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Round Three
Golfers Tie For Fourth At Bandon Dunes
March 11, 2014 | Men's Golf
BANDON, Ore. — The University of Colorado men's golf team shot the third best score of in the final round but it wasn't enough as the Buffaloes finished in a fourth place tie here Tuesday in the 5th Annual Bandon Dunes Championship.
No. 49 Missouri held on to win its third tournament of the year, as despite shooting the eighth worst final round score, finished with an 863 total (11-over par) to edge out a charging UC-Davis. Ranked No. 71, UCD turned in the best score of the final round (a 1-over 285), to finish two back at 865. No. 16 Washington finished third at 870, while the No. 48 Buffaloes and Utah Valley tied for fourth, 10 off the pace with 873 scores. CU was the defending tournament champion.
The top four teams were bunched in a pack for much of the second portion of the round, which featured a shotgun format, so they weren't all playing the same holes. The group only separated over the final three holes; the Buffaloes at one point assumed a 1-stroke lead of Missouri, but CU's four scorers for the round played those last three holes at 10-over par, including closing on their final hole collectively at 6-over, essentially eliminating itself from contention.
"We did take the lead briefly, but we just didn't finish,” CU head coach Roy Edwards said. “I was really proud of the way we fought hard today. We were 17 shots down but the guys had the mindset that we could still win the tournament, and we put ourselves in the position to do it.
The weather was the best of the three days, just a little breezy at times but there were sunny skies for the first time and no rain, with temperatures in the low 60s. But the course played as tough or tougher because the Tuesday pin placements locations were the most challenging in tournament.
“The last hole got to us, but the guys were trying to win,” Edwards said. “They weren't just trying to play okay, we just came up short, and that's nothing to be ashamed of. We fought really hard today, came from way back on a very a difficult golf course with the toughest hole locations of the three days. We wanted to win and are disappointed that we didn't, but we still picked up some wins over some good teams.”
Freshman Yannik Paul led the Buffaloes here with a 15th place finish, though he closed with a 5-over 76 for a 219 total (7-over) on the 6,603-yard, par-71 Pacific Dunes Course layout. He had just battled back to get his round to even through 15 holes, but then disaster struck: he scored a quadruple bogey on his 17th hole of the day (the 499-yard, par-5 No. 3), and then closed with a bogey. He had the third most birdies in the field for the week – 12 – including four in the final round, but the damage to his score came from the quad and five other bogeys.
Freshman Jeremy Paul recorded one of just four rounds under par Tuesday, his 1-under par 70 giving him a 7-over 220 for the meet, tying him for 21st. In rebounding from an uncharacteristic 9-over par effort on Monday, he turned in an under par score for the 12th time in his last 14 outings. His 11 birdies tied for the sixth most in the field (he had four in the final round like his younger twin), and he played the tough par-4 holes here collectively at 2-over for the meet, tied for fourth-best in the field. He was on pace to turn in the best score among all 84 golfers for the final round until he closed with a double bogey on No. 7.
“Jeremy had a really good round ... he didn't let the fact that he shot an 80 in the second round affect him and came out and treated it like the aberration that it was,” Edwards said.
Sophomore Philip Juel-Berg closed with a 6-over 77 for a 222 total, that 9-over score tying him for 27th; Juel-Berg came in with the second best final round average on the team (72.4), but had a rollercoaster day, scoring an eagle, two birdies, nine pars, three bogeys, two doubles and a triple, the latter of which he scored on his second hole of the day (No. 7). But he would rebound by opening with two birdies and an eagle on the back nine to get under par, only to then record back-to-back doubles and a bogey on the next three holes. He still tied for the lead in par-3 scoring here (1-under for the 12 “short” ones), with his 34 pars a team best that tied for 17th-most in the field.
Freshman Andrew Bonner also carded a 222 scorecard to tie for 27th; he closed with a 2-over 73, scoring two birdies, 10 pars, two bogeys and two doubles Tuesday. He had nine birdies and 31 pars for the week, with just three holes worse than bogey, tying for the team best.
Junior David Oraee ended with a 1-over 72, closing with a 14-over 227 to tie for 47th place. In addition to 10 pars in the final round, he also scored four birdies, three bogeys and a double, as he played the par-4 holes at plus-4 over the three rounds, 11th best overall. He at one point birdied three straight holes (Nos. 1, 2 and 3).
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BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS |
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T15. |
71-72-76—219 |
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T21. |
70-80-70—220 |
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T27. |
72-73-77—222 |
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T27. |
73-76-73—222 |
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T47. |
80-75-72—227 |
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INDIVIDUAL LEADERS |
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1. |
Jonathan Sanders, Washington |
71-67-72—210 |
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2. |
Matt Hansen, UC-Davis |
70-72-69—211 |
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3. |
Luke Vivolo, UC-Davis |
73-67-72—212 |
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T4. |
Emilio Cuartero, Missouri |
67-72-75—214 |
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T4. |
Cody Blick, San Jose State |
74-70-70—214 |
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TEAM STANDINGS |
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1. |
Missouri |
281-284-298—863 |
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2. |
UC-Davis |
292-288-285—865 |
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3. |
Washington |
293-288-289—870 |
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T4. |
COLORADO |
286-296-291—873 |
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T4. |
Utah Valley |
282-296-295—873 |
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6. |
St. Mary's |
291-295-293—879 |
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7. |
San Jose State |
293-295-293—881 |
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8. |
Rice |
292-298-292—882 |
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9. |
Oregon |
289-297-304—890 |
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T10. |
Gonzaga |
297-306-300—903 |
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T10. |
Washington State |
288-316-299—903 |
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12. |
Missouri-Kansas City |
297-304-303—904 |
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T13. |
Pacific |
301-307-305—913 |
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T13. |
Boston College |
294-304-315—913 |
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15. |
Weber State |
307-308-310—925 |
