March 29, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO - Senior Brandon Baumgarten fired a 2-under-par 69 while freshman Thomas Hutchison finished a stroke back with a 70 round to lead UC Davis on the first day of The Goodwin men's collegiate golf tournament, hosted by Stanford at TPC Harding Park Thursday.
Baumgarten's team-leading score put him in a five-man tie for 10th place that includes No. 6 Brad Dalke of Oklahoma, while Hutchison took part in a sizable tie for 16th. As a team, the Aggies shared 17th place with San Francisco through 18 holes of play. Baumgarten shot 1-under on each of the front and back nine en route to his 69 for the day, with back-to-back birdies on the 13th and 14th holes. Hutchison fell to 2-under after the first five holes, but rallied for birdies on the eighth, ninth, 11th and 15th. Junior
Ryan Han shot a 4-over 75 on Thursday, junior
Tanner Hughes carded a 77, and senior
Evan Knight turned in a 79 to round out the UC Davis contingent. Host Stanford leads a tight team race with a 7-under-par 277 total, one stroke ahead of Northwestern and two ahead of Oklahoma and Oregon. Senior Jeffrey Swegle leads the medalist race with an 8-under 68. This is the 49th running of Stanford's premier home tournament, formerly named the United States Intercollegiate. The 26-team, 135-player Goodwin continues with 18-hole rounds on each of Friday and Saturday. UPDATE: UC Davis will tee off from the 10th beginning at 12:25 p.m. on Friday.
2018 GOODWIN TPC Harding Park Golf Course • Par 71, 7,143 Yards
TEAM STANDINGS (Through 18 holes)
1. Stanford, 277
2. Northwestern, 278
t3. Oklahoma, 279
t3. Oregon, 279
t5. UNLV, 282
t5. California, 282
t7. Saint Mary's, 283
t7. Washington, 283
t7. Nevada, 283
t10. Colorado, 287
t10. Stanford `B', 287
t12. BYU, 289
t12. SMU, 289
t14. Oregon State, 290
t14. Abilene Christian, 290
t14. San Jose State, 290
t17. San Francisco, 291
t17. UC Davis, 291
t19. Arizona State, 292
t19. Cal Poly, 292
t19. Sonoma State, 292
22. Minnesota, 293
23. USC, 297
t24. Wyoming, 298
t24. Utah, 298
26. Northern Colorado, 302
INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS (Through 18 holes)
Leader plus UC Davis competitors
1. Jeffrey Swegle, Stanford, 63
t10.
Brandon Baumgarten, 69
t16.
Thomas Hutchison, 70
t89.
Ryan Han, 75
t113.
Tanner Hughes, 77
t129.
Evan Knight, 79
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