{"id":648487,"date":"2026-05-04T06:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/648487\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T06:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:43:09","slug":"tyler-kowack-aztec-mens-golf-leads-after-first-day-of-mw-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/648487\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Kowack, Aztec Men\u2019s Golf Leads after First Day of MW Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

TUCSON, Ariz. — Senior Tyler Kowack<\/a> (San Diego\/Canyon Crest Academy) fired a 7-under-par 65 and sits atop of the leaderboard along with the San Diego State men\u2019s golf team after the first day of the 2026 Credit Union 1 Mountain West Men\u2019s Golf Championship in Tucson, Arizona.<\/p>\n

Kowack (-7) leads a group of five by two strokes on the par-72, 7,194-yard Omni Tucson National Resort (Catalina Course).<\/p>\n

The four-time defending champion Aztecs, meanwhile, collectively shot a 15-under 273 and lead Wyoming (-13) by two strokes. San Jose State (-11), Grand Canyon (-10) and No. 43 UNLV (-9) round out the top 5. Nevada is sixth in the 12-team field at -9, while No. 21 New Mexico (-6) is in seventh.<\/p>\n

Kowack had eight birdies on the day with his lone bogey coming on the par-4, 404-yard 13th hole. Grand Canyon\u2019s Mans Boje and Nixon Lauritzen, Wyoming\u2019s Brody Knowton and Brody Leid, and UNLV\u2019s Trevor Lewis are all tied for second at -5.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Harry Takis<\/a> (Brisbane, Australia) and junior Nathan Sampson<\/a> (Temecula, Calif.) are each tied for seventh in the 60-man field at -4. Takis, the No. 4 ranked player in the latest Scoreboard powered by clippd computer ratings, had five birdies and one bogey in his first round.<\/p>\n

Sampson, who was a last-minute addition for the six SDSU players who traveled to the championship and was moved into the starting five this morning, eagled the par-5, 535-yard second, and added six birdies against four bogeys.<\/p>\n

Redshirt junior Dylan Oyama<\/a> (Carlsbad, Calif.\/Pacific Ridge HS) carded an even-par 72 and is tied for 34th. Oyama, who won the MW Championship as a true freshman the last time the event was held here in 2023, sank five birdies, but had two bogeys and a triple bogey on the 13th.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Kai Hirayama<\/a> (Arcadia, Calif.) shot 75 and is tied for 51st.<\/p>\n

SDSU\u2019s second round of the three-day tournament begins at 8 a.m. PT Monday.<\/p>\n

Mountain West Championship
Day One Results \u2013 May 3, 2026
Omni Tucson National Resort (Catalina Course) – Tucson, Ariz.
Par 72, 7,194 Yards<\/p>\n

Team Standings
1. No. 39 San Diego State\u2026273 (-15)
2. Wyoming\u2026275 (-13)
3. San Jose State\u2026277 (-11)
4. Grand Canyon\u2026278 (-10)
5. No. 43 UNLV\u2026279 (-9)
6. Nevada\u2026280 (-8)
7. No. 21 New Mexico\u2026282 (-6)
8. Colorado State\u2026283 (-5)
9. Fresno State\u2026286 (-2)
10. Boise State\u2026287 (-1)
11. Air Force\u2026294 (+6)
12. Utah State\u2026300 (+12)<\/p>\n

Individual Leaders (Top 6 of 60 players + SDSU)
1. Tyler Kowack<\/a> (San Diego State)\u202665 (-7)
T2. Mans Boje (Grand Canyon)\u202667 (-5)
T2. Brody Knowton (Wyoming)\u202667 (-5)
T2. Nixon Lauritzen (Grand Canyon)\u202667 (-5)
T2. Brody Leid (Wyoming)\u202667 (-5)
T2. Trevor Lewis (UNLV)\u202667 (-5)
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T7. Harry Takis<\/a> (San Diego State)\u202668 (-4)
T7. Nathan Sampson<\/a> (San Diego State)\u202668 (-4)
T34. Dylan Oyama<\/a> (San Diego State)\u202672 (E)
T51. Kai Hiryama (San Diego State)\u202675 (+3)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TUCSON, Ariz. — Senior Tyler Kowack (San Diego\/Canyon Crest Academy) fired a 7-under-par 65 and sits atop of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-648487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}