Feb. 20, 2017 LA QUINTA, Calif. - Freshman Matt Robinson shot a 1-under-par 70 to lead all UC Davis competitors in th first round of the 17th-annual Prestige at PGA WEST collegiate men's golf tournament at the Greg Norman Course Monday. Robinson finished the first of three rounds in a tie for 12th in the individual standings, while the Aggies sit in a tie for 10th among the 13-team field.
Robinson birdied the second, fifth and 12th holes en route to his team-best round of 70. Senior
Ben Corfee was even par for the front nine, then birdied the 10th to move to 1-under, but finished with a 39 on the back nine to finish the day in a tie for 41st place at 3-over 74. That matched him with junior teammate
Jeremy Sanchez, who settled down after a tough first six holes, then shot even par for the remaining 12 to finish with his 74. Junior
Evan Knight and senior
Nicolas Noya each carded 4-over 75 scores to round out the UC Davis team scoring. Both players birdied the 15th while Knight also beat the 566-yard 12th hole. They both joined juniors
Ryan Han and
Brandon Baumgarten, who were entered as individual competitors, as part of the 10-way tie for 52nd. Peppperdine and Stafnord share the team lead at 3-under-par 281, while San Diego State is a stroke behind in third at 282. UC Davis shares 10th place with fifth-ranked Texas Tech at 9-over 293. The Prestige at PGA WEST, hosted jointly by UC Davis and Stanford, continues through Wednesday.
2017 PRESTIGE AT PGA WEST
Greg Norman Course at PGA WEST
Par 71, 7076 Yards
TEAMS t1. Pepperdine, 281
t1. Stanford, 281
3. San Diego State, 282
4. Oklahoma, 286
t5. Iowa State, 288
t5. Arizona State, 286
t7. LSU, 291
t7. Saint Mary's, 291
9. East Tennessee State, 292
t10. UC DAVIS, 293
t10. Texas Tech, 293
12. San Diego, 298
13. Stirling, 299
INDIVIDUALS
Leader plus UC Davis competitors t1. Jared duToit, Arizona State, 67
t1. Franklin Huang, Stanford, 67
t12.
Matt Robinson, 70
t41.
Jeremy Sanchez, 74
t52.
Evan Knight, 75
t52.
Nicolas Noya, 75
t52.
Ryan Han, 75
t52.
Brandon Baumgarten, 75
