LIHUE, Hawaii - Santa Clara men's golf shot 2-over 282 in Thursday's opening round of the John Burns Intercollegiate to put themselves in a tie for eighth and just four strokes outside of the top three of the day one standings. Senior
Calder Overfelt led the way with a 2-under 68 where he is in an eight-way tie for sixth and just two shots off the lead at the par 70, 7,156-yard Ocean Course.
ROUND HIGHLIGHTS:
- The Broncos are tied with No. 22 San Diego State in eighth place and one stroke ahead of No. 23 Utah (283).
- SCU tallied 14 birdies as a team led by four from Overfelt.
- Overfelt was perfect on the front nine with birdies on Nos. 2 and 3. He also birdied Nos. 10 and 16 to counter two bogeys on the back nine.
- Overfelt is two strokes behind Utah's Sergio Jimenez (66) for the individual lead.
- Kevin Hollomon shot even par to finish the day tied for 21st.
- Matt Robles was 1-over 71 and J.P. Odland was 3-over 73 to tie for 32nd and 58th, respectively.
- LMU leads the field at 4-under 276 followed by No. 32 Texas A&M (277) and Long Beach State (278).
SANTA CLARA INDIVIDUALS:
| Place |
Player |
Score |
| T6. |
Overfelt |
68 (-2) |
| T21. |
Hollomon |
70 (E) |
| T32. |
Robles |
71 (+1) |
| T58. |
Odland |
73 (+3) |
| T101. |
Nielsen |
78 (+8) |
TEAM STANDINGS:
| Place |
Team |
Score |
| 1. |
LMU |
276 (-4) |
| 2. |
Texas A&M |
277 (-3) |
| 3. |
Long Beach State |
278 (-2) |
| T4. |
UTEP |
281 (+1) |
| T4. |
UNLV |
281 (+1) |
| T4. |
New Mexico |
281 (+1) |
| T4. |
BYU |
281 (+1) |
| T8. |
Santa Clara |
282 (+2) |
| T8. |
San Diego State |
282 (+2) |
| T10. |
Utah |
283 (+3) |
| T10. |
Cal |
283 (+3) |
| 12. |
Hawaii |
284 (+4) |
| 13. |
Saint Mary's |
286 (+6) |
| 14. |
Washington State |
289 (+9) |
| T15. |
Missouri |
291 (+11) |
| T15. |
Grand Canyon |
291 (+11) |
| 17. |
Miami (Oh.) |
293 (+13) |
| 18. |
Fresno State |
296 (+16) |
| 19. |
San Francisco |
300 (+20) |
UP NEXT:
The John Burns Intercollegiate resumes tomorrow with the second round.