Buff Golfers Transfer Up Into Fifth In Ka’anapali Classic

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LAHAINA, Maui – The University of Colorado males’s golf crew, with three gamers recording scores within the mid-60’s, moved up three spots into fifth place right here Tuesday after the second spherical of the eleventh Annual Ka’anapali Classic by OUTRIGGER was accomplished right here Tuesday.
 
No. 21 Oklahoma, the three-time defending champion right here, has three gamers within the prime 5 that has propelled the Sooners right into a 12-shot lead with a crew rating of 47-under par 521.  No. 59 TCU held on to second place (533), with No. 40 Georgia in third (536), No. 58 Florida Gulf Coast in fourth (540) and No. 39 Colorado rounding out the highest 5 with a 26-under 542 tally.
 
This was the tenth straight subpar spherical as a crew, setting a college document, because the 2017-18 and ’24 -25 groups every had 9.  CU is 112-under par through the streak, as in comparison with 50-under in ’17-18 and 80-under final yr.  Colorado has now been underneath par in 13 out of 14 rounds to date season, with Tuesday’s 18-under the second-best rating in relation t par however the lowest gross rating of the autumn.
 
Sophomore Parker Paxton set a college document as he opened his spherical with six straight birdies on holes 4 via 9, the impetus to an eventual collegiate-best 7-under 64; additionally with a 36-hole CU better of 9-under 133 for 36 holes, he is tied for seventh after conquering the 6,700-yard, par-71 Royal Ka’anapali golf course on the west aspect of Maui with 10 birdies total (with 5 pars and three bogeys).
Those 10 birdies additionally tied the CU document for essentially the most in single spherical, and with seven birdies and two pars on the entrance 9 (which performs to a par-37), his 7-under additionally set the CU mark for stroke rely in relation to par on 9 holes, and is certainly one of 11 Buffaloes to attain a 30 on both the entrance or again 9.  His 16 birdies lead the sphere, and he is tied for seventh in enjoying the par-4’s at 5-under.
 
“I made six birdies in a row one other time, but I was just playing for fun, it wasn’t in a competition,” Paxton stated.  “All I can say is that today, my putter felt really nice.”  He computed the lengths on his birdie putts – the six in a row added to roughly 63 ft, together with a 20-footer (on No. 8) and two 15-feet makes (on Nos. 4 and 5), and his 10 total added to 119 ft, together with a 30-footer on No. 11 and one other 20-footer on No. 14.
 
Senior Hunter Swanson had lengthy been ready to tear up the Royal Ka’anapali course; that is the fourth time he has performed right here and had simply 4 rounds out of 10 within the 60’s, with a low of 67.  In truth, he was 1-over in complete for these 10 rounds, however on Tuesday he lastly exacted some revenge in recording his collegiate finest rating of 7-under 64 (although he has two 7-under 65’s); he is tied for twelfth total with an 8-under 134 complete, his third-best 36 gap rating in 42 tournaments.  He had eight birdies and 9 pars with one bogey Tuesday (12 birdies and 21 pars over the 2 days), and performed all configurations a number of strokes underneath par (3-under on the par-4’s and 2-under on the par-3’s and par-4’s).  The 12 birdies and 5-under on the par-4’s are each tied for seventh within the 120-man subject, together with his two bogeys additionally tied for the seventh-fewest.
 
“I played pretty solid today, a much better round (than his opening 70),” Swanson stated.  “I hit the ball great, a good combination of off the tee and into the greens.  But the main thing that stood out today as the fact that I felt very focused and locked in, where I needed to hit the ball and just playing smart overall.  Even my bogey was solid, I got plugged up against the lip in the bunker.”
 
It was the tenth time at school historical past that two gamers recorded scores of 66 or higher that utilized to the crew complete, the primary time with a pair of 64’s and the third time on this event.
 
First-year graduate switch Jackson Rivera is tied for 29tht after posting a 4-under 67 which has him standing a 5-under 137 – his finest 36-hole rating as a Buffalo.  He had 5 birdies and 12 pars with a single bogey on Tuesday, enjoying all configurations underneath par (2-under on the par-5’s, 1-under on the par-3’s and par-4’s). He has been stable over the 2 rounds, with 9 birdies and 24 pars, with simply three holes worse than par (his two bogeys are tied for the seventh-fewest right here, matching Swanson).  Settling in round his new surroundings, it was his seventh straight spherical of par or higher.
 
With the trio all recording scores within the mid-60’s, they’d among the largest jumps within the standings Tuesday.  Swanson moved up 39 locations, Paxton 27 and Rivera 22.
 
Junior Ty Holbrook shot an even-par 71 for a 4-under 138 complete that has him tied for fortieth.  He eagled the 324-yard, par-4 seventh gap, his third eagle this fall and 14th of his profession (now eighth all-time at CU); it was his second on a par-4. He in any other case had 4 birdies, eight pars, 4 bogeys and a double, and after a bogey-free spherical to open right here, he has eight birdies and 22 pars total.  He’s enjoying the par-4’s right here at 4-under, tied for tenth within the subject, the par-5’s at 3-under and the par-3’s at 3-over.  He continues to flirt with the par-5’s this fall: he has birdied three of the six right here to this point (with three pars), and of the 54 par-5’s this fall, he has two eagles, 35 birdies, 15 pars and two bogeys, which computes to 37-under par.
 
Junior Brandon Knight is tied for 96th after posting a 1-over 72 rating for a two spherical complete of 3-over 145.  He had 4 birdies and 10 pars with three bogeys and a double Tuesday, with seven birdies and 21 pars total.  He was 3-over on the par-3’s within the second spherical, however was 2-under on the par-4’s and even on the par-5’s.
 
Freshman Tyler Long is competing right here as a person (his scores usually are not counting towards CU’s crew complete); he had 1-over 72 for a 2-under 140 complete, tying him for 56th.  The rating did finish a run of eight straight rounds of par or higher (seven of these subpar), which had tied the freshman college document set twice beforehand.  Long was 1-under on the par-3’s and par-5’s however was 3-over on the par-4’s whereas scoring 4 birdies (10 via two rounds), 11 pars, two bogeys and the primary triple bogey of his collegiate profession, which got here on his twenty third gap performed at Colorado.
 
“Two great rounds by Hunter and Parker,” head coach Roy Edwards stated. “Anytime you shoot 64 you all the time did loads of actually good issues.  Jackson had a very nice spherical as nicely. The different guys struggled a bit however battled nicely and that can bode nicely for the ultimate spherical. We let a couple of pictures slip away that prevented us from capturing a historic spherical however a very nice day nonetheless.
 
As far as Paxton’s six straight birdies, requested if he had ever seen that earlier than, Edwards merely responded, “Certainly no one I have ever coached that I can think of.”
 
Oklahoma’s Ryder Cowan took over the person lead from teammate Jase Summy, as he fired a 9-under 62 to face at 16-under 126 getting into the ultimate spherical; Summy carded a 67 and is in at 13-under 129, tied with TCU’s Sam Udovich.  Georgia freshman J.D. Culbreth shot college document 10-under 61 to maneuver into fourth (11-under 131).
 
The third and closing spherical is ready for Wednesday with a shotgun at 12:30 p.m. MDT; Colorado shall be paired with San Jose State and Southern Illinois and for third straight spherical will tee off between the No. 4 and No. 6 holes.  This will conclude CU’s schedule for the ’25-26 fall season.
 
NOTES: The temperature virtually a carbon copy of Monday’s circumstances, temperatures within the mid-80’s, underneath 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 continues its 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 an opportunity to crack that record for a fourth time (with two runner-up and a fourth-place end to point out for these earlier efforts) … The two gamers who beforehand made 10 birdies in a single spherical have been Jeremy Paul in 2013 (UTEP Give ‘Em Five Invitational, first spherical) and Morton Toft Hansen, 2019 CU-Simpson Invitational (second spherical) … The common rating for all 240 rounds is 70.34 (70.22 Tuesday after 70.47 within the first spherical) … There are 73 gamers underneath par and 12 others who’re in at even via 36 holes … CU’s scorers have been 1-under on the 9 hardest holes Tuesday (solely Oklahoma was higher at 5-under), after enjoying these at 9-over through the first spherical … The 5 CU scorers are enjoying the par-4’s at 15-under (second behind Oklahoma’s 16-under), the par-5’s at 16-under (eighth; North Florida is 24-under) and the par-3’s at 8-over, seventeenth within the subject (Oklahoma tops the record at 9-under) … Colorado has the second-most birdies (52; Oklahoma leads with 60), tied for the 18th-most pars (102; Kansas has essentially the most with 125) and have the sixth-fewest bogeys (19; OU has simply 11) … The college better of 29 subpar rounds was set final yr, with 25 in 2017-18 the second-most.