Colorado University Athletics
Golfers Finish Fourth In Stanford's The Goodwin
March 27, 2016 | Men's Golf
PALO ALTO, Calif. — The University of Colorado men's golf team slipped one spot here Saturday into a fourth place finish, but nonetheless left here with an outstanding overall effort in the Stanford's 48th Annual "The Goodwin."
The Buffaloes never got much going from the start in shooting a 6-over 286 score the final round, which led to a final 54 hole score 846, also 6-over, for the tournament. CU, ranked No. 69, moved into second place briefly early on, and turned at even-par (the scorers with 10 birdies and 10 bogeys). But the back nine was unkind to the Buffaloes, with just a late eagle and four birdies but those were offset by 13 bogeys and double.
UC Davis, ranked No. 101 nationally, led from wire-to-wire, opening on fire Saturday with seven birdies and an eagle among its four scorers to open an insurmountable 18-shot lead en route to finishing with a 13-under 827. That was good for a 10-stroke win over No. 33 UNLV (837), which leapfrogged both Stanford and the Buffs to grab the runner-up spot. The No. 8 and host Cardinal finished third (839), followed by Colorado and Oregon (848) to round out the top five.
The three leaders from Friday – UCD, Stanford and CU – teed off last and had to bear the brunt of winds that ratcheted up about halfway into the final round, gusting to 25 miles per hour from the northwest.
Junior Jeremy Paul faltered a bit in shooting a 5-over 75 for an even-par 210 final score, which tied him for 10th. He entered the day in the hunt for medalist honors, three out of the lead, and closed the gap two to strokes after a birdie on No. 3. But three straight bogeys sidelined the effort and he could never get back to even on the day. He had a team-best 12 birdies with 32 pars for the week, but just two of those birds came Saturday, when he uncharacteristically had seven bogeys. Four of those bogeys came on the back nine, the side he had played 6-under over the first 36 holes.
Senior Philip Juel-Berg turned in a 1-over 71 for his last 18, giving him a 1-under 209 score on the 6,727-yard, par-70 Stanford University Golf Course layout, good for a ninth-place finish. He was never under par at any point during the round, and 2-over much of the back nine until a late birdie on No. 16, but he would close out with two pars. Thus a run of six straight rounds of par or better, the second longest streak in school history, came to an end. He played the nine par-5 holes combined the second-best in the field for the tournament at 8-under, with two eagles, five birdies, one par and one bogey; he played the three Saturday at even, however, after playing the first six all under par.
Sophomore John Souza shot a 1-under 69, his first collegiate round in the 60s, to finish with a 3-over 213 that tied him for 25th. He was as low as 2-under on two different occasions, the last after he eagled the par-5 16th, but a double bogey on 17 brought him to even before he ended his day with a birdie. In addition to the eagle, CU's fourth here this week, he has four birdies and nine pars Saturday, giving him nine and 31 respectively overall.
Junior Ethan Freeman fashioned a 1-over 71 to close with a 4-over 214 score, tying him for 29th. He had a fairly steady round with two birdies and 13 pars against just three bogeys, just one on the back nine when he shot a 34, the only CU player to play the back nine under par. For the week, he had an eagle, seven birdies and a team-best 33 pars.
Freshman Ross Macdonald wrapped things up with a 5-over 75 for 224 overall, or 14-over par, which placed him in a tie for 99th. He had two birdies and nine pars in his final round (six and 30 of each for the tournament); he turned at even but scored five of his birdies on the back nine.
"Overall, our team did a nice job today of battling," CU head coach Roy Edwards said. "We didn't have our best games, but we did a good job shooting a manageable score. The last nine to 12 holes (the leaders) had to deal with a lot of wind, but the guys did a great job of grinding it out. For John to shoot 69 and Ethan a 71, those were two very good rounds, as was Philip's. He just wasn't on his game today but still shot a 71, so that says something about him. As for Jeremy, he just had a rare bad day.
"Ross had a tough assignment, he was grouped with (Stanford's) Maverick McNealy, the top ranked amateur in the world," Edwards added. "That's going to be intimidating for the first time for any golfer, much less a true freshman. But he hung in there." McNealy shot a 66, but was just two shots ahead of Macdonald at the turn.
UC Davis' Luke Vivolo also led from start to finish, carding a 2-under 68 for a 10-under 210 overall, which enabled him to edge Oregon's Aaron Wise by one stroke; Wise was in second each day, trailing Vivolo by that single shot each time.
Colorado has two more tournaments remaining prior to the Pac-12 Championships a month from now in Salt Lake City. The Buffs will participate in the Wyoming Cowboy Classic in Chandler, Ariz., on April 4-5, and then in The Maxwell in Ardmore, Okla., on April 16-17.
NOTES: Colorado was 21-3 here against Division I competition, improving its season record to 87-41-1; any team that is not its conference champion must have a winning record to qualify for the NCAA postseason … That mark includes a 7-13 record against Pac-12 schools, as CU was 4-1 here (and was previously 1-7 against those five schools coming in) … CU defeated six teams ranked in the top 40 and was 10-2 against top 100 schools this week … This was CU's best finish in this tournament in four tries, besting an eighth-place showing in 2013, with the previous best individual finish a tie for 19th by Kevin Kring in 2012 … Juel-Berg had two rounds of par or better this week, bringing his CU all-time best total to 63; his six straight rounds of such wound up one behind the record set by teammate Jeremy Paul two years ago … CU had five rounds in the 60s here, giving it 30 for the year, which ties the school record set just last season … Paul and Juel-Berg now own identical 71.22 stroke averages for nine rounds this spring; Paul holds a slight edge for the season, 70.85 to 70.96 … Stanford had five others participating as individuals, listing them as a "B" team; they would have finished tied for fifth but are not supposed to be listed in the results as a team (thus the difference in team finishes when looking at the official results) … Colorado was the only school to have four golfers in the top 30, excluding Stanford, which had six – but three each on its starting team and the B squad.
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BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS |
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9. |
70-68-71—209 |
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T10. |
67-68-75—210 |
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T25. |
74-70-69—213 |
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T29. |
76-67-71—214 |
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T99. |
77-72-75—224 |
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INDIVIDUAL LEADERS |
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1. |
Luke Vivolo, UC Davis |
65-67-68—200 |
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2. |
Aaron Wise, Oregon |
66-67-68—201 |
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3. |
John Oda, UNLV |
68-67-67—202 |
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4. |
Jon De Los Reyes, St. Mary's |
69-67-69—205 |
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T5. |
David Boote, Stanford |
72-64-70—206 |
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T5. |
Ben Corfee, UC Davis |
68-67-71—206 |
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TEAM STANDINGS |
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1. |
UC Davis |
277-272-278—827 |
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2. |
UNLV |
280-282-275—837 |
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3. |
Stanford |
280-279-280—839 |
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4. |
COLORADO |
287-273-286—846 |
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5. |
Oregon |
286-278-284—848 |
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6. |
Pepperdine |
287-283-280—850 |
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7. |
Northwestern |
286-283-285—854 |
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8. |
Southern California |
293-290-274—857 |
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9. |
St. Mary's |
285-288-288—861 |
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10. |
SMU |
293-281-288—862 |
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11. |
Pacific |
289-287-287—864 |
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12. |
Nevada |
293-284-291—868 |
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13. |
UCLA |
292-287-292—871 |
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13. |
Brigham Young |
293-284-294—871 |
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15. |
Northern Colorado |
288-297-290—875 |
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16. |
Arizona |
293-299-284—876 |
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16. |
Loyola-Marymount |
289-299-288—876 |
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18. |
Colorado State |
298-288-292—878 |
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19. |
Marquette |
301-291-287—879 |
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20. |
San Francisco |
296-287-298—881 |
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21. |
Santa Clara |
296-284-306—886 |
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22. |
Fresno State |
293-295-299—887 |
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23. |
San Jose State |
292-300-296—888 |
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24. |
Denver |
305-294-290—890 |
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25. |
Yale |
305-297-294—896 |
