RJ Manke of Pepperdine claimed the individual title and the Waves rallied in the final round to beat California by 11 strokes in the Alister MacKenzie Invitational at the Meadow Club (http://www.meadowclub.com/) in Fairfax.
The Waves recorded a school-record score of 270-268-262—800, 52-under-par, also breaking their mark for the best score in a single round to come from six shots behind the Golden Bears on the second day.
“It was great watching them do their thing,” Coach Michael Beard said. “I never got the feeling that when they were 1- or 2-under that they were content with that. They kept trying to make more birdies.
“RJ actually wasn’t hitting it that great during the practice round. But he got into a rhythm in the first round and kept going. The final round, you could tell him where to hit it, and he hit it right there. It was ridiculous. He was in the zone. It was really impressive.
“It’ll be good to see what this win does for the team. The last three years, we’ve started the season poorly. So to do this early on, it’s a good thing. To be able to recall a good tournament or a good round, that’s always a good thing in golf.”
California finished at 258-274-279—811, while San Jose State was third at 269-278-279—826, followed Arizona State at 280-273-274—827 and Santa Clara at 288-276-273—837.
St. Mary’s totaled 285-271-282—838 to tie for sixth with UC Davis, which wound up at 285-270-283—838, followed by San Diego State at 287-272-282—841, San Francisco at 280-275-287—842, and Long Beach State at 288-279-281—848.
Fresno State was 13th at 290-280-292—862 and the University of San Diego was 15th at 298-289-302—889.
Manke, a sophomore from Lakewood, Wash., claimed his first college victory with a Pepperdine record score of 65-66-61—192, 21-under. His 61 in the final round also is a school record by two strokes, as he collected an eagle and nine birdies while making only one bogey.
Collin Morikawa of Cal was second at 65-64-67—196, followed by teammate Sebastian Crampton at 63-67-69—199, and Clay Feagler of Pepperdine at 71-66-65—202.
Kaiwen Liu of Cal totaled 63-71-70—204 to tie for fifth with Ryan Han of UC Davis, who wound up at 68-66-70—204, while Matthew McCarty of Santa Clara shot 70-61-74—205 to tie for seventh with Laken Hinton of Augusta, who finished at 73-65-67—205, and Cameron Sisk of Arizona State, who came in at 68-71-66—205.
Kevin Velo of San Jose State carded a score of 67-73-66—206 to tie for 10th with Joshua McCarthy of Pepperdine, who finished at 69-68-69—206, and Sean Yu of San Jose State, who wound up at 67-69-70-206.
Aaron Whalen of San Diego State shot 72-66-69—207 and finished in a tie for 14th that included teammate Youssef Guezzale, who wound up at 67-69-71—207, while Christoffer Palsson of San Francisco tied for 18th at 66-70-72—208.
Mikey Slesinski of St. Mary’s tied for 20th at 72-67-70—209, Joe Fryer of Long Beach State tied for 27th at 73-70-68—211, Cody Riecks of Fresno State tied for 41st at 74-69-71—214, and Remington Hirano of San Diego tied for 52nd at 72-73-72—217.
Rounding out the scoring for team champion Pepperdine were Joe Highsmith, who tied for 27th at 65-79-67—211, Roy Cootes tied for 35th at 71-68-74—213, and Austin Murphy tied for 52nd at 72-71-74—217.
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