No. 45 Cougars drop to eighth after final round of Stanford Regional

STANFORD, Calif. — Firing a final-round team score of 292, No. 45 BYU men's golf placed eighth at the NCAA Stanford Regional held at Stanford Golf Course on Wednesday.

"It was a very rough day for the team," BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. "We lost a few balls early in the rough and just couldn't bounce back. We needed our best stuff this week and didn't get it done."

The Cougars finished the tournament at +12, seven strokes behind seventh-place No. 41 North Florida. West Coast Conference foe No. 27 Pepperdine concluded the regional event in third place at -5 to claim a spot in the NCAA Championships. No. 4 Stanford and No. 9 Baylor tied for first place.

CJ Lee carded 67-71-75 to end the tournament at +3 through 54 holes. Lee had the best finish of any Cougar, tying for 22nd place. The junior birdied the 16th hole on Wednesday for his lone birdie of the day.

Peter Kuest fired a third-round 73 to finish one stroke behind Lee at +4. Kuest, who led BYU with a 69 on Tuesday, tied for 26th place. Like Kuest, sophomore Spencer Dunaway shot +3 (73) on the par-70 Stanford Golf Course in the third round of competition. Dunaway finished the tournament at +4 through 54 holes to claim a 33rd-place individual finish.

Patrick Fishburn led the Cougars in the first round, firing a -3 67. Fishburn then carded 72-77 on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. The junior tied for 38th place and shot +6 for the event.

Rhett Rasmussen carded his lowest round of the tournament on Wednesday, shooting +1. Rasmussen also fired the lowest third-round score of any BYU golfer. The freshman, whose lone birdie came on the par-3 eighth hole, tied for 53rd place overall.

The teams with the lowest five total scores will continue postseason play at the NCAA Championships held at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois. No. 4 Stanford, No. 9 Baylor, No. 27 Pepperdine, No. 15 Oklahoma and No. 33 North Carolina will move on.

2017 NCAA Stanford Regional - May 15-17, 2017

Stanford Golf Course

Place	Player	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	To-Par
T22	CJ Lee	67	71	75	213	+3
T26	Peter Kuest	72	69	73	214	+4
T33	Spencer Dunaway	72	70	73	215	+5
T38	Patrick Fishburn	67	72	77	216	+6
T53	Rhett Rasmussen	75	73	71	219	+9

Place	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	To-Par
T1	No. 4 Stanford	271	278	274	823	-17
T1	No. 9 Baylor	277	265	281	823	-17
3	No. 27 Pepperdine	281	274	280	835	-5
4	No. 15 Oklahoma	280	277	280	837	-3
5	No. 33 North Carolina	288	278	277	843	+3
6	No. 21 Georgia Tech	287	273	284	844	+4
7	No. 41 North Florida	279	281	285	845	+5
8	No. 45 BYU	278	282	292	852	+12
9	Ohio State	288	294	284	866	+26
10	Houston	281	285	301	867	+27
11	UC Santa Barbara	296	290	288	874	+34
12	Sacramento State	300	290	298	888	+48
13	South Dakota State	301	289	309	899	+59