The Oregon men’s golf team dropped to sixth place in the second day of competition at the Gifford Collegiate Championships in San Martin, Calif.
The Ducks shot a second-round team total of seven over par, which was 13 strokes lower than Monday’s opening round, bringing the team’s two-day score to 737. In the team standings, No. 16 Stanford finished the second round seven strokes under par, stretching the team lead to 11 strokes ahead of second place UCLA.
Southern California had a 27-stroke improvement to secure third place, while Northwestern and Washington followed closely behind in fourth and fifth.
Individually for Oregon, junior Daniel Miernicki shot a 1-under 70 round and fellow junior Eugene Wong finished the day at even. After two days Miernicki sits in a tie for fifth place with Washington’s Cory McElyea at 142, just six strokes behind individual leader Patrick Cantlay of UCLA.
Juniors Andrew Vijarro (+2) and Robbie Ziegler (+3), and seniors Sean Maekawa (+6) and Jack Dukeminier (+3) rounded out the Oregon scoring for the day.
The third and final round of play begins Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m.
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