SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Sophomore Zach Anderson tied the course record shooting 7-under par (64), as the Washington State men's golf team moved three spots up the leaderboard and is now tied with Arizona for ninth after the third round of play at the Pac-12 Golf Championships, Saturday, at The Country Club.
WSU (+37, 1102) saw an eight-stroke improvement from the second round, shooting 2-over par (357) in the third round. The Cougars lead Utah by three strokes and Oregon State by six strokes. WSU trails No. 23 Oregon, in seventh, by 10 strokes.
The top three remains the same. No. 4 Stanford leads the field, which features six top-30 teams, shooting 29-under par (1036) through three rounds, 12 strokes in front of No. 13 California (-17, 1048), in second. No. 2 USC (+2, 1067) is in third.
Sophomore Zach Anderson moved 25 spots up the leaderboard and is now tied for 20th (E, 213) after shooting 7-under par (64) in the third round, which ties the course record. Anderson bogeyed on the ninth hole, his final hole of the day, missing the course record. Fellow sophomore Derek Bayley is tied for 25th at 2-over par (215).
Freshmen AJ Armstrong and Aaron Whalen are tied for 45th (+11, 224) and for 52nd (+13, 226), respectively. Junior Nick Mandell is tied for 66th (+17, 230), while senior Evan Omelia is in 71st (+22, 235).
The fourth and final round begins Sunday at 7:30 a.m. PT/8 a.m. MT. Check golfstat.com for live scoring. A full recap will be posted at wsucougars.com following the end of the round.