Alexa Anderson | Posted: 30 Oct 2015 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020

Lee and Ruiz shoot -2, team in eighth place

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STOCKTON, Calif. — With a one-under-par solid team effort on Friday, the Cougars moved up to eighth place after day two of the Pacific Invitational.

"I'm happy with our improvement today," BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. "We shot 28 shots better than we did yesterday. I am proud of the guys for fighting back, and it was nice to see them show what we are more capable of."

Cougar sophomore CJ Lee and freshman Kaimakani Ruiz led the team shooting two-under-par a piece in today’s round of 18. Lee currently is tied for 24th place (+5), while Ruiz is tied for 44th at nine-over-par. Patrick Fishburn birdied and bogeyed four holes to shoot even par on the day. Fishburn now is tied for 13th place.

"Kai Ruiz played a great round of golf today. It was great for us to see a freshman to step up and get a good round in. CJ also played well, and Patrick was steady," Brockbank said. "I'd like to see our best round tomorrow so we can finish the fall season strong."

BYU, now at 26-over-par, sits alone in eighth place just one stroke behind seventh place Nevada (+25).  Shooting 13-under-par in today’s round, Sacramento State currently leads all teams at two-over-par overall while host and West Coast Conference team Pacific is in third place (+16).

Zach Pritchard shot four-over-par on the front nine, and one-under-par on the back nine and is tied for 56th place. Tommy Higham shot three-over-par on the day, and is in 71st place.

Teams will play the third and final round of the Pacific Invitational at Stockton Country Club, Saturday. Group play will begin at 9:30 a.m. MT.

Live stats can be found on the BYU men’s golf schedule page.

Pacific Invitational - Oct. 30, 2015

Place Player Round 1 Round 2 Total
T13 Patrick Fishburn 74 71 +3
T24 CJ Lee 78 69 +5
T44 Kaimakani Ruiz 82 69 +9
T56 Zach Pritchard 78 74 +10
T71 Tommy Higham 81 74 +13

 

Place Team Round 1 Round 2 Total To Par
1 Sacramento State 299 271 570 +2
2 Long Beach State 292 281 573 +5
3 Pacific 299 285 584 +16
4 Denver 297 292 589 +21
5 UC Irvine 299 292 591 +23
6 UVU 305 287 592 +24
7 Nevada 304 289 593 +25
8 BYU 311 283 594 +26
9 UTRGV 311 284 595 +27
10 CSU - Fullerton 303 293 596 +28
11 UC Riverside 307 291 598 +30
12 CSU - Northridge 303 296 599 +31
T13 Fresno State 310 291 601 +33
T13 Grand Canyon 312 289 601 +33
15 Temple 311 301 612 +44
16 CSU - Bakersfield 318 298 616 +48

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