OSU opens spring season hot in Hawaii, Auburn fires near-record 32-under
KOHALA COAST, Hawaii – Oklahoma State’s men’s golf team opened play at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate on Thursday with a 267 to stand in a tie for fourth place at Mauna Lani’s North Course.
The Cowboys’ 21-under tally tied them with Texas Tech and put them two shots out of third place, which is held by Arizona State, at the par-72, 6,913-yard layout.
It’s not often a team shoots 21 under in the first round and trails by 11. Auburn shot a jaw-dropping 32-under, setting a program record and nearly an NCAA all-time record, trailing only Lipscomb’s 33-under at the Streamsong Invitational in 2022.
The No. 5 Tigers lead the tournament by five strokes over Stanford. Junior All-American Jackson Koivun shot a 10-under 62 and even that wasn’t good enough for the individual lead. He is in second and trails the leader Mahanth Chirravuri of Pepperdine (61) by one.
A pair of Cowboys fired opening 65s to share ninth place with juniors Preston Stout and Gaven Lane each carding 7-under scores on the day.
For the third year in a row, Stout got out of the gate quickly at the event. In each of the past two years, the All-American has fired a 62 to open the event and match the school’s 18-hole scoring mark. Over those 54 holes, Stout has tallied 24 birdies and two eagles against just one bogey.
Junior Eric Lee finished the day tied for 28th place at 4-under 68, while sophomore Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson was a stroke back with a 69 to tie for 42nd place.
Junior Ethan Fang rounded out the starting five with a 73 to stand in a tie for 92nd place.
Redshirt freshman Collin Bond is competing individually and carded a 68 of his own to open play.
The Cowboys will begin their second round Friday at 11:30 a.m. (CST) and will be grouped with Hawaii-Hilo, Auburn and Arizona State.
Live scoring for the event can be found at scoreboard.clippd.com.
Top 10 Team Scores
1. Auburn—256
2. Stanford—261
3. Arizona State—265
T4. Texas Tech—267
T4. Oklahoma State—267
6. Oregon State—268
7. Texas—269
8. Pepperdine—271
9. UCLA—272
10. Washington—273
Individual Scores
1. Mahanth Chirravuri, Pepperdine—61
T9. Preston Stout, OSU—65
T9. Gaven Lane, OSU—65
T28. Collin Bond, OSU*—68
T28. Eric Lee, OSU—68
T42. Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson, OSU—69
T92. Ethan Fang, OSU—73