Three in top-20, Cougars tied for fourth place after day two

LIHUE, Hawai’i — Placing in the top-20 individually, Patrick Fishburn, Peter Kuest and Rhett Rasmussen led BYU men's golf to a fourth-place tie after day two of the John Burns Intercollegiate on Thursday.

“We played some decent golf today,” BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. “The wind was a factor most of the day, which made some of the holes challenging. We made some birdies in the middle of the round that gave us some momentum, but unfortunately we gave five or six shots back finishing our round. I believe we can have our best round tomorrow if we can eliminate some of the big numbers.”

The Cougars shot 2-under-par in Thursday's round and are tied with West Coast Conference foe Santa Clara at 6-under-par. Virginia leads all teams at 25-under-par, shooting 5-under in today's round.

Fishburn, who was tied for sixth place after the first round, is tied for ninth place individually after 36 holes of play. The junior shot 2-under (34) through the first nine holes and finished the day at even par.

Kuest and Rasmussen also placed in the top-20 after round two. Kuest shot 2-under-par on the day, shooting 2-under (34) on the back nine. Kuest is currently tied for 14th place and sits at 3-under for the tournament.

Rasmussen, who is tied for 19th place, is 2-under-par for the event. He birdied five holes Thursday.

Spencer Dunaway is tied for 54th place. The sophomore sits at 3-over-par overall and shot 1-over on the day. CJ Lee rounded out the scoring for the Cougars. Lee sits in 68th place at 5-over-par.

Austen Christiansen and Zach Pritchard are competing in the tournament as individuals. Christiansen is tied for 54th place with Dunaway, while Pritchard sits in 35th place at 1-over-par.

BYU will play the third and final round of the John Burns Intercollegiate Friday. Pairings will tee off at 8:30 a.m. HST in a shotgun start. Links to live stats can be found on the BYU men's golf schedule page.

John Burns Intercollegiate - Feb. 15-16, 2017

Place	Player	Round 1	Round 2	Total	To-Par
T9	Patrick Fishburn	68	72	140	-4
T14	Peter Kuest	71	70	141	-3
T19	Rhett Rasmussen	71	71	142	-2
T54	Spencer Dunaway	74	73	147	+3
T68	CJ Lee	74	75	149	+5

T35	Zach Pritchard*	74	71	145	+1
T54	Austen Christiansen*	76	71	147	+3

*Individuals

Place	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Total	To-Par
1	Virginia	268	283	551	-25
2	Texas A&M	276	281	557	-19
3	UNLV	282	284	566	-10
T4	BYU	284	286	570	-6
T4	Santa Clara	287	283	570	-6
6	California	291	281	572	-4
7	Grand Canyon	291	285	576	E
T8	Arizona	290	287	577	+1
T8	New Mexico	295	282	577	+1
T10	Washington	294	286	580	+4
T10	UTEP	290	290	580	+4
12	Kennesaw State	289	293	582	+6
13	North Dakota State	299	285	584	+8
14	Utah	301	386	587	+11
15	Washington State	302	293	595	+19
16	Hawai'i	298	301	599	+23
17	Northern Colorado	304	300	604	+28
18	Hawai'i - Hilo	316	303	619	+43