GOODYEAR, Arizona—
Kai Iguchi is tied for first place at the Loyola Intercollegiate after shooting an opening-round 6-under-par 66 on Sunday at Palm Valley Golf Club in Goodyear, Arizona. UVU is all alone in first place on the team leaderboard at 13-under-par 275.
"It was a fun day," said Utah Valley head coach
Chris Curran. "It's always a great day when your kick score is even par. Kai's great play has continued. He's swinging it with confidence. We're going to need a good round tomorrow."
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Utah Valley holds the team lead at 13-under-par 275, sitting just ahead of Middle Tennessee State (-11) in the 18-team field. Delaware is third at 8-under-par, followed by Missouri State at 6-under.
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Iguchi went 3-under-par 33 on both the front nine and the back nine and finished the day with seven birdies. He is tied for first with Middle Tennessee State's Kevin Jagers and Seton Hall's Angus O'Brien at 6-under-par 66 in the 110-player field.
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Joseph Glenn is tied for sixth after carding a 4-under-par 68 on Sunday. Glenn carded six birdies and 10 pars. He shot 2-under-par 34 on both the front and back nine.
Caden Weber is tied for 14th after shooting a 2-under-par 70, recording five birdies.
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Landon Anderson shot a 1-under-par 71 and is tied for 25th. Anderson tallied two birdies on the front nine and three more on the backside.
Brady McKinlay rounded out the scoring with an even par 72 and is tied for 34th.
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Utah Valley will play the second of three rounds on Monday. The Wolverines will tee off at 7:45 a.m. Live scoring is available at GolfStat.com.
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