SAMMAMISH, Wash. – No. 13 Pepperdine men’s golf is in a tie for 8th place out of 12 teams after the first two rounds of the Sahalee Players Championship.
 
Freshman Luke Ringkamp was the headliner for the Waves, firing one-under to currently sit in a tie for third place overall. He was one-under (71) in round one before going even (72) in round two.
 
Senior Willy Walsh sits at five-over through the opening 36 holes. Walsh was stellar in round one, posting a two-under round of 70, before firing a 79 in round two.
 
Ayden Fynaut was third on Pepperdine’s leaderboard with a seven-over performance. Another freshman making his Pepperdine debut, he improved from a nine-over (81) first round to register a two-under (70) in the second round, the low round on the team in the afternoon.

Ayden with back to back 🐥s to get to -2 on the afternoon!

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Competing as an individual, Luke Dariotis was eight shots over par on the day, good for a tie in 33rd place. Dariotis shot a 75 in the opening round before carding a 77 in the afternoon. 
 
Sophomore Oscar Bach, making just his fourth collegiate appearance, recorded a 15-over on the day, improving from nine-over (81) in round one to six-over (78) in the second.
 
Byungho Lee rounded out the Waves lineup with a 22-over, making a slight improvement from 12-over (84) in the opening round to 10-over (82) in round two.
 
Team Leaderboard
1. Oklahoma State (E)
2. Illinois (+11)
3. Florida (+12)
4. Duke (+14)
5. North Carolina (+20)
6. Arizona State (+21)
7. UCLA (+22)
T8. Pepperdine (+26)
T8. Washington (+26)
T10. San Diego State (+27)
11. Arizona (+32)
12. California (+36)
 
Pepperdine Leaderboard
T3. Luke Ringkamp (-1)
T18. Willy Walsh (+5)
T30. Ayden Fynaut (+7)
T51. Luke Dariotis (ind.) (+10)
T60. Oscar Bach (+15)
72. Byungho Lee (+22)
 
UP NEXT
The second and final day of the Sahalee Players Championship will commence tomorrow with round three. Pepperdine will tee off at 7:20 beginning with Luke Dariotis.

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