Fillmore Leads Team to 8th Place Finish at John Burns Intercollegiate

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HONOLULU -- After three rounds of play at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate, the BYU men's golf team finished tied for 8th place with a final round score of 280.

Sophomore Robbie Fillmore led the way for the Cougars as he finished 9th overall and 9-under-par for the tournament. Freshman Esteban Calisto, who finished tied for 34th at 4-under-par, followed Fillmore.

The Cougars were in 17th place after day one of the tournament, and then advanced to 10th place after a strong second round. Consistent play in the third round helped the team finish in 8th place.

In the final round, Fillmore shot a score of 6-under-par 66, while Calisto fired a 1-over-par 73. Sophomore Brady Johnson boosted the team score with a 1-under-par 71 in the third round.

The John A. Burns Intercollegiate consisted of 110 competitors from 21 teams. The overall individual winner was California freshman Stephen Hale who shot 73-68-66-207. Auburn University won the tournament with a team-score of 44-under-par.

The Cougars will be in action again on March 3 and 4 at the USC Intercollegiate in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Final TEAM LEADERBOARD

 

Place School To Par Total

1 Auburn -44 278-273-269-820

2 Texas A&M -33 281-274-276-831

3 UNLV -32 279-275-278-832

4 San Diego State -29 278-282-275-835

5 SMU -23 279-277-285-841

6 California -21 284-278-281-843

7 Fresno State -18 283-279-284-846

T8 Arkansas -17 286-279-282-847

T8 Texas El Paso, Univ. -17 281-284-279-847

T8 BYU -17 291-276-280-847

11 UC Santa Barbara -15 288-280-281-849

12 Arizona -14 278-283-289-850

13 Long Beach State -9 289-284-282-855

14 San Diego, Univ. of -8 295-280-281-856

15 Denver, Univ. of -7 286-286-285-857

16 New Mexico -3 290-292-279-861

17 Nevada, Univ. of +2 292-283-291-866

18 San Jose State +8 288-291-293-872

19 Hawaii, Univ. of +10 292-290-292-874

T20 Nagoya, Univ. of +11 291-297-287-875

T20 Utah +11 291-297-287-875

Final Individual Leaderboard

Place Player To Par Total

9 Robbie Fillmore -9 73-68-66-207

T34 Esteban Calisto -4 71-68-73-212

T44 Brady Johnson -2 73-70-71-214

T82 Adam Tebbs +5 74-70-77-221

T91 Nick Killpack +8 75-79-70-224