ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. – Stanford lost ground and looks to make it up Wednesday in the final round of 59th Pac-12 Championships at Rolling Hills Country Club near Los Angeles.
After opening with 9-under totals of 346, the third round was a struggle, as the Cardinal compiled a 7-over 362. Stanford slipped from second to fifth with a 54-hole score of 11-under 1,054.
Host USC continues to set a torrid pace at 27-under 1,038, five strokes ahead of Arizona State (-22). The Cardinal is eight strokes out of third place.
Seniors Franklin Huang and Jeffrey Swegle remained in the top 10 individually. Huang made three birdies and three bogeys on the links-style layout to post an even-par 71 and is tied for fourth at 8-under 205. Swegle (75) is a shot back at 206 and knotted for ninth.
Junior Brandon Wu (72) has a share of 24th at 1-under 212, while sophomore David Snyder notched the team's best round with 1-under 70 and is tied for 28th at even par 213.
Senior Bradley Knox (76) is at 7-over at 220, followed by junior Isaish Salinda (75) at 221.
Justin Suh of USC leads in the medalist race with a three-round score of 16-under 197, six shots in front of George Cunningham of Arizona (203).
Stanford starts the final round at 8 a.m. PT on the first tee and is paired with Cal and Washington State. Live scoring is available at GoStanford.com.