CORNING, Calif. – The Western Washington University men's golf team battled very windy conditions in the first round Monday's Chico State Wildcat Classic at The Links at Rolling Hills.
 
Sustained winds of 20 miles per hour, gusting upwards of 30 MPH, caused the 10-team tournament to shorten Monday's planned 36 holes to only 18. The tournament will not feature a two-round, 36-hole format with the final round teeing off Monday morning at 8 am.
 
WWU is in 3rd place out of 10 teams, turning in a 28-over-par 316 on Monday. The Vikings trail tournament leader Stanislaus State by seven strokes and second-place Academy of Art by three strokes heading into Tuesday's round. Western is two stokes in front of Dominican (CA) and leads 5th-place Holy Names by four strokes. Tournament host Chico State is in 6th place
 
The Vikings have three players inside the top 15 in the 62-player field, with freshman Conrad Brown leading the way tied for 6th place following his 5-over-par 77. Brown played the eight par 4 holes at even par and made a pair of birdies in his round.
 
Senior Aidan Thain and junior Jordan Lee are tied for 14th place at 7-over-par 79.
 
Matthew Watkins of Academy of Art holds the lead for individual medalist shooting even-par 72, carding three birdies.
  Tuesday's final round will conclude the shortened 36-hole tournament, with a shotgun start scheduled for 8 am at The Links at Rolling Hills. WWU will tee off holes 1-3 while paired with Stanislaus State and Academy of Art.
  Here is a look at WWU's individual results and the team leaderboard from the first round of the Chico State Wildcat Classic:
 

CHICO STATE WILDCAT CLASSIC The Links at Rolling Hills  »  Corning, CA Par 72  »  7,000 Yards
Pos.	Team/Player	To Par	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total
3rd	Western Washington	+28	316	--	316
T-6th	Conrad Brown	+5	77	--	77
T-14th	Jordan Lee	+7	79	--	79
T-14th	Aidan Thain	+7	79	--	79
T-25th	Cole Reynolds	+9	81	--	81
T-30th	Cody Oakes	+10	82	--	82
Pos.	Team	To Par	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total
1.	Stanislaus State	+21	309	--	309
2.	Academy of Art	+25	313	--	313
3.	Western Washington	+28	316	--	316
4.	Dominican (CA)	+30	318	--	318
5.	Holy Names	+32	320	--	320
6.	Chico State	+34	322	--	322
7.	Sonoma State	+36	324	--	342
8.	Cal State Dominguez Hill	+38	326	--	326
9.	Cal State Monterey Bay	+39	327	--	327
10.	Montana State Billings	+50	338	--	338

  The Chico State Wildcat Classic features a live leaderboard via GolfStat. For all WWU Men's Golf tournaments, you can directly access the live leaderboard by pointing your browser to WWUVikings.com/MG_Live.
  Here is a look at the complete 2021-22 schedule for the WWU Men's Golf program, which includes four fall and four spring tournaments leading up to the GNAC Championships. All tournament recaps, season statistics and program history can be found on WWUVikings.com/MGolf.
 

Dates	Tournament	Location / Course	Result
Sept. 24-25	Saint Martin's Invitational	DuPont, WA / The Home Course	1st of 12 teams
Sept. 27-28	WWU Invitational	Blaine, WA / Loomis Trail Golf Club	6th of 9 teams
Oct. 11-12	Chico State Wildcat Classic	Corning, CA / The Links at Rolling Hills	In Progress
Oct. 18-19	Otter Invitational	Seaside, CA / Bayonet Golf Course
Feb. 14-15	CSUSM Fujikura Invitational	Vista, CA / Shadowridge Golf Club
Feb. 21-22	Bay Area Invitational	Pleasanton, CA / The Club at Ruby Hill
March 28-29	Hanny Stanislaus Invitational	Turlock, CA / Turlock Golf & Country Club
April 6-7	Palm Valley Classic	Goodyear, AZ / Palm Valley Golf Club
April 18-19	GNAC Championships	Coeur d'Alene, ID / Coeur d'Alene Golf Resort
May 5-7	NCAA West Regional	Pueblo, CA / Pueblo Country Club
May 16-20	NCAA National Championships	Dearborn, MI / TPC Michigan