Cougars win PING, Fishburn, Dunaway tie for third

PROVO, Utah — BYU men's golf fired an 11-under team round to claim first place at 22-under in the PING Cougar Classic held at Riverside Country Club on Tuesday. Patrick Fishburn and Spencer Dunaway both recorded top-3 finishes.

"I think we were tied with three other teams after the first nine holes," BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. "It was great to see the guys step up and do what they did on the back nine to pull away. It was just so impressive. That round that Spencer Dunaway shot today was off the charts. To be where we have been the last six tournaments and see what happened today, I couldn't be more excited for this team."

The Cougars shot the lowest round as a team on Tuesday, shooting a total score of 277. BYU pulled ahead on the back nine to create distance between Loyola Marymount and Utah. BYU carded 278-287-277 in three rounds of play to win the PING Cougar Classic by eight strokes. Loyola Marymount finished in second place at -14, with the Utes finished in third place at -12.

Fishburn and Dunaway tied for third place out of 65 participants. Fishburn, who fired a 65 Monday morning, finished at -6 after shooting a 70 on Tuesday. Dunaway posted a 68 on Tuesday to shoot -6 for the event.

Rhett Rasmussen carded the lowest round of any Cougar on Tuesday. The freshman fired a 67 to move to -3 after 54 holes. Rasmussen tied for 12th place.

Peter Kuest and CJ Lee rounded out the scoring for BYU. Kuest ended the two-day tournament tied for 23rd place at +1 while Lee concluding the event tied at 33rd with a 219 three-day total.

Senior Zach Pritchard competed individually and shot his lowest round, a 69, in Tuesday's final 18 holes to tie for 27th place.

West Coast Conference foes Santa Clara and Saint Mary's finished the event tied in fourth place. San Francisco placed sixth while Pacific ended the event in 10th. Utah Valley University finished in eighth place followed by Boise State in ninth. Westminster College concluded the event in 11th place.

With the first place finish at the PING Cougar Classic, BYU men's golf concludes the 2016-17 regular season. The Cougars will be back at Riverside Country Club next week when they compete in the West Coast Conference Championship, April 20-22.

PING Cougar Classic - April 10-11, 2017

Riverside Country Club

Place	Player	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	To-Par
T3	Patrick Fishburn	65	75	70	210	-6
T3	Spencer Dunaway	70	72	68	210	-6
T12	Rhett Rasmussen	74	72	67	213	-3
T23	Peter Kuest	72	68	77	217	+1
T33	CJ Lee	71	76	72	219	+3
T27	*Zach Pritchard	77	72	69	217	+2

*Individual

Place	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	To-Par
1	BYU	278	287	277	842	-22
2	Loyola Marymount	281	286	283	850	-14
3	Utah	276	290	286	852	-12
T4	Santa Clara	285	288	282	855	-9
T4	Saint Mary's	283	284	288	855	-9
6	San Francisco	286	292	283	861	-3
7	UAB	287	293	283	863	-1
8	Utah Valley	292	282	293	867	+3
9	Boise State	291	292	291	874	+10
10	Pacific	294	300	288	882	+18
11	Westminster College	308	305	293	906	+42