Ari Davis | Posted: 26 May 2018 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020

Fishburn leads Cougars to tie for 13th after second day at NCAA Championships

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STILLWATER, Okla. – Patrick Fishburn leads No. 35 BYU men’s golf team to tie for 13th place after the second round of the NCAA Championship, Saturday.

BYU is tied with Arkansas, Arizona State and North Carolina all with a two-day total of 585 (+9).

“We played some very good golf most of the day,” BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. “It was nice to be in the top 5 of the leaderboard for a majority of the time.”

Fishburn led the Cougars in the first round, carding a 5-under-par 67. Birdying three holes on the back nine going 2-under-par, Fishburn finished the first round on the front nine birdying four more holes. In the second round, the senior fired a 72, birdying three holes, ending tied for second individually with a 36-hole total of 139 (-5).

CJ Lee shot a 72 in the first round birdying three holes. He followed it up with a 73 in the second, carding four birdies. Ending tied for 37th, the senior totaled a 145 after two rounds.

Sophomore Rhett Rasmussen finished tied for 77th after two rounds. Rasmussen started out strong in the first round birdying the first and third holes ending at an even par 72. Shooting a 77 in the second round, Rasmussen finished with a 36-hole total of 149. 

Peter Kuest shot 78-74 for a 36-hole total of 152 (+8) to tie for 121st, while Spencer Dunaway tied for 153rd.

Tomorrow, BYU will have its third round Sunday score added to the total for the three days of competition. The Cougars played their Sunday round on Thursday. To advance to Monday play, the Cougars must be one of the top 15 teams.

In their Sunday round, Rasmussen carded the lowest BYU score at 73 (+1). Fishburn shot a 78 (+6), followed by Kuest hitting a 79 (+7). Lee fired a 82 (+10) while Dunaway shot a 86 (+14). The team totaled a 24-over-par 312 score.

“Unfortunately, it is not looking good after they post our third round scores. I do have to say, I was impressed with how our team bounced back after a very disappointing Sunday round on Thursday. We will just wait and see how it all adds up tomorrow.”

The other 29 teams and individuals will play their third round Sunday starting at 7 a.m. CST. Live scoring can be found on the BYU men’s schedule page.

Day 1 Recap

2018 NCAA Championship - May 25-30, 2018

Karsten Creek Golf Club

Place Player Round 1 Round 2 Total To-Par
T2 Patrick Fishburn 67 72 139 -5
T37 CJ Lee 72 73 145 +1
T77 Rhett Rasmussen 72 77 149 +5
T128 Peter Kuest 78 74 152 +8
153 Spencer Dunaway 83 77 160 +16

 

Place Team Round 1 Round 2 Total To-Par
1 Texas Tech 284 287 571 -5
2 Oklahoma State 287 285 572 -4
3 Alabama 294 279 576 -3
T4 Duke 291 287 578 +2
T4 Oklahoma 285 293 578 +2
T6 Vanderbilt 287 292 579 +3
T6 Kent State 288 291 579 +3
T9 Illinois 289 292 580 +4
T9 Auburn 300 280 580 +4
T9 Texas 289 291 580 +4
12 Texas A&M 293 289 582 +6
T13 Arizona State 296 289 582 +9
T13 North Carolina 296 289 585 +9
T13 Arkansas 296 289 585 +9
T13 BYU 289 296 585 +9
17 Florida 300 286 586 +10
18 Stanford 292 295 587 +11
19 Northwestern 280 308 588 +12
20 Kentucky 292 297 589 +13
T21 UCF 291 299 590 +14
T21 UNLV 297 293 590 +14
T23 Iowa State 290 302 592 +14
T23 UCLA 295 297 592 +16
T25 NC State 292 303 595 +19
T25 North Florida 293 302 595 +19
T25 Baylor 297 298 595 +19
28 Oregon 296 300 596 +20
29 Kansas 295 302 597 +21
30 Augusta 298 300 598 +22

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