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Saturday, April 14
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ASU Thunderbird Invitational
Cole in Top-10 in the ASU Individual in Arizona
April 14, 2018 | Men's Golf
The junior put himself in contention heading into the final round of the individual tournament.
TEMPE, Ariz. - The WSU men's golf team concluded the first two rounds of the ASU Thunderbird Invitational Saturday at Karsten Golf Course, putting up an overall of 585(+17) to sit tied for 13th. The Cougars tallied a 299(+15) in the first round, but rallied back in the second with a 286(+2) to move up three positions in the standings.Â
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While the team played in Tempe, junior Grant Cole hit the links in Phoenix as part of the ASU Individual tournament played at Papago Golf Course. The lone Coug to in the solo tournament, Cole made his first appearance into the top-10 after going just one-over par for the day with a 143. Cole came out strong in his first nine holes of the day, using a trio of birdies to score a 34(-2) through nine. Cole sat in third place following the first round with a 70(-1), before carding a 73(+2) in the second to tie for seventh heading into the final round of play Sunday. Cole sits just five strokes back of the leader,  Nick Heinen of Oklahoma State.
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With Cole taking on the Papago course, senior Derek Bayley led the Cougars' group of five in the team event at Karsten. Shaking off a slow start, Bayley came out firing in the afternoon round, scoring an eagle on the first hole of the second trip around the course, to jump start his round. Bayley would finish out his round even the rest of the way to post a two-under, 69, to push his way back into a tie for 28th overall. For the day, Bayley scored a 143(+1).
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Senior Zach Anderson started off round one with an even 34 over the first nine holes, before finishing one-over on the back to card a 72(+1). Anderson scored a 75(+4) in the second round, bringing his overall total to 147(+5). Sophomore Daniel Kolar matched Anderson on the first day of action with his own two round score of 147(+5). Kolar went five over in the first round, but came back strong in the second with an even-par, 71, to keep his overall score at five-over.
The Cougars and the field trail No. 25 Arizona State and No. 28 UNLV heading into the final round of action after the pair of West Coast programs finished tied at the top of the team standings at 18-under par. Individually, UNLV's Shintaro Ban and Colorado's Yannik Paul hold the lead at nine-under after 36 holes of play in Tempe.
WSU will tee off its final round of the Thunderbird Invitational Sunday morning beginning at 7:55 a.m. from the 10th tee beginning with Bayley and Anderson who will play together along with Brian Humphreys and Donny Hopoi from Boise State.
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While the team played in Tempe, junior Grant Cole hit the links in Phoenix as part of the ASU Individual tournament played at Papago Golf Course. The lone Coug to in the solo tournament, Cole made his first appearance into the top-10 after going just one-over par for the day with a 143. Cole came out strong in his first nine holes of the day, using a trio of birdies to score a 34(-2) through nine. Cole sat in third place following the first round with a 70(-1), before carding a 73(+2) in the second to tie for seventh heading into the final round of play Sunday. Cole sits just five strokes back of the leader,  Nick Heinen of Oklahoma State.
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With Cole taking on the Papago course, senior Derek Bayley led the Cougars' group of five in the team event at Karsten. Shaking off a slow start, Bayley came out firing in the afternoon round, scoring an eagle on the first hole of the second trip around the course, to jump start his round. Bayley would finish out his round even the rest of the way to post a two-under, 69, to push his way back into a tie for 28th overall. For the day, Bayley scored a 143(+1).
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Senior Zach Anderson started off round one with an even 34 over the first nine holes, before finishing one-over on the back to card a 72(+1). Anderson scored a 75(+4) in the second round, bringing his overall total to 147(+5). Sophomore Daniel Kolar matched Anderson on the first day of action with his own two round score of 147(+5). Kolar went five over in the first round, but came back strong in the second with an even-par, 71, to keep his overall score at five-over.
The Cougars and the field trail No. 25 Arizona State and No. 28 UNLV heading into the final round of action after the pair of West Coast programs finished tied at the top of the team standings at 18-under par. Individually, UNLV's Shintaro Ban and Colorado's Yannik Paul hold the lead at nine-under after 36 holes of play in Tempe.
WSU will tee off its final round of the Thunderbird Invitational Sunday morning beginning at 7:55 a.m. from the 10th tee beginning with Bayley and Anderson who will play together along with Brian Humphreys and Donny Hopoi from Boise State.
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