The Waves didn’t have to go far for their second tournament of the History Maker Golf campaign, as famed Riviera County Club is located less than 15 miles east of the Malibu campus in Pacific Palisades. It’s not a normal college stop, but Sahith Theegala made the cut there in the PGA Tour’s Genesis Open in 2017 while he was still in college, and Josh Anderson tied for 37th at the 2012 NCAA Championships.
The par-71 course is playing tougher than the first event at Sherwood Country Club, but Derek Hitchner (7-under 64), Theegala (5-under 66) and William Mouw (4-under 67) all got off to terrific starts.
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Leaderboard: 1. Derek Hitchner 64; 2. Sahith Theegala 66; 3. William Mouw 67; T4. Josh Anderson 69; T4. Clay Feagler 69; T4. Andrew Putnam 69; 7. Cody McManus 70; T8. RJ Manke 71; T8. Joe Highsmith 71; T10. Austin Murphy 72; T10. Joshua McCarthy 72; T10. Roy Cootes 72; T13. Frederick Wedel 73; T13. Joey Vrzich 73; 15. Johnny Mac Arthur 74; 16. Kevin DeHuff 75.
- In a big change from the first tournament, only half the field shot par or better.
- Hitchner’s day began with an eagle on the par-5 first hole. He had a run of five straight birdies on holes 6-10 and had a total of seven birdies.
- Theegala posted six birdies against one bogey.
- In addition to Hitchner, Highsmith and Mouw also posted eagles. Mouw holed out from the fairway on the par-4 eighth hole.
- Anderson had a remarkable turnaround. He was 4-over after six holes, then had six birdies the rest of the way to finish 2-under.
- Two holes had notable results. All 16 players had par on the par-4 fifth holes. Fifteen of the 16 had pars on the par-3 16th hole, the exception being McManus with a birdie.
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