Austin Rustand | Posted: 26 May 2023 | Updated: 7 Aug 2023

Cougars in 15th after 18 holes of NCAA Championship
Zac Jones hits a shot during round one of the NCAA Championship.
Tyson Shelley hits a shot during the first round of the NCAA Championship. Carson Lundell hits a shot during the first round of the NCAA Championship. Zac Jones hits a bunker shot during the first round of the NCAA Championship. Max Brenchley prepares to hit a shot at the NCAA Championship. Tyson Shelley hits a shot during the first round of the NCAA Championship. Max Brenchley hits a shot at the NCAA Championship. Zac Jones prepares to hit a shot during the first round of the NCAA Championship. Carson Lundell gives a thumbs up during the first round of the NCAA Championship. Zac Jones hits a shot during the first round of the NCAA Championship.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — No. 37 BYU sits in 15th after shooting a 9-over 289 on day one of the 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club on Friday.

No. 11 Georgia Tech (280) leads the championship at even par with No. 8 Pepperdine (281) and No. 28 Arkansas (281) tied for second at 1 over par. No. 1 Vanderbilt (282), No. 2 North Carolina (282) and No. 5 Texas Tech (282) sit in a three-way tie for fourth at 2 over. No. 9 Florida (283) sits in seventh at 3 over with No. 7 Florida State (284) at 4 over in eighth. No. 3 Illinois (285), No. 25 Georgia (285) and No. 40 San Francisco (285) round out the top 10 at 5 over par.

The Cougars sit in a tie for 15th with No. 14 Texas A&M at 9 over par, nine off the first-round lead. Tyson Shelley is tied for 31st after day one after an opening 71 to pace the BYU team. The sophomore got off to a slow start but finished with birdies on three of his final six holes to move back up the leaderboard.

Zac Jones is one back of Shelley after a first-round 72. The WCC individual champion sat at 5 over par through 11 holes before carding birdies at his 13th, 14th and 16th holes of the day to climb into a tie for 47th. Carson Lundell also sits at 2 over through 18 holes. The senior carded his lone birdie on the par-3 16th.

“I don’t think you can play this course in much tougher conditions than we did today,” said BYU director of golf Todd Miller. “The greens were baked and the winds were shifty. Every poor shot was penal, and every poor decision was exposed. However, I felt like the team handled the difficult situations very well. They stayed present and were patient even when they got behind halfway through the round.”

Max Brenchley is tied for 87th after day one at 4 over par with David Timmins rounding out the scoring for BYU with a 7-over 77.

"I hope they put a little moisture on the course tonight so we can get after a few of the hole locations before the desert heat firms them out again,” said Miller. “We need a round of even par or better tomorrow to have a chance to make the first cut. These guys need to do something special tomorrow and I know that these guys have special in them.”

The Cougars will tee off in round two beginning at 8:00 a.m. PDT.  Admission for the championship is free, and spectators are welcome to attend and cheer on the Cougars in Scottsdale. For more information about the championship, please visit ncaa.com.

Individual Leaderboard

Place Player R1 R2 R3 Total To Par
T-31 Tyson Shelley 71 -- -- 71 +1
T-47 Zac Jones 72 -- -- 72 +2
T-47 Carson Lundell 72 -- -- 72 +2
T-87 Max Brenchley 74 -- -- 74 +4
T-130 David Timmins 77 -- -- 77 +7

Final Team Leaderboard

Place Team R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To Par
1st No. 11 Georgia Tech 280 --- --- --- 280 E
T-2 No. 8 Pepperdine 281 --- --- --- 281 +1
T-2 No. 28 Arkansas 281 --- --- --- 281 +1
T-4 No. 1 Vanderbilt 282 --- --- --- 282 +2
T-4 No. 2 North Carolina 282 --- --- --- 282 +2
7th No. 9 Florida 283 --- --- --- 283 +3
8th No. 7 Florida State 284 --- --- --- 284 +4
T-9 No. 3 Illinois 285 --- --- --- 285 +5
T-9 No. 25 Georgia 285 --- --- --- 285 +5
T-9 No. 40 San Francisco 285 --- --- --- 285 +5
T-12 No. 10 Oklahoma 287 --- --- --- 287 +7
T-12 No. 23 Ohio State 287 --- --- --- 287 +7
14th No. 12 Auburn 288 --- --- --- 288 +8
T-15 No. 37 BYU 289 --- --- --- 289 +9
T-15 No. 14 Texas A&M 289 --- --- --- 289 +9
T-17 No. 6 Stanford 290 --- --- --- 290 +10
T-17 No. 15 Alabama 290 --- --- --- 290 +10
T-17 No. 16 Virginia 290 --- --- --- 290 +10
T-17 No. 33 Duke 290 --- --- --- 290 +10
T-21 No. 4 Arizona State 291 --- --- --- 291 +11
T-21 No. 18 Mississippi State 291 --- --- --- 291 +11
T-23 No. 19 Oregon 292 --- --- --- 292 +12
T-23 No. 48 Colorado 292 --- --- --- 292 +12
25th No. 46 New Mexico 293 --- --- --- 293 +13
26th No. 41 Chattanooga 294 --- --- --- 294 +14
27th No. 17 Texas 295 --- --- --- 295 +15
28th No. 22 Colorado State 296 --- --- --- 296 +16
29th No. 35 East Tennessee State 303 --- --- --- 303 +23
30th No. 30 Baylor 304 --- --- --- 304 +24

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