Thursday, October 15, 2015

Stanford ties for 6th and McNealy 1st in Georgia at US Collegiate against another strong field

Stanford players & the field - click to enlarge
Stanford sent the same five players to Georgia that competed in Oregon two weeks before:  Maverick McNealy, David Boote, Brandon Wu, Jeffrey Swegle and Viraat Badhwar.

The strong field includes 6 of the nation's top 10 teams (Wake Forest #3, Florida State #4, Oklahoma State #5, Stanford #6, USC #8, Oklahoma #9) plus Texas #12, host Georgia Tech #17 and 5 other good teams.  In addition, 9 of the top 20 individuals are competing including #1 Beau Hossler of Texas and Stanford's Maverick McNealy #3.

Final Results:
Stanford tied for 6th in the 17 team field, 14 strokes behind Auburn and Wake Forest who tied for 1st (see final team results below).  Maverick McNealy led the way for Stanford tying for 1st with 3 other players on rounds of 69-74-67 210, for his 2nd win this season and 8th in his career.  This 8th win puts Maverick in 3rd place among Cardinal career golfers, 3 wins behind Tiger Woods and Patrick Rodgers.  Maverick's 3 scorecards are shown below - click to enlarge.
Maverick McNealy's 3 scorecards - click to enlarge
Brandon Wu finished tied for 31st with rounds of 70-73-76 219, David Boote tied for 46th scoring 76-71-76 223, while Jeffrey Swegle (75-78-71 224) and Viraat Badhwar (76-71-77 224) tied for 50th.

The 3rd round scorecards by Stanford are shown below - click to enlarge.
Round 3 scorecards - click to enlarge 
Final team results are shown below - click to enlarge
Final Team Standings - click to enlarge
Round 2 Results:
Stanford moved up 3 places to tie for 5th after a 1-over 289 second round total and are 10 shots behind Wake Forest.  David Boote (76-71 147 T35) and Viraat Badhwar (76-71 147 T35) both shot 71 and are tied for 35th overall.  Brandon Wu (70-73 143 T17) and Maverick McNealy (69-74 143 T17) are tied for 17th after Brandon's 73 and Maverick's 74.  Jeffrey Swegle is tied for 75th after rounds of 75-78 153 (T75).

Second round Stanford scorecards and top 10 team scores are shown below - click to enlarge.
Round 2 Stanford scorecards and top 10 teams - click to enlarge
Round 1 Results:
Stanford is in 8th place after the first round with a 2-over par total of 290 and is 8 strokes behind Florida State.  Maverick McNealy is tied for 4th after a 69 in a round that included 7 birdies but also 4 bogies.  Brandon Wu had a great round through 13 at 6-under after 5 birdies and a starting eagle but two late bogies and a closing double bogey left him tied for 7th at 70.

Jeffrey Swegle had a 75 and is tied for 55th while both David Boote and Viraat Badhwar had 76 and sit in 59th position.

First round scorecards and the top 8 teams are shown below --- click to enlarge.
Round 1 scorecards & top 8 team scores - click to enlarge

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