Randolph and USC Lead After 36 Holes in Wind-Blown Pac-10 Golf Tournament

Wading into a strong wind, 60 golfers began a 72-hole tournament for the Pacific 10 Conference championship Monday. They played 36 holes, and most of it was not pretty to see.

The last golfer to leave the wind-raked Wood Ranch Golf Course in Simi Valley was USC’s Sam Randolph. In this case, last was best. The Trojan senior shot rounds of 72 and 75 over the 7,020-yard course, considered one of the toughest in Southern California even under normal conditions.

Randolph’s three-over-par 147 paced USC to a 779 team total and a seven-stroke lead over Arizona State. UCLA, which led after the first 18 holes, slipped to third at 789 followed by Oregon (794), Stanford (800), Washington (803), Arizona (811), Oregon State (824), Cal (830) and Washington State (848).

Randolph, the 1985 U.S. Amateur champion and the Pac-10 Golfer of the Year in 1984, held a three-stroke lead over Stanford’s Don Walsworth, who shot matching rounds of 75. Rich Bietz of Arizona State was third at 152, and Alfredo Valenzuela of defending champion UCLA was fourth at 153.