Former Mustang De Los Santos Makes Cut in 150th British Open - Cal Poly - Cal Poly Athletics

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Former Cal Poly golfer and 2015 Big West Conference individual champion Justin De Los Santos has made the cut and will play in the final two rounds of the 150th British Open this weekend.

De Los Santos carded a first-round 71 and a second-round 73 for an even-par 144 total, tied for 66th place with 17 other golfers. The cut was at 144.

On Thursday, De Los Santos bogeyed the second hole on the Old Course at St. Andrews, but quickly regained the stroke with a birdie on No. 4. He then rebounded from another miscue on No. 11 with a pitch-in eagle-2 on the next hole before holing out with another birdie following a bogey on the 17th.

In Friday's second round, De Los Santos carded two birdies and three bogeys. He birdied the seventh and 14th holes while carding bogeys at holes 2, 5 and 13.

Cameron Scott takes a two-stroke lead over first-round leader Cameron Young into Saturday's third round. Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland share third place, another shot back.

The Japan Tour campaigner earned a slot in the season's final major championship with a fourth-place finish in the Mizuno Open at Okayama, Japan.

Playing in his first major, De Los Santos is Cal Poly's first participant in the British Open and the lone Filipino golfer in the field this week.

Now 26 and living in the Philippines, De Los Santos turned pro on August 1, 2017, and has compiled $140,628.72 so far in career earnings. His fourth-place finish at the Mizuno Open is his highest career finish so far on the JGTO and De Los Santos also finished in a tie for sixth place in the ISPS Handa Championship in late April with a 19-under-par 265 total, carding rounds of 65, 66, 64 and 70. He led by one stroke entering the final round.

De Los Santos' best round on the JGTO is a 63 in the third round of the 2021 Panasonic Open Golf Championship en route to a sixth-place tie.

On the Abema Tour, De Los Santos won the 2019 Japan Create Challenge in Fukuoka, Japan, with rounds of 68, 71 and 66 for an 11-under-par 205 total. He defeated Toru Nakajima in a playoff.

As a sophomore at Cal Poly, De Los Santos won the 2015 Big West title at the San Luis Obispo Country Club with rounds of 70, 73 and 69 for a 212-total. The Chaminade High School graduate and Chatsworth native finished his Mustang career with a 72.84 scoring average, 12 top-10 finishes and 51 rounds of par or better, including 15 in the 60s.

His best round as a Mustang was a 65 in the Del Walker Intercollegiate.

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