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Bandon Dunes Championship
Bruins in Oregon for Bandon Dunes Championship
March 07, 2020 | Men's Golf
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BANDON, Ore. - The Bruins continue their season at the Bandon Dunes Championship. The three-day, 54-hole tournament will be played Sunday through Tuesday at the Pacific Dunes Course (par 71, 6,577 yards) at the Bandon Dunes Resort.
The scoring fivesome for UCLA will be senior Hidetoshi Yoshihara, juniors Devon Bling and Eddy Lai, sophomore Bryan Wiyang Teoh and freshman Mason Greene. Freshman Tony Hendricks will be playing as an individual.
Joining the 21st-ranked Bruins in the 15-team field are No. 12 Washington, Boise State, Cal Baptist, Denver, Fresno State, Idaho, Northern Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, San Jose State, Seattle, Seton Hall, Utah and Washington State.
UCLA is coming off a tied for fifth finish at the Southern Highlands Collegiate (+9, 873, March 1-3). The Bruins have also placed third at both the Marquette Intercollegiate (-5, 859, Oct. 6-8) and the Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational (-35, 817, Nov. 1-3), fifth at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate (+8, 872, Oct. 18-20) and seventh at both the Southwestern Invitational (+23, 887, Jan. 27-28) and The Prestige (-3, 849, Feb. 17-19).
Bling is coming off a season-best, third-place finish at Southern Highlands. He closed with a score of 7-under 209, book-ending his tournament with 4-under 68s. Of his seven under-par rounds, four have been in the 60s, including back-to-back, 4-under 67s at Ka'anapali, where he tied for 12th (-8, 205). Bling also finished under par at The Prestige (-1, 212), tying for 21st.
Lai has been the top finisher for the Bruins in three of six tournaments, including a victory at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate (-7, 209). In 18 rounds, he has been under par in 10 of them, including eight in the 60s. Lai has been under par in four of his six tournaments. He tied for fifth at Marquette (-4, 212), tied for 10th at The Prestige (-4, 209) and tied for 18th at Ka'anapali (-7, 206).
Teoh tied for sixth at Ka'anapali (-11, 202), one of his three Top 20s. Five of his seven under-par rounds this season have seen him shoot in the 60s. Yoshihara tied for 10th at Marquette (-2, 214) and tied for 13th at Southern Highlands (-1, 215). He has six under-par rounds, including a 69 and a 68 at Ka'anapali. Greene will be a scorer for the first time, having played as an individual five times. He was sixth at the Providence Seabeggar Invitational, tied for sixth at The Joust (+5, 215) and tied for 12th at the Bill Cullum Invitational (-5, 211), having posted four under-par rounds. Hendricks was third at the Seabeggar Invite (+9, 225), closing with a 2-under 70.
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