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Men's Golf

Senior Leads The Way On First Day Of Play

Tokyo, Japan - Playing at the Tanagura Country Club in Tokyo, Japan, the Pacific golf team opened the 2012-13 season at the Topy Cup on Tuesday, Sept. 11. The Tigers finished first round play in a tie for eighth place as Pacific posted a +10, 290 through 18 holes. The leaders in the clubhouse after day one were a pair of Japanese universities as Tohoku Fukushi and Osaka Gakuin each posted -7, 273 scores for the first round of play.

Individually, the Tigers' lone upperclassmen led the way on day one as senior Alex Edfort tallied a -1, 69 to open his tournament. At -1, Edfort is tied for 11th place overall and just three strokes off the lead pace which sits at -4. Both Mikkel Bjerch-Andresen of Baylor and Shingo Ito of Osaka Gakuin carded the low round for the opening day.

Just behind Edfort was sophomore Eric Sugimoto as the second-year player carded a +2, 72 to put himself into a tie for 27th. In his first collegiate tournament, freshman Austin Weatherholt finished his opening round one stroke behind Sugimoto as the San Jose, Calif. native went three-over with a 73.

The Tigers will make a push to get back into contention on day two of the tournament which tees off on Wednesday, Sept. 12.

    R1 R2 R3 Total
T8th Pacific 290     +10, 290
T11 Alex Edfort
69     -1, 69
T27 Eric Sugimoto
72     +2, 72
T31 Austin Weatherholt
73     +3, 73
T50 Byron Meth 76     +6, 76
T53 Michael Tolladay 78     +8, 78


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Players Mentioned

Alex Edfort

Alex Edfort

5' 9"
Senior
Byron Meth

Byron Meth

5' 11"
Sophomore
Eric Sugimoto

Eric Sugimoto

5' 6"
Sophomore
Michael Tolladay

Michael Tolladay

6' 1"
Freshman
Austin Weatherholt

Austin Weatherholt

6' 3"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Alex Edfort

Alex Edfort

5' 9"
Senior
Byron Meth

Byron Meth

5' 11"
Sophomore
Eric Sugimoto

Eric Sugimoto

5' 6"
Sophomore
Michael Tolladay

Michael Tolladay

6' 1"
Freshman
Austin Weatherholt

Austin Weatherholt

6' 3"
Freshman