WAIKOLOA, Hawai’i — The University of Colorado men’s golf team opened its spring season here Thursday, but didn’t have the kind of first round it was shooting for in the 24th Annual Hawai’i-Hilo Amer Ari Invitational.
The Buffaloes stand in 16th place in the 18-team field after the first of three days of competition in what is annually one of the premier college tournaments of the year.
There are 13 top 50 schools competing here, including three in the top 10 and eight in the top 20. No. 14 USC holds a slim one-shot lead after recording a 12-under 276, with No. 22 Washington and No. 29 Arizona State in at 277; No. 14 Stanford is in fourth with a 278, with four teams tied for fifth, four shots off the pace: No. 3 Oregon, No. 8 Auburn, No. 16 Texas Tech and No. 47 Oregon State.
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