PULLMAN, Wash. – Led by an opening-round
67 by Scott
Travers, the Santa Clara University men's golf team out-played
11 schools and sits in fourth place after day one of the 2010
Palouse Cougar Invitational hosted by Washington State
University.
Travers was just three shots off the lead after round one and
followed with a 1-under par 71 in the afternoon. Teammate
Cory Mehl went
69-69 to also go 6-under for the day. Ronnald
Monaco (72-70),
Bobby Monaco
(74-72) and
Rick Lamb
(75-73) rounded out the SCU five.
"The conditions were really nice today, really warm out here,"
said Santa Clara head coach
Rob
Miller. "They had the course set up in a way guys could score.
Tomorrow will be much tougher, pin placements tighter and the tees
moved back."
Santa Clara (282-282; 564) is 12-under par as a team, just five
shots behind the University of Idaho, who is in third.
"Our goal tomorrow is to finish in the top three," said Miller.
"To be 12-under par as a group is a nice number. We will see how we
do tomorrow."
Final round play begins early Tuesday morning in Pullman. For
complete tournament results and coverage visit Washington State's
official athletics website (
www.wsucougars.com).
