Fishburn medals, Cougars take second at Pacific Invitational

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STOCKTON, Calif. — A third-round 65 propelled senior Patrick Fishburn to a first-place finish at the Pacific Invitational on Saturday while No. 29 BYU men's golf took second place.

"I really liked the way we started this morning," BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. "We had some energy today that we didn't have the first two days. Our guys played really solid. Santa Clara played great today; we put plenty of pressure on them the last two days, but they got the job done. We had a chance but just let it get away."

Fishburn, individually ranked No. 39 by Golfstat.com, played bogey-free golf on Saturday, finishing the day with five birdies and an eagle. The Ogden, Utah, native shot -13 for the tournament to claim his first medalist honors and fourth top-10 finish of the season.

"Patrick (Fishburn) played great to get the win," Brockbank said. "He started making some great putts."

The Cougars fired -15 on Saturday to shoot -26 through 54 holes and claim second place. No. 22 Santa Clara placed first at -30 and No. 48 Saint Mary's took third place at -16. Host Pacific tied for sixth place at -4.

Rhett Rasmussen and Peter Kuest posted top-20 finishes. Rasmussen placed 13th, while Kuest placed 17th. Rasmussen fired a final-round 69 to shoot -6 and Kuest carded 73 to finish the Pacific Invitational at -4.

CJ Lee's 67 in round three led him to a 23rd place finish. Lee shot -2 through 54 holes. Spencer Dunaway tied for 48th at +3, and Kelton Hirsch, who competed as an individual, tied for 37th at +2.

BYU men's golf will play in its last tournament of the fall season at the Saint Mary's Invitational on Nov. 6-8.

Day One Results

Day Two Results

Pacific Invitational - Oct. 26-28, 2017

The Reserve at Spanos Park

PlacePlayerRound 1Round 2Round 3 Total To-Par
1Patrick Fishburn706865203-13
13Rhett Rasmussen687369210-6
17Peter Kuest706973212-4
T23CJ Lee737467214-2
T48Spencer Dunaway737472219+3
T37Kelton Hirsch*747271217+2

*Competed as an individual

PlaceTeamRound 1Round 2Round 3TotalTo-Par
1No. 22 Santa Clara279283272834-30
2No. 29 BYU281284273838-26
3No. 48 Saint Mary's287288273848-16
4Nevada283282288853-11
5Grand Canyon283286287856-8
T6Pacific287288285860-4
T6Long Beach State283289288860-4
8South Dakota285287289861-3
9Fresno State289291282862-2
10San Jose State287290286863-1
11Denver282292290864E
12Oregon State290291286867+3
13UC Riverside287295289871+7
14Seattle University290301281872+8
T15UC Irvine288289296873+9
T15Boise State295292286873+9
T17Sacramento State300290296886+22
T17CSU - Northridge295296295886+22
19Temple295303297895+31
20Pacific (B)312302291905+41