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Men's Golf

Strong Start

ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. – Three players posted 36-hole sub-par totals Monday to lift the 12th-ranked Stanford men's golf team into second place after two rounds of the 59th Pac-12 Championships at Rolling Hills Country Club.
 
Counting the best five out of six scores, the Cardinal tallied a pair of 9-under 346's to finish at 18-under 692. Host USC holds the lead at 23-under 687 (347-340).
 
Senior Jeffrey Swegle led the way with rounds of 67-65 to conclude at 10-under 132 and shares the individual top spot with Justin Suh (68-64) of USC. Senior Franklin Huang (65-69) is tied for third at 8-under 134, and junior Brandon Wu (68-72) secured a share of 19th at 2-under 140.
 
Swegle, coming off two consecutive strong showings, collected six birdies in the morning and seven in the afternoon. Huang shot a bogey-free 6-under 65 in the morning, blitzing the back nine in 5-under 31, and fashioned 10 birdies on the day.
 
David Snyder (74-69) is tied for 36th, followed by Bradley Knox (73-71) and Isaiah Salinda (73-73).

Stanford starts third round play Tuesday at 9 a.m. PT. The final round will be contested Wednesday.
 
Live scoring is available at GoStanford.com