TUCSON, Ariz. — Despite top-20 finishes from Patrick Fishburn and Rhett Rasmussen, BYU men's golf placed ninth on Tuesday at the National Invitational Tournament held at the Omni Tucson National-Catalina Course.
"We continue to struggle to finish our rounds, " BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. "Hopefully finishing in ninth place will get our attention to go to work. Peter Kuest's 68 was a strong round that help our team's score today, and ties for Rhett (Rasmussen) and Patrick (Fishburn) are respectable. It was a frustrating week, but we will bounce back."
The Cougars fired a third-round team score of 287, tying for the sixth best team score of the day. As a team, BYU had 14 birdies in round three.
Fishburn and Rasmussen both shot 2-under-par through 54 holes and tied for 18th place. Fishburn birdied four holes on Tuesday, shooting 1-under on the back nine. Rasmussen also carded a 35 on the back nine. Both Fishburn and Rasmussen shot even par on the day.
Kuest shot the lowest round of any Cougar in round three. The freshman shot a 4-under 68 and finished the tournament tied for 25th place. Kuest birdied five holes on the day.
Spencer Dunaway and CJ Lee rounded out the scoring for BYU. Dunaway shot 6-over on Tuesday to finish at 16-over through three rounds of play. Lee concluded the event with a third-round score of 75. Lee shot 8-over for the tournament.
West Coast Conference opponents San Francisco and Santa Clara finished the tournament in sixth and eighth place, respectively. In-state rival Utah placed 14th overall, shooting a team score of 881.
The Cougars will continue their spring season as they travel to California to participate in The Goodwin from March 29 to April 1.
National Invitational Tournament - Feb. 27-28, 2017
Omni Tucson National-Catalina Course
Place | Player | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total | To-Par |
T18 | Patrick Fishburn | 73 | 69 | 72 | 214 | -2 |
T18 | Rhett Rasmussen | 71 | 71 | 72 | 214 | -2 |
T25 | Peter Kuest | 74 | 73 | 68 | 215 | -1 |
T57 | CJ Lee | 73 | 76 | 75 | 224 | +8 |
T82 | Spencer Dunaway | 79 | 75 | 78 | 232 | +16 |
Place | Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total | To-Par |
1 | Iowa State | 274 | 275 | 283 | 832 | -32 |
T2 | Arizona State | 280 | 270 | 287 | 837 | -27 |
T2 | UNLV | 278 | 277 | 282 | 837 | -27 |
4 | UTEP | 283 | 286 | 279 | 848 | -16 |
5 | Arizona | 289 | 281 | 288 | 858 | -6 |
6 | San Francisco | 281 | 295 | 287 | 863 | -1 |
7 | Colorado State | 293 | 282 | 289 | 864 | E |
8 | Santa Clara | 289 | 287 | 289 | 865 | +1 |
9 | BYU | 291 | 288 | 287 | 866 | +2 |
10 | Notre Dame | 296 | 283 | 288 | 867 | +3 |
11 | Wyoming | 296 | 295 | 285 | 876 | +12 |
12 | San Jose State | 303 | 288 | 286 | 877 | +13 |
13 | New Mexico State | 294 | 290 | 295 | 879 | +15 |
14 | Utah | 292 | 292 | 297 | 881 | +17 |
15 | Princeton | 311 | 285 | 294 | 890 | +26 |
16 | Nevada | 303 | 297 | 297 | 897 | +33 |