{"id":541723,"date":"2026-03-17T06:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T06:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/541723\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T06:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T06:06:08","slug":"mens-golf-grind-through-day-one-in-tucson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/541723\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Golf Grind Through Day One in Tucson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     TUCSON, Ariz. \u2013 The University of Hawai&#8217;i men&#8217;s golf team faced a marathon opening day at the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate, Monday, battling through 30-plus holes before play was suspended due to darkness.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCompeting at the par-72 Tucson Country Club, the Rainbow Warriors currently sit in 14th place with a team score of +37. Despite the challenging field and desert conditions, the &#8216;Bows showed resilience as the day progressed, looking to find their rhythm against some of the nation&#8217;s top programs.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe second round was halted with most of the UH lineup having between two and five holes remaining. This unfinished business gives the Rainbow Warriors a chance to tighten up their scores early Tuesday morning before heading directly into the third and final round.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLeading the way for Hawai&#8217;i during this opening stretch is <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/nathan-szpakowicz\/22207\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22207\" target=\"_blank\">Nathan Szpakowicz<\/a>, who is tied for 57th place at 5-over. Szpakowicz has five holes remaining in his round, which he&#8217;s currently at 2-over.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/alec-hilgers\/22211\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22211\" target=\"_blank\">Alec Hilgers<\/a> has three holes left in his second round and currently tied for 71st at 10-over. Rounding out the scoring for the &#8216;Bows are <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/dane-watanabe\/22208\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22208\" target=\"_blank\">Dane Watanabe<\/a> (+11), <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/james-whitworth\/22209\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22209\" target=\"_blank\">James Whitworth<\/a> (+12), and <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/chris-salem\/22210\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22210\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Salem<\/a> (+14).<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLong Beach State holds the lead at 21-under however four of its five golfers are still on the course. Host Arizona is the clubhouse leader at 19-under 557 followed by Arizona State (559) and Oklahoma (569). Individually, ASU&#8217;s Pongsapak Laopakdee is the clubhouse leader at 9-under 135 however LBSU&#8217;s Alejandro De Castro is 13-under through 31 holes.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n14. Hawai&#8217;i \u2013 307 (+19) | Second Round (Incomplete): +18<br \/>\nT-57. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/nathan-szpakowicz\/22207\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22207\" target=\"_blank\">Nathan Szpakowicz<\/a> \u2013 75 | +3 (Thru 13)<br \/>\nT-71. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/alec-hilgers\/22211\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22211\" target=\"_blank\">Alec Hilgers<\/a> \u2013 75 | +7 (Thru 15)<br \/>\n75. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/dane-watanabe\/22208\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22208\" target=\"_blank\">Dane Watanabe<\/a> \u2013 79 | +4 (Thru 13)<br \/>\n76. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/james-whitworth\/22209\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22209\" target=\"_blank\">James Whitworth<\/a> \u2013 79 | +5 (Thru 15)<br \/>\n78. Christopher Salem \u2013 78 | +8 (Thru 16)<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>#HawaiiMGOLF<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; TUCSON, Ariz. \u2013 The University of Hawai&#8217;i men&#8217;s golf team faced a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-541723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}