EUGENE, Ore. – University of Hawai'i men's golfer
Kotaro Murata carded rounds of 72 and 75 and is tied for 21
stplace after the first two rounds of the Duck Invitational Monday at the Eugene Country Club.
After 12 holes of his opening round, Murata was 2-under and near the top of the leaderboard. But the Japan native finished 3-over on his last six holes to wrap up a 1-over 73 round. A birdie on his opening hole of Round 2 got him back to even par but a tough stretch in which he bogeyed five of six holes derailed his round. He did, however, manage to finish even par over his final 10 holes.
As a team, the Rainbow Warriors shot 306-313 for a 619 total and currently sits in 15th place. Host Oregon holds the lead at 572 while Oregon State is two strokes back at 574. Boise State's Hugo Townsend and OSU's Spencer Tibbits share the individual lead at 5-under 137. Oregon's Tom Gueant is one stroke back heading into Tuesday's final round.
Also competing for the Warriors are
Justin Ngan (75-78; t-52
nd),
Kanata Irei (77-80; t-66
th),
Justin Arcano (83-80; 81
st), and
Cole Yoshida (82-83; 82
nd).
The tournament concludes on Tuesday with an 8:30 a.m. PT shotgun start.
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