesh

STANFORD, Calif. – The No. 5 University of Oregon men's golf team finished 5^th after the second round of The Goodwin at the Stanford Golf Course (296-281—577, +16). The Ducks jumped eight spots from yesterday's finish tied for 13^th.

Redshirt sophomore Ryan Gronlund paces the Ducks and is tied for second overall at 2-under (71, 67—138). After the end of the first round, the Pleasanton, Calif., native was tied for 18^th.

Host No. 12 Stanford (276-288—564, +4) is first in the team standings one stroke ahead of No. 1 USC (285-280—565, +5). Third place belongs to UNLV at 13-over (289-284—573), while Washington is three strokes ahead of Oregon in fouth (283-291—574).

Individually, Rhett Rasmussen of BYU leads the field after firing a 64 in the second combining with his first round of 72 (136, -4). Corey Pereira (Washington), Maverick McNealy (Stanford), Harry Hall (UNLV), Gronlund are tied for second. Sean Crocker of USC rounds out the top of the leaderboard and is 6^th (72-67—139, -1).

Live scoring of the third and final round can be found on Golfstat.

How it Happened: The Ducks opened up the back nine meeting par 28 times, six birdies and 10 bogeys. In the first round, the Ducks had four double bogeys on the back nine, improving to one on the 13^th hole during the second round.

Through six holes, Gronlund was tied for 15^th at 1-over, but jumped up to 2^nd place overall through 12 holes, with five birdies, two bogeys and meeting par five times. Xiong was the next highest Duck on the leaderboard, tied at 27^th (+3).

To finish the day, the Ducks closed out with eight birdies and an Eagle to finish fifth at 17-over.

Gronlund held his spot atop the best and ended in a four-way tie for second. Xiong, despite shooting an eight on Hole 6, finished tied for 19, the second highest for Oregon.

Redshirt senior Wyndham Clark is 5-over (77-68—145) and tied for 26^th. Sophomore Edwin Yi (76-74—150, +10) and freshman Kevin Geniza (81-79—160, +20) rounded out the Oregon lineup tied for 62 and 120, respectively.

What it Means: Oregon improved their finish the second day of The Goodwin at the Stanford Golf Course eight spots after tying for 13^th the first round.

Oregon Lineup:
T2 Ryan Gronlund (RSO) 71-67—138, -2
T19 Norman Xiong (FR) 72-72—144, +4
T26 Wyndham Clark (RSR) 77-68—145, +5
T62 Edwin Yi (SO) 76-74—150, +10
T120 Kevin Geniza (FR) 81-79—160, +20

Day Two Individual Leaders:
1 Rhett Rasmussen (BYU) 72-64—136, -4
T2 Corey Pereira (Washington) 66-72—138, -2
T2 Maverick McNealy (Stanford) 67-71—138, -2
T2 Harry Hall (UNLV) 68-70—138, -2
T2 Ryan Gronlund (Oregon), 71-67—138, -2

Quotes: Head coach Casey Martin –

"We played much better today except for a couple of bad holes. The course has played really difficult, so our scores were encouraging today."

Looking Ahead: Oregon will play the third and final round of The Goodwin Saturday. Tee offs will go in two waves with the first group (paired by score) will begin at 7:30 a.m. PT, with the second wave beginning at 12:15 p.m. PT.

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