Arizona was one of the first teams on the tee early Friday at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, starting long before the highest-ranked teams in the NCAA Championship. But when the opening round was done, the Wildcats found themselves among some of the big names in the field.
The UA shot a 6-over-par 280 on Friday, good enough for a tie for fourth place out of 30 teams. Vanderbilt, the No. 3-ranked team in the country, leads at +2, with Oregon and Auburn at +5 and Kansas knotted with Arizona at +6.
Arizona’s team score came despite not counting the round of No.