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Men Finish Ninth at National Invitational Tournament
By: Alexa Anderson, BYU Golf SID
TUCSON, Ariz. — Despite top-20 finishes from Patrick Fishburn and Rhett Rasmussen, BYU men's golf placed ninth on Tuesday at the National Invitational Tournament held at the Omni Tucson National-Catalina Course.
“We continue to struggle to finish our rounds, ” BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. “Hopefully finishing in ninth place will get our attention to go to work. Peter Kuest's 68 was a strong round that help our team's score today, and ties for Rhett (Rasmussen) and Patrick (Fishburn) are respectable. It was a frustrating week, but we will bounce back.”
The Cougars fired a third-round team score of 287, tying for the sixth best team score of the day. As a team, BYU had 14 birdies in round three.
Fishburn and Rasmussen both shot 2-under-par through 54 holes and tied for 18th place. Fishburn birdied four holes on Tuesday, shooting 1-under on the back nine. Rasmussen also carded a 35 on the back nine. Both Fishburn and Rasmussen shot even par on the day.
Kuest shot the lowest round of any Cougar in round three. The freshman shot a 4-under 68 and finished the tournament tied for 25th place. Kuest birdied five holes on the day.
Spencer Dunaway and CJ Lee rounded out the scoring for BYU. Dunaway shot 6-over on Tuesday to finish at 16-over through three rounds of play. Lee concluded the event with a third-round score of 75. Lee shot 8-over for the tournament.
West Coast Conference opponents San Francisco and Santa Clara finished the tournament in sixth and eighth place, respectively. In-state rival Utah placed 14th overall, shooting a team score of 881.
The Cougars will continue their spring season as they travel to California to participate in The Goodwin from March 29 to April 1.
National Invitational Tournament – Feb. 27-28, 2017
Omni Tucson National-Catalina Course
Place
Player
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Total
To-Par
T18
Patrick Fishburn
73
69
72
214
-2
T18
Rhett Rasmussen
71
71
72
214
-2
T25
Peter Kuest
74
73
68
215
-1
T57
CJ Lee
73
76
75
224
+8
T82
Spencer Dunaway
79
75
78
232
+16
Place
Team
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Total
To-Par
1
Iowa State
274
275
283
832
-32
T2
Arizona State
280
270
287
837
-27
T2
UNLV
278
277
282
837
-27
4
UTEP
283
286
279
848
-16
5
Arizona
289
281
288
858
-6
6
San Francisco
281
295
287
863
-1
7
Colorado State
293
282
289
864
E
8
Santa Clara
289
287
289
865
+1
9
BYU
291
288
287
866
+2
10
Notre Dame
296
283
288
867
+3
11
Wyoming
296
295
285
876
+12
12
San Jose State
303
288
286
877
+13
13
New Mexico State
294
290
295
879
+15
14
Utah
292
292
297
881
+17
15
Princeton
311
285
294
890
+26
16
Nevada
303
297
297
897
+33