BYU in second place after first 36 holes at the Prestige

LA QUINTA, Calif. -- The No. 24 ranked BYU men's golf team is in second place after the first day of play at The Prestige at PGA West co-hosted by UC Davis and Stanford.

"It's exciting for this young team to be competing so well," head coach Bruce Brockbank said. "The depth of our team really helped us today."

BYU (No. 24) trails Texas Christian (No. 6), last year's Prestige champion, by two strokes going into the final 18 holes Tuesday. Pepperdine (No. 34), UCLA (No. 4) and Northwestern (No. 31) complete the top-5 spots.

Leading the Cougars were junior Todd Miller and freshman Jake Ellison who both shot three-under-par and are tied for third place with scores of 70-71--141 and 72-69--141 respectively.

Freshman Clay Ogden (71-74--145) is tied for 17th place, sophomore Clay Bingham (73-75--148) is tied for 33rd place and sophomore Oscar Alvarez (73-76--149) is tied for 39th place.

Individually, leading the Prestige is Stanford's Zack Miller (67-67--134) who is at 10-under-par. In second place is Texas Christian's Colby Beckstrom at five-under-par.

"If we stay patient and make a few putts, we have a good chance of winning the tournament tomorrow," Brockbank said.

BYU is playing on the par-72 La Quinta Resort Mountain Course, which measures 6, 841 yards.

The Cougars will continue play with the final 18 holes Tuesday at 8 a.m.

Results will be available at www.ucdavisaggies.com by approximately 3 p.m. Tuesday (PT).

Results
2   Brigham Young Univ.                286  289   575
      T  3    Todd Miller              70   71    141
      T  3    Jake Ellison             72   69    141
      T 17    Clay Ogden               71   74    145
      T 33    Clay Bingham             73   75    148
      T 39    Oscar Alvarez            73   76    149
Fin.   Top 20 Teams                   Scores
         1   TCU                      293  280    573
         2   Brigham Young Univ.      286  289    575
         3   Pepperdine Univ.         284  294    578
             UCLA                     283  295    578
             Northwestern             286  292    578
         6   Colorado, U. of          286  293    579
         7   Stanford University      283  302    585
         8   Kansas, U. of            284  303    587
         9   UC Davis                 290  300    590
        10   Washington, U. of        301  290    591
        11   Oklahoma, U. of          301  295    596
        12   Oregon, U. of            297  302    599
        13   Pacific, U. of the       301  301    602
        14   UC-Irvine                303  302    605
        15   Yale University          303  311    614