Michigan
Desert Mountain Collegiate
Michigan Tied for Ninth After 18 Holes in Arizona; Second Round Suspended
3/8/2025 10:38:00 PM | Men's Golf
» Host Michigan was in a four-way tie for ninth place after the opening round of the Desert Mountain Collegiate.
» Play was suspended due to darkness with the 17-team field about halfway through the second round.
» Players will return Sunday morning to complete the second round and immediately head into the final round.
» Hunter Thomson led the Wolverines with a one-under-par 71 for his 14th sub-par round of the season.
Site: Scottsdale, Ariz.
Course: Desert Mountain, Outlaw Course (Par 72, 7,107 yards)
Tournament: Desert Mountain Collegiate (Day 1 of 2)
U-M Team Standing: Tie-9th Place of 17 Teams (295, +7) after Round 1
Top U-M Individual: Hunter Thomson, tie-17th, (71, -1)
Next U-M Round: Sunday, March 9 -- at Desert Mountain Collegiate (Scottsdale, Ariz.), 7:30 a.m. MST
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The University of Michigan team sat in a four-way tie for ninth place after the first round of the Desert Mountain Collegiate men's golf tournament Saturday (March 8) at Desert Mountain's Outlaw Course. Play was suspended by darkness with the 17-team field about halfway through the second round; action is scheduled to resume Sunday at 7:30 a.m. MST with the final round immediately to follow.
After the start of play was delayed two-plus hours due to cold, senior Hunter Thomson led the way for the host Wolverines in the opening round, shooting a one-under-par 71 with three birdies and two bogeys on the par-72, 7,107-yard layout. It was his team-best 14th sub-par round of the season.
Playing in the same group, freshmen RJ Arone and Dean Muratore had rounds of 74 and 75, respectively, highlighted by three consecutive birdies by Muratore on holes 13-15. Senior Yuqi Liu was three over par after three holes before playing even the rest of the way with the aid of three birdies for his 75, while fifth-year senior Ben Hoagland rounded out the starters with a 78.
Fifth-year senior Jack O'Donnell posted the top score among Michigan's four individual competitors, using three birdies to card a 75, while redshirt freshman Caden Pinckes had four birdies en route to his 77.
Michigan was tied with Eastern Michigan, Southern Illinois and VCU at 295, two shots behind eighth-place Minnesota. No. 27-ranked Mississippi State held the first-round lead at 275 (13 under par), nine shots clear of 10th-ranked Utah. Mississippi State teammates Garrett Endicott and Ugo Malcor both made seven birdies and two bogeys to share the individual lead with five-under 67s, and 27 of the 96 players in the field were under par after 18 holes.
Team Standings (After Round 1)
1. Mississippi State 275 (-13)
2. Utah 284
3. Kansas 286
4. Kentucky 288
5. Grand Canyon 289
6. Pacific 290
Miami (Ohio) 290
8. Minnesota 293
9. MICHIGAN 295
Eastern Michigan 295
Southern Illinois 295
VCU 295
13. UTEP 296
14. Oral Roberts 301
15. Lamar 302
16. James Madison 307
Central Michigan 307
Top Individuals
1. Ugo Malcor, Miss. State 67 (-5)
Garrett Endicott, Miss. State 67
3. Matthew Diehl, Grand Canyon 68
Daniel Robles Delval, EMU 68
Gunnar Broin, Kansas 68
6. Jacob Settles, Kentucky 69
Brett Podobinski, Miami 69
Jack Crousore, Minnesota 69
Felix Bouchard, Kansas 69
Braxton Watts, Utah 69
Carlos Astiazaran, Pacific 69
Michigan Individuals
T17. Hunter Thomson 71 (-1) T41. RJ Arone 74 T47. Yuqi Liu 75 T47. Dean Muratore 75 T70. Ben Hoagland 78 T47. Jack O'Donnell 75* T65. Caden Pinckes 77* T84. Nicolas Simon 80* T84. Johnny Solis 80*
* playing as individual
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