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Men’s Golf Takes 2017 WCC Title, Kuest Medals
By: Alexa Anderson, BYU Golf SID
PROVO, Utah — Behind a first-place individual finish from freshman Peter Kuest, No. 47 BYU men's golf claimed its second West Coast Conference title at Riverside Country Club golf course on Saturday.
“I'm proud of our guys. One or two guys really seem to step up on any given day,” BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. “That is what we have seen all year, and that's what Peter (Kuest) and CJ (Lee) did today. They carried the team.”
The Cougars fired a -7 team third-round score to defeat all teams by at least seven strokes. BYU finished the 2017 WCC Golf Championships at -24, the second best team score in WCC Championship history. BYU men's golf last won the event in the 2013-14 season.
Kuest finished the day tied with Santa Clara's Hayden Shieh at -11 through 54 holes of play. The freshman defeated Shieh in a playoff on hole 18 to win individual WCC honors. Kuest carded 67-70-68 in the tournament to win the first event of his Cougar career.
“We were fortunate to get Peter Kuest to BYU,” Brockbank said. “He has changed the culture of our team. It has just been awesome. I can't say enough about the way he played this week.”
Patrick Fishburn also placed in the top 5, finishing the 2017 WCC Championships tied for fifth place at -5. CJ Lee fired a third-round 68 to tie for 11th place individually. Lee finished the tournament at -2.
Rhett Rasmussen and Spencer Dunaway finished in 15th and 20th place, respectively. Rasmussen shot -1 through 54 holes and Dunaway finished at +1.
With the conference tournament crown, BYU men's golf receives an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division 1 Regional and will represent the WCC.
2017 West Coast Conference Golf Championships – April 20-21, 2017
Riverside Country Club Golf Course
Place
Player
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Total
To-Par
1
Peter Kuest
70
67
68
205
-11
T5
Patrick Fishburn
68
71
72
211
-5
T11
CJ Lee
74
72
68
214
-2
T15
Rhett Rasmussen
72
70
73
215
-1
T20
Spencer Dunaway
69
74
74
217
+1
Place
Team
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Total
To-Par
1
No. 47 BYU
279
280
281
840
-24
2
No. 22 Pepperdine
286
278
283
847
-17
3
Saint Mary's
283
288
281
852
-12
T4
Santa Clara
286
292
284
862
-2
T4
Pacific
297
282
283
862
-2
T6
San Francisco
290
297
278
865
+1
T6
LMU
286
293
286
865
+1
8
San Diego
289
290
288
867
+3
9
Gonzaga
289
299
291
879
+15