Harvey Leads Cougars to Victory

Albuquerque, N.M.--BYU's Billy Harvey shot a two-under par 70 to win the first collegiate tournament of his career while leading the Cougars to victory at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate Tournament in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Saturday.

The Cougars got off to a rocky start in the third round going seven over through 15 holes, while UNLV took advantage of the Cougars third round struggles taking a four shot lead with three holes to play. "It looked all but over," said Bruce Brockbank, BYU head coach. "That's just some phenomenal golf."

Despite the third round difficulties, BYU dug deep managing three birdies in the last two holes to get the win. "Our kids gutted it out," said Brockbank. "That's a big win for us and I can't tell you how proud I am of these guys."

Harvey played steady all day making par after par and coming up big with an eagle on number 10. After bogeys at 11 and 12 Harvey birdied two out of the last four holes, coming close, six inches close, to holing it out from 240 yards on number 17.

He followed it up by making an eight footer for birdie on the finishing hole to take the win. "I think I've had about 5 second-place finishes, so it was nice to finally win one. Especially the way I did was nice," said Harvey.

In addition to Harvey's great play, Manuel Mirazalde fired a 68 to lead the third round Cougar comeback. "He played solid all day," said Brockbank. Mirazalde took an early bogey on the second hole but carded three birdies and an eagle on his way to a third place finish in the individual standings.

The Cougars are off to a great start this season and head into next week with increased confidence. "To win one of these golf tournaments is a big deal," said Brockbank.

Fin  Name                  School      Scores  
   1  Billy Harvey          BYU          67  70  70 207   -9
   2  Calvin Kupeyan        UNLV         71  68  72 211   -5
   3  Manuel Merizalde      BYU          69  75  68 212   -4
      Reid Hatley           Arizona      72  71  69 212   -4
   5  Scott Hailes          NMJV         70  71  73 214   -2
      Scott Carlyle         Hawaii       72  74  68 214   -2
      Michael Letzig        New Mexico   69  73  72 214   -2
   8  John Lieber           SanDiegoSt   72  73  70 215   -1
   9  Scott Lander          UNLV         72  75  69 216    E
      Anthony Arvidson      Oregon St.   74  71  71 216    E 
  25  Jesse Hibler          BYU          71  72  76 219   +3
  43  Scott Miller          BYU          73  71  79 223   +7
  96  Ollie Pekka Nissinen  BYU          76  81  76 233  +17
109  Jared Overton         BYU          76  76  86 238  +22
Fin Team                     Scores  
   1 Brigham Young Univ.      280  288  293    861    -3 
   2 UNLV                     289  288  286    863    -1 
   3 Arizona, U. of           290  290  285    865    +1 
   4 New Mexico, U. of        285  296  290    871    +7 
   5 Hawaii, Univ. of         292  291  291    874   +10 
     Southeastern La. U.      297  287  290    874   +10 
   7 San Diego State U.       300  289  289    878   +14 
   8 Pepperdine Univ.         295  293  298    886   +22 
     Texas Tech Univ.         297  299  290    886   +22 
  10 Oregon State U.          298  294  295    887   +23 
  11 Texas El Paso, U. of     301  298  294    893   +29 
     Colorado, U. of          296  301  296    893   +29 
  13 New Mexico - JV          299  290  305    894   +30 
  14 Wyoming, U. of           299  305  297    901   +37 
  15 Southern California      297  304  303    904   +40 
  16 Colorado State Univ.     305  301  301    907   +43 
     Air Force                301  309  297    907   +43 
  18 Utah, Univ. of           296  295  318    909   +45 
  19 San Francisco, U. of     302  312  303    917   +53 
  20 Furman University        299  310  311    920   +56 
  21 Denver, U. of            307  307  308    922   +58 
  22 Weber State Univ.        310  303  310    923   +59 
  23 New Mexico State U.      309  308  315    932    +68