CMS Men's Golf Shoots -14 on First Day of Las Vegas Shootout

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BOULDER CITY, Nev. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's golf team stands in second place out of 16 teams on the first day of the Las Vegas Shootout, shooting a -14 after 36 holes at Boulder City Golf Club.

Ottawa (Ariz.) stands in first place at -23, while CMS at -14 and Southeastern University at -7 are the only two other teams in the red. Oklahoma City is at even-par, while Embry-Riddle is at +3. 

Yuefeng (Michael) Ma shot a pair of 69s to finish his day at -6, placing him third on the individual leaderboard out of 87 players, just two shots of the lead.

Joshua Kwon, who is competing as an individual and doesn't factor into the CMS team score, is tied for fifth at -5, while Vikram Chatterjee is one shot behind him at -3 in a tie for eighth. Will Parker is at -1 and Aryan Kaila is even par.

Ma actually got off to a slow start with bogeys on two of his first three holes, but he finished his final 15 holes with five birdies and 10 pars to finish his first round at -3. He was steady in his second 18 holes as well, managing five birdies and two bogeys in the second round to move three spots into third place. 

Kwon started out his day with a birdie and dropped to -3 by his seventh hole. He had back-to-back bogeys to give two strokes back, but regrouped to close out his first round with two birdies in his final four holes to finish at -3. He birdied three of his first four on his second round to get to -6, before settling for a 36-hole score of -4. 

Chatterjee managed two eagles on his second round, coming in a span of five holes (on the par-5 16th, and par-5 second). Kaila also had two eagles on the day (one in each round) and had a 68 in the first round, which tied for the best single-round for the Stags on the day with Parker's second round, as he surged into the red, managing six birdies over his second 18. 

CMS will conclude the 54-hole tournament with a single round tomorrow.