After the first two rounds of the St. Mary’s Invitational, the Oregon men’s golf team sits in fifth place.

The Ducks are only two strokes behind the second-place team and host of the tournament, St. Mary’s. The five golfers representing Oregon at the Invitational in Seaside, Calif. combined to shoot 14-over par (590 total strokes) on Monday. The Ducks carded a 9-over 297 score at Bayonet Golf Course during the first round but improved in the second, firing a 5-over 293 score at Blackhorse Golf Course .

However, the first place team — California — is a full 18 strokes ahead of St. Mary’s and the only team that is currently under par (6-under).

To put it another way, the Ducks are closer to 14th place (out of 19 teams) then they are to first.

On the individual players side, three Oregon golfers posted even-par or better rounds, with Brandon McIver’s 71 in the first round being the best of the day for the Ducks.

McIver shot a 75 in round two but still finished with the best overall score among the five Oregon players. He is tied for 12th place overall.

Jonathan Woo shot a pair of 74s, placing him second on the Ducks and tied for 23rd overall.

Thomas Lim, who won the title in the individual competition (separate from the team competition) last week at the Husky Invitational, finished with a 78 in the first round on Monday. He bounced back in the second round, though, firing an even-par 72 to put him one stroke ahead of teammate Rak Cho.

Cho also shot a 72 in round two, but he carded a 79 in the first round at Bayonet.

Unlike Lim and Cho, Oregon’s final participant, Ryan Ree, regressed from round one to round two. He shot a 74 at Bayonet and a 79 at Blackhorse.

All 19 teams with tee off early Tuesday morning for their third and final round, which will be held at Bayonet. Live team and player leaderboards can be found here.

Note: In each round, only four scores from each team are counted towards the team’s total score.