LAHAINA, Maui – The University of Colorado males’s golf staff opened its remaining competitors of the autumn season in a tie for eighth place right here Monday after one spherical was accomplished within the eleventh Annual Ka’anapali Classic by OUTRIGGER.
No. 21 Oklahoma, the three-time defending champion right here, obtained off to a superb begin to make in its bid to make it 4 straight, because the Sooners recorded a 21-under par staff rating of 263 to have a four-shot lead after 18 holes. No 59 TCU holds second place (267), with North Florida third (273) and a three-way tie for fourth at 273 between No. 40 Georgia, No. 58 Florida Gulf Coast and No. 103 Boise State.
The Buffaloes, after a gradual begin, completed spherical one with an 8-under 276 and are in a five-way tie for eighth. It was CU’s twelfth subpar spherical out of 13 to date this fall. Five of CU’s six gamers on Monday did publish subpar scores, nonetheless.
Junior
Ty Holbrook common his second bogey-free spherical of the season – and his profession – in carding a 4-under 67 on the 6,700-yard, par-71 Royal Ka’anapali golf course on the west facet of Maui. Starting within the shotgun format on No. 5, he birdied Nos. 9 and 11 earlier than parring out on the again 9; he then closed with birds on Nos. 1 and 4 to get 4 down within the purple and is tied for tenth. Thus, he had 4 birdies and 14 pars – the latter tied for seventh within the 120-man area, and performed the par-4’s and par-5’s each at 2-under and the par-3’s even, the one Buff not on the sad facet of par on the brief holes within the first spherical. Holbrook continued his mastery of par-5’s this fall: he birdied two of the three right here (par on the third), and now for the autumn, of the 51 par-5’s on his scorecards, he has two eagles, 34 birdies, 12 pars and two bogeys, which computes to 36-under par.
Holbrook’s bogey-free spherical was one in every of 9 recorded within the area for the primary spherical. His different in his profession got here final month within the first spherical of CU’s Mark Simpson Invitational.
Sophomore
Parker Paxton, CU’s stroke common chief coming in (69.0), is tied for thirty fourth after posting a 2-under 69 effort, his team-leading eighth spherical within the 60’s this fall. It additionally prolonged his faculty report streak to 13 subpar rounds, now three greater than beforehand completed at school annals. Steady as all the time, he tied for the team-high with six birdies – tied for seventh within the area as effectively — together with 9 pars reverse two bogeys and a double. He’s 2-under on the par-4’s and par-5’s and 2-over on the par-3’s. He bogeyed his second gap of the day (the 474-yard, par-4 fifth), however righted his ship instantly with three birdies on his subsequent 4 holes.
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Jackson Rivera is tied for 51st after carding a 1-under 70. He opened his day with 10 straight pars, earlier than going bogey-double on Nos. 16 and 17 to rise to 3-over. His response was to birdie his subsequent three holes, after which end par-birdie-par to get into the purple. He had 4 birdies and 12 pars in any other case, and performed the par-4’s and par-5’s at 1-under and the par-3’s at 1-over. It was his sixth straight spherical of par or higher.
Senior
Hunter Swanson additionally posted a 1-under 70 to match Rivera, getting there with equivalent numbers: 4 birdies, 12 pars, one bogey and one double. He obtained off to the perfect begin of all of the Buffs right here, with birdies on two of his first three holes (Nos. 4 and 6). He was within the purple all day, at one level 3-under till a uncommon double bogey for him – simply his second this season – on the 190-yard, par-3 2nd knocked him all the way down to 1-under. He was 2-under on the par-4’s and par-5’s, and like most of his teammates, was over on the par-3’s (plus-3).
Junior
Brandon Knight is tied for 93rd after posting a 2-over 73 rating; he obtained off to a tough begin, bogeying three of his first 4 holes and stood at 4-over by six. He then settled in, scoring pars on the final eight holes on the again 9, after which scoring birdies on two of his remaining 4 holes (Nos. 1 and 4). In the tip, he had three birdies, 11 pars, three bogeys and one double, taking part in the par-3’s at 1-over, the par-5’s at 1-under and the par-4’s at 2-over whereas ending his spherical with 13 straight holes of par or higher.
Freshman
Tyler Long is competing right here as a person (his scores will not be counting towards CU’s staff complete); he matched Paxton with a team-high six birdies en path to recording a 3-under 68 that has him tied for twenty fourth. It was his eighth straight spherical of par or higher (seven of these subpar), tying the freshman faculty report first set by Jeremy Paul throughout the 2013-14 season and equaled by
Justin Biwer in ’20-21. Long performed the par-4 holes at 4-under, third-best within the area and only one stroke off the leaders, along with his birdie rely additionally tied for seventh general. He in any other case had 10 pars, a bogey and a double (which he opened his day with after which bounced again robust) and performed the par-5’s at 1-under and the par-3’s at 2-over.
“Ty was bogey-free and that is always good, no matter the round, the course or the tournament,” head coach
Roy Edwards mentioned. “‘Otherwise, it was a laboursome type of day. We didn’t get off to a very good start, and we started on some of the easiest holes. We made a lot of uncharacteristic, unforced errors early on. But we hung in there really well despite all the mistakes. Tyler and Jackson did a nice job despite being two- and three-over at different parts of their rounds to finish under par. As always, the guys really competed and we expect some good play the last few days.”
Oklahoma’s Jase Summy recorded an eagle and eight birdies with a single bogey to take the person lead with a 9-under par 62; that leads teammate Ryder Cowan by two strokes.
The second spherical will start Tuesday with a shotgun at 12:30 p.m. MDT; Colorado shall be paired with Georgia, Boise State and Southern Illinois and can tee off between the No. 4 and No. 6 holes. The third and remaining spherical may even have a 12:30 p.m. MDT shotgun on Wednesday, which can conclude CU’s motion this fall.
NOTES: The temperature settled within the low 80s by mid-morning, beneath largely cloudy skies with occasional wind gusts from 8-10 miles per hour … There are 19 groups from 15 states and 11 athletic conferences competing right here over the three days; that is the fifth straight yr the Buffaloes are entered … CU has loved nice success right here, as three of its prime 14 event scores in relation to par (54 holes) have been recorded right here in 2021, 2022 and 2024 (with two runner-up and a fourth-place end to point out for these efforts) … The common rating for all 120 rounds Monday was
70.47 … There are
71 gamers beneath par and
13 others who turned in even-par efforts within the first spherical … Despite these figures, 9 holes participant over-par Monday (and 9 beneath); CU’s scorers have been plus-9 on the 9 hardest and 17-under on the 9 that have been subpar by the sphere … The 5 CU scorers performed the par-4’s tied for the third-best at 4-under (OU and TCU have been 8-under to guide), the par-5’s at 8-under (tied for ninth; North Florida was 15-under to prime all); however the par-3’s at 6-over, tied for final within the area (Oklahoma performed them the perfect, however at solely 4-under par) … Colorado had the fifth-most birdies (21; Oklahoma leads with 27), and the fifth-most pars (58; East Tennessee State had essentially the most with 67); the Buffs are tied for the fewest bogeys (7), however had 4 double bogeys, tied for the third-most … This was the ninth straight subpar spherical as a staff, tying the college report, and the twelfth in 13 rounds to date season; the college better of 29 was set final yr, with 25 in 2017-18 the second.
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