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CARLSBAD, Calif. \u2013 The Arizona men’s golf team opened the 2026 NCAA Championship on Friday with a steady round of 1-under par 287, which is good for a four-way tie for sixth place after 18 holes at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa. \n\u00a0
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\nSenior Filip Jakubcik<\/a> paced the Wildcats with a sparking round of 68 that included six birdies and two bogeys. He is 4-under par and tied for fifth place individually following his 12th round in the 60s this season.
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\nThe Wildcats entered the tournament as the No. 11 seed out of the 30 teams competing and put themselves in position to contend the rest of the week.
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\nAnother senior, Zach Pollo<\/a>, birdied his first hole and nearly made a hole-in-one on the par 3 16th hole on his way to an even par round of 72.
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\nTianyi Xiong<\/a> was 2-under through his first four holes before back-to-back bogeys on 14 and 15, brought him back to even par for his round.
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\nThe fourth score that counted on Friday belonged to freshman William Wistrand<\/a>, who got off to a tough start with bogeys on two of his first three holes. But he rebounded with a birdie on the sixth hole before two bogeys on the back nine saw him post a score 3-over par 73.
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\nTaishi Moto’s<\/a> round of 79 did not count towards the team score.
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\nUCLA is leading the tournament after one round, posting a team score of 8-under par 270 on Friday. Only nine of the 30 teams broke par on their first round
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\nThe Wildcats will tee off hole No. 10 at 7:47 a.m. PT on Saturday.
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\nLive hole-by-hole scoring is available at scoreboard.clippd.com<\/a> while a live video stream will begin at 11:00 a.m. PT on babygrandegolf.com<\/a>. The video stream is free after creating an account with Babygrande Golf.
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