LA QUINTA, Calif. — Behind a second-round 68 from Peter Kuest, BYU men’s golf sits in fourth place after two rounds of the Geiberger Invitational on Monday.
The Cougars fired 290-284 to finish the day in fourth place at -2 held at the PGA West Nicklaus Tournament Course. Fresno State leads all teams at -9 while host and West Coast Conference foe LMU is in second place at -7.
Kuest shot 74 in round one, followed by a 68 in the second round. The sophomore is tied for seventh place at -2 after birdying eight holes on Monday.
Rhett Rasmussen carded 73-70 to shoot -1 and tie for 12th place. Rasmussen birdied six holes Monday. After 36 holes of the 54-hole event, Patrick Fishburn is tied for 15th place. Fishburn shot -1 in round one, prior to shooting +1 in round two.
CJ Lee and Spencer Dunaway are tied for 25th place. Lee and Dunaway both fired a pair of 73s to shoot +2 through 36 holes.
BYU men's golf will play the third and final round of the Geiberger Invitational on Tuesday. Pairings will tee off holes 1 and 10 starting at 7:30 a.m. PT. Links to live stats can be found on the BYU men's golf schedule page.
Geiberger Invitational- April 9, 2018
| Place | Player | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | To-Par |
| T7 | Peter Kuest | 74 | 68 | 142 | -2 |
| T12 | Rhett Rasmussen | 73 | 70 | 143 | -1 |
| T15 | Patrick Fishburn | 71 | 73 | 144 | E |
| T25 | CJ Lee | 73 | 73 | 146 | +2 |
| T25 | Spencer Dunaway | 73 | 73 | 146 | +2 |
| Place | Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | To-Par |
| 1 | Fresno State | 291 | 276 | 567 | -9 |
| 2 | LMU | 289 | 280 | 569 | -7 |
| 3 | Santa Clara | 296 | 276 | 572 | -4 |
| 4 | BYU | 290 | 284 | 574 | -2 |
| 5 | Cal Poly | 294 | 286 | 580 | +4 |
| 6 | Pacific | 295 | 286 | 581 | +5 |
| 7 | UCSB | 290 | 292 | 582 | +6 |
| 8 | FGCU | 299 | 286 | 585 | +9 |
| 9 | San Diego | 291 | 296 | 587 | +11 |
| 10 | CSU Northridge | 297 | 297 | 594 | +18 |
| 11 | Stetson | 310 | 294 | 604 | +28 |
| 12 | Menlo College | 300 | 325 | 625 | +49 |