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About 16 hours after a disastrous third spherical rating of 23-over-par 303 left them reeling on the 2023 NCAA Males’s Golf Championships, BYU golfers returned to Grayhawk Golf Membership in Scottsdale, Arizona, and performed significantly better in Friday’s official first spherical.
The Cougars posted a 9-over 289 in spherical one, taking part in significantly better with rivals on the course as an alternative of simply themselves, as was the case Thursday.
BYU sat in a tie for fifteenth place after the primary spherical, however after all it is going to tumble down the leaderboard when Thursday’s outcomes are posted on Sunday.
Just one workforce, Baylor, posted a worse rating on Friday than BYU did on Thursday. The No. 30-ranked Bears shot a 24-over 304.
The Cougars performed their third spherical first, due to an NCAA provision to accommodate BYU’s longstanding coverage of not competing on Sunday for spiritual causes.
After the remainder of the sphere finishes on Sunday, BYU’s rating from Thursday will probably be added to the scoreboard. The 15 lowest-shooting groups after the third spherical will advance to Monday’s remaining spherical of stroke play.
After that fourth spherical, the lowest-shooting eight groups will enter match play Tuesday and Wednesday.
Friday, sophomore Tyson Shelley led the Cougars with a 1-over 71, a outstanding turnaround for the Skyline Excessive product who had carded an 80 on Thursday.
The Cougars additionally counted Max Brenchley’s 74 and 72s from Zac Jones and Carson Lundell. Former Brighton Excessive standout David Timmins, who posted BYU’s finest rating on Thursday, a 71, ballooned to a non-counting 77 on Friday.
Georgia Tech shot an even-par 280 to take the lead after spherical one. West Coast Convention match runner-up Pepperdine and Arkansas are tied for second at 281.
Georgia Tech’s workforce options Utahn Connor Howe, a Weber Excessive graduate. He shot a 72 on Friday. Two-time Utah State Beginner champion Preston Summerhays of Arizona State shot a 71.