Blair tied for sixth, team tied for fifth

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FRESNO, Calif. -- Zac Blair shot 22 consecutive pars to lead the Cougars to a fifth place standing after two rounds at the Fresno State Lexus Classic on Monday.

BYU shot a four-under-par 356 during Monday's opening round, followed by a second round 367 (+7) to finish at three-over-par. They currently stand tied for fifth place with Oregon, four strokes behind fourth place Northwestern (-1). No. 1 California leads all teams at 26-under-par, 22 strokes ahead of second place Fresno State (-4).

"We started hot and were hanging right with California after about 9 or 10 holes, but then we didn't finish very well," BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. "This afternoon we had the same thing, we just didn't make a lot of putts."

Blair had a solid first round for the Cougars, finishing with five birdies and one bogey to go four-under-par during the opening round. Blair shot par on every hole during round two and currently stands tied for sixth place at four-under-par. Michael Kim of California currently stands in first on the player leaderboard at 11-under-par, seven strokes ahead of Blair.

"Zac played really good," BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. "He had plenty of chances; just his speed was a little bit off after mid-round."

Juniors Justin Keiley and Jordan Hammer currently stand tied for 25th in the individual standings, going even-par through the first two rounds. Keiley made 11 birdies on the day, while Hammer converted six birdies of his own.

Sophomore Mike Jurca had a consistent effort for the Cougars in his first spring tournament action of the new year. Jurca shot a 74 (+2) during the opening round and a second round 73 (+1).

The Cougars will look to rise up in the team standings during tomorrow's final round with tee times set to start at 7:35 a.m. PST. Follow the Cougars live on golfstat.com.

Individual Scores

PlacePlayerRound 1Round 2Total Score
T6Zac Blair6872
-4
T25Justin Keiley7074E
T25Jordan Hammer6975E
T51Mike Jurca7473+3
T66Devon Purser7574+5
T75Joe Parkinson7674+6

Team Scores

PlaceTeamScore
1California-26
2Fresno State-4
3Arizona-2
4Northwestern-1
T5Brigham Young+3
T5Oregon+3
T7UC Santa Barbara+4
T7Colorado State+4
9Oregon State+5
10Kansas State+6
11UC Irvine+8
12Pacific+10
13Nevada+11
14Hawaii+13
15Sacramento State+14
16Cal Poly+26
17Utah+36