Men’s Golf in Fourth at Cabo Collegiate

Monday, March 2

Cabo, Mexico

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Rice University

Cabo Collegiate

Photo by: Darren Carroll/Cabo Collegiate

3/2/2026 8:21:00 PM | Men's Golf

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Three Owls in Top 20; Pande shoots 65 at Colin Montgomerie HCU Invitational

By: Tim Andrzejewski (tra3@rice.edu)

Cabo, Mexico — The Rice Men's Golf team fired a six-under 278 to sit in fourth-place after two rounds of the Cabo Collegiate.

The Owls are three strokes behind No. 7 Arizona for third-place.

Redshirt senior Henry Daly is tied for sixth-place at -5 after posting a 68, one stroke behind second-place. It is his fifth round in the 60's this year and the ninth of his career. It is also his 14^th round of par or better this year and the 21^st of his career. His 36-hole score of 137 tied a season-low.

Freshman Raines Watson carded an even par 71 to sit in a ninth-place tie at -4. It is his 11^th round of par or better this year. He also set a new season-low 36-hole score of 138.

Senior Lukas Boandl fired a 69, moving into a tie for 16^th-place -2. It is his ninth round in the 60's this year, and the 23^rd of his career. It is also his 17^th round of par or better this year and the 55^th of his career.

Sophomore Daniel Zou posted an even par 71 to sit at +4 in a tie for 45^th-place. It is his 10^th round of par or better this year and the 31^st of his career.

Junior Reggie Zhu posted a one-under 71, sitting in a 57^th-place at +6. It is his ninth round of par or better this year and the 28^th of his career.

No. 9 Arkansas leads the tournament at -17, three strokes in front of No. 11 Oklahoma State. OSU's Preston Stout leads the individual tournament by six strokes. There's a four-way tie for second.

At the Colin Montgomerie HCU Invitational, junior Jaivir Pande is tied for 11^th-place at -2. He began the day shooting a 75. But he followed it up with the best round of his career, firing a 65 to tie the second lowest round in school history.

It is his first round in the 60's this year and the fifth of his career. It is also his second round of par or better this year and the 11^th of his career.

Redshirt senior Davis Byrd is in 18^th-place at even par after posting consecutive 71's. He has six rounds of par or better this year and seven in his career.

Junior Braeden Hoyt is 11-over par in a 63^rd-place tie after carding rounds of 73-80.

JUSTIN EMIL QUOTABLE

"It was a steady round today by the Owls. There were no real big mistakes out there and we got a few putts to fall. The guys are managing their games well."

NEXT UP

The final round begins tomorrow with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. Rice will tee off from holes No. 1-4, and will be paired with student-athletes from Arkansas, Arizona State, and Oklahoma State.

4            Rice                                    282-278/560      -8
t6           Henry Daly                       69-68/137          -5
t9           Raines Watson                67-71/138          -4
t16         Lukas Boandl                   71-69/140          -2
t45         Daniel Zou                        75-71/146          +4
t57         Reggie Zhu                       78-70/148          +6