Fishburn leads No. 21 Cougars to fourth-place finish at Jerry Pate

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VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. – Patrick Fishburn led No. 21 BYU men's golf to a fourth-place finish at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate at Old Overton Club on Tuesday.

"We started sluggish today, and just never really got going," BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. "The course played tough all day and the hole locations were really difficult. We will learn from this and improve where we need to. Fourth is a good finish, but just not what we are looking for."

The Cougars carded a final-round 290 (+10) to shoot +1 as a team through three rounds of competition. Host and No. 4 Alabama claimed the victory, shooting -19 overall. No. 11 Auburn and No. 7 Baylor finished in second and third place, respectively.

Fishburn fired 70 on Tuesday, the lowest round of any Cougar. The senior birdied three holes in the third round to finish the tournament at -3. Fishburn recorded a top-10 finish, tying for ninth place.

Peter Kuest tied for 12th place to log his third top-20 finish of the fall season. Kuest carded 68-66-74 to shoot -2 through 54 holes. Rhett Rasmussen shot 73 in round three to shoot even par at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate. Rasmussen tied for 16th, recording his first top-20 finish of the season.

CJ Lee and Spencer Dunaway tied for 45th place at +9. Lee carded a final-round 74, while Dunaway fired 73.

BYU men's golf will take a break from its fall season to host Cougar Day on Monday, Oct. 16, at Riverside Country Club. The free clinic from at 9 a.m. is open to the public.

Day 1 Results

Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate - Oct. 9-10, 2017

Old Overton Club

Place

Player

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Total

To-Par

T9

Patrick Fishburn

69

68

70

207

-3

T12

Peter Kuest

68

66

74

208

-2

T16

Rhett Rasmussen

70

67

73

210

E

T45

CJ Lee

75

70

74

219

+9

T45

Spencer Dunaway

73

73

73

219

+9

 

 

Place

Team

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Total

To-Par

1

No. 4 Alabama

271

273

277

821

-19

2

No. 11 Auburn

282

278

267

827

-13

3

No. 7 Baylor

269

277

282

828

-12

4

No. 21 BYU

280

271

290

841

+1

5

No. 16 Arkansas

286

269

287

842

+2

6

UNLV

277

285

285

847

+7

7

Mississippi State

286

288

279

853

+13

8

South Alabama

291

274

289

854

+14

9

UAB

287

283

288

858

+18

10

Charlotte

287

290

284

861

+21

11

Michigan

288

285

290

863

+23

12

Samford

295

291

298

884

+44