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BYU Men’s Golf in Ninth after Round 1 of NCAA Regionals

By Shaun Gordon

RYE, ENGLAND - JANUARY 04: Robin Sullivan of Exeter College Oxford in action during the Oxford and Cambridge Golfing Society President's Putter at Rye Golf Club on January 4, 2018 in Rye, England. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
RYE, ENGLAND - JANUARY 04: Robin Sullivan of Exeter College Oxford in action during the Oxford and Cambridge Golfing Society President's Putter at Rye Golf Club on January 4, 2018 in Rye, England. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images) /
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BYU Men’s Golf sits in a tie for ninth place after the first round of the NCAA Regionals. The Cougars have some work to do to advance to the NCAA Championships.

The BYU Men’s Golf team survived a disastrous first few holes to keep themselves in contention after round one of the NCAA Regionals.

After the first six holes, the Cougars sat at seven-over par as a team, but managed to shoot even par over the final 12 holes.

With that score, BYU sits in a tie for ninth place with conference-mate Pepperdine. Only the five best teams advance to the NCAA Championships, so the Cougars have some ground to make up.

Right now, San Diego State sits in that coveted fifth and final spot. The Aztecs finished the round at two-over, five strokes ahead of BYU.

The only team to shoot under par on Monday was the host team. Top-seeded Oklahoma shot five-under, giving themselves a five-stroke cushion over Auburn, Arkansas, and North Florida at even par.

BYU entered the regional as the No. 7 seed, ranked No. 39 in the nation. Three unranked teams shot better than the Cougars: San Diego State, Missouri-Kansas City, and Nevada.

Five Cougars are competing in the tournament, and the top four scores will count. That’s fortunate for BYU, since the individual scoring looked like this:

  • Patrick Fisburn (-1)
  • Peter Kuest (+2)
  • Rhett Rasmussen (+3)
  • C.J. Lee (+3)
  • Spencer Dunaway (+12)

Fishburn’s one-under par round puts him in a tie for 11th individually. The top golfer that’s not part of a qualifying team will also advance to the NCAA Championships, and only SMU’s McClure Meissner (-2) is ahead of Fishburn among players that aren’t on one of the five top teams.

Six teams sit within five strokes of each other, from San Diego State’s two-over to BYU and Pepperdine’s seven-over.

With two rounds still to play, expect a lot of change along the leaderboard.

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