Pepperdine Takes Team Lead; BYU’s Carson Lundell Grabs Individual Lead

the 74th Western Intercollegiate presented by TopGolf men’s golf tournament team and individual leaderboards changed heading into the April 14 final round. Pepperdine rode the wave of its depth to the top of the team leaderboard and Brigham Young’s Carson Lundell turned in a four-under par 66 to grab the top spot in the 92-player field.

 

Pepperdine posted a two-under par 348 second-round team score in the 6-player, score-5 format and a 702 total to move past first round leader Washington, now at 708 with 18 holes to go. Joe Highsmith led the way with a 66 and Dylan Menante added a 67 to lead the Pepperdine charge.

 

Stanford moved from fourth to third and is at 710. Brigham Young at 711 and California at 713 complete the top five teams.

 

Host San Jose State slipped from fifth place to ninth in the 13-team tournament at 738.

 

Lundell’s round consisted of a birdie on the opening hole of the par 70, 6,615-yard Pasatiempo Golf Club and a fiery three-hole stretch from #8 through #10 going birdie-eagle-birdie going from one-under to five-under par. At 134, Lundell has a four-stroke lead over Stanford’s Karl Viilips and Pepperdine’s Highsmith and Manke at 138. Vilips had the low round of the day with a 65 – the best individual round of the tournament.

 

First-round leaders Finigan Tilly of Cal and Justin Ngan of Hawaii were unable to match or break par in the second round. Tilly posted a 73 and is even par at 140 tied for ninth place. Ngan turned in a 76 and is at 143.

 

GOLF Channel will provide three hours of live final round coverage beginning at 1:00 p.m. (PT). Live scoring will be available at www.golfstat.com.

 

74th annual Western Intercollegiate presented by Topgolf men’s golf tournament

Pasatiempo Golf Course, Santa Cruz, Calif.

Par 70, 6,615 yards

April 13, 2021

36-hole results

 

Team Scores

Pepperdine                                                     702

Washington                                                    708

Stanford                                                          710

Brigham Young                                               711

California                                                        713

Oregon                                                            718

San Diego State                                              722

Southern California                                        735

San Jose State                                                 738

Colorado State                                               741

Texas El Paso                                                  743

UC Irvine                                                         747

Hawaii                                                             764

 

Leading Individuals

Carson Lundell, Brigham Young                      68-66-134

Karl Vilips, Stanford                                        73-65-138

Joe Highsmith, Pepperdine                             72-66-138

RJ Manke, Pepperdine                                    68-70-138

Dylan Menante, Pepperdine                          72-67-139

Noah Woolsey, Washington                           69-70-139

Puwit Anupansuebsai, San Diego State          69-70-139

Petr Hruby, Washington                                 69-70-139

Derek Hitchner, Pepperdine                           69-71-140

Finigan Tilly, California                                   67-73-140

 

San Jose State scores

Carl Corpus                                                     68-75-143

Kristopher Stiles                                              70-76-146

Caleb Shetler                                                  73-74-147

Nate Jetter                                                      75-76-151

Sean Yu                                                           76-76-152

Bryce Wortman                                              75-78-153

Vijay Srinivasan (ind.)                                     75-78-153

RJ Cesario                                                        80-76-156

Matt Heitel                                                     78-78-156