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Ty Holbrook's final round 67 highlighted CU's Saturday rally,
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Golfers Finish Second In Stanford's "The Goodwin"
March 29, 2025 | Men's Golf
Holbrook, Biwer, Holland Lead CU’s Final Day Charge
PALO ALTO, Calif. – The 32nd-ranked University of Colorado men's golf team put on a final day rally that enabled the Buffaloes to jump from fifth into a second place finish here Saturday in Stanford University's prestigious, "The Goodwin."
No. 15 UCLA pulled away from field, breaking away from a tie with No. 33 SMU due to a 6-under par final round effort to finish with an 11-under par 829 total score. The Buffaloes, after be in the co-lead with BYU after the first round, had slipped to fifth after 36 holes, but after briefly dropping into sixth place early, vaulted into third place midway through the round and then took over the runner-up spot with literally minutes remaining in the event.
No. 34 Northwestern remained in third with a 1-under 839, with No. 31 Brigham Young claiming fourth (an even-par 840) and SMU and No. 53 Santa Clara tying for fifth (3-over 843).
Colorado was one of only four teams to have three players record scores of par or better in the final round; host Stanford had three score in the 60's, while CU, Utah and Loyola-Marymount had two subpar scores and an even-par effort contribute to their team score. For the day, the Buffs recorded the fourth-best team score – a 2-under 278 – out of only five teams that finished under par on Saturday (host Stanford had the best – a 7-under 273 with only Loyola-Marymount the other to better CU with a 3-under 277).
This was Colorado's seventh top three finish in eight tournaments thus far this season, its fifth runner-up effort, both the most in school history as the '24-25 Buffaloes snapped a tie for the former with the 1980-81 and 2022-23 teams. There were 17 other teams in the top 61 in the latest rankings that competed here, the Buffs going 16-1 against those (and 5-1 against those ranked ahead of CU).
This was the 27th time the Buffaloes participated in the Stanford event, their second-best finish since its first appearance in 1980. Colorado won it in the fall of 1991 and a third-place effort in the spring of 2004 was its next best placing before Saturday. It marked the third time in 13 competitions that he finished under par, along with two other occasions when he was even.
Sophomore Ty Holbrook, for the first time in his young career, led the Buffaloes in a tournament as he fashioned a 3-under par 67 to rally to finish in the red with a 1-under 209 and tie for 12th. After he opened with a par on No. 1 (a 520-yard, par-5), he bogeyed the 478-yard, par-4 2nd; but from that point on, he played the remaining 16 holes at 4-under, birdying four of his last 12. He was steady throughout the week, scoring nine birdies and a team-high 37 pars, opposite eight bogeys; he was also the only Buff to not score worse than a bogey in the 54-hole event. He played the par-3's even, the par-5's at 3-under and the par-4's at 1-over, the latter tied for 13th in the 163-man field.
Subpar scores were hard to come by all week on the 6,742-yard, par-70 Stanford Golf Course layout. Holbrook had two of the 84 overall scores in the 60's (out of 489 rounds), and one of just 20 players in the 163-man field to record two sub-70 scores overall.
Senior Justin Biwer tied for 16th after closing with a 2-under 68 to polish off an even-par 210 performance. He got off to a blistering hot start, scoring an eagle on No. 1, chipping in from just off the green. He then birdied Nos. 2, 4 and 7and made the turn at 5-under 30, his career-best gross score for nine holes. But he had some bad luck on Nos 12 and 13, scoring double-bogeys on both par-4 holes. He then parred the next four holes, and closed with a birdie on the 454-yard, par-4 18th, which in the end enabled CU to grab sole possession of second place. In addition to the eagle, he had nine birdies and 36 pars opposite five bogeys and three doubles, the latter very unusual for him. He played the par-5's the best of all the Buffs at 5-under, and was 1-over on the par-3's and 5-over on the par-4's.
Junior Hunter Swanson, after pacing the Buffaloes the first rounds, couldn't get untracked Saturday and struggled to a 6-over 76, which dropped him into a tie for 33rd with a 3-over 213 cumulative score. He bogeyed three of his first five holes, then scored his lone birdie of the day on the 426-yard, par-4 6th hole, but then bogeyed the 7th. After doubling the 474-yard, par-4 12th, he did finish his round with six straight pars. His 13 birdies were the most by a Buff all week, matched with 29 pars, nine bogeys, two doubles and a triple. He played the par-5's at 4-under and the par-3's at 1-over, and the mid-range par-4's at 6-over.
Senior Jack Holland closed with an even-par 70 that enabled him to tie for 55th with a 6-over 216 score; after laboring in a tie for 137th after an opening round 77, he climbed up in the standings 82 positions by playing his last 35 holes at 2-under. He even had to rally a bit in the final round, as after birdying the 188-yard, par-3 3rd hole, he went bogey-double to pop back at 2-over. But he settled down the rest of the way and wound up with four birdies, 11 pars two bogeys and the double for the round. He had 11 birdies and 30 pars against 10 bogeys and two doubles along with playing the par-5's at 3-under and the par-3's at 1-over (and the par-4's at plus-8) for the event.
Senior Dylan McDermott tied for 67th, finishing with a 7-over 217 score after carding a second straight 3-over 73; he was hampered a bit over his last 27 holes after injuring his wrist midway through the second round along with catching a cold. That played a role for him not shooting par or better in at least two rounds in every tournament this season. He still battled, with two birdies and 11 pars Saturday to finish with seven birdies and 34 pars opposite 12 bogeys and a double for the week. He played the par-5's at 3-under, the par-3's at 4-over and the par-4's at six over all told.
"We are really happy with the overall result," head coach Roy Edwards said. "Ty did an absolutely outstanding job all week and that was a byproduct of all the work he has been putting in the last few months. Dutchy (Holland) had another good round today, and Justin was back to his normal self."
In fact, after Holland opened with a 77, Edwards noted at the time that "It wasn't 'Dutchy's best day, but he has played a lot of good golf here and I feel confident that he'll play great the next couple of days." Holland responded with rounds of 69 and 70.
"Everyone had some really good moments, and we are excited to keep it going next week at Vanderbilt," Edwards added. "(Associate head coach) Derek Tolan and I are very proud of the team, not only in performance but in general, their work ethics and their willingness to be coached."
There was an extremely rare five-way tie for medalist honors – with the five from as many different schools – all finishing with 5-under par 205 scorecards.
The Buffaloes return to action in less than a week, traveling the furthest east thus far this season to participate for the first time in Vanderbilt's Mason Rudolph Championship in Franklin, Tenn. The last (and only) time the Buffaloes have ever played in a tournament in the Volunteer State was in the 1955 NCAA Championships. CU's Edwards spent one season (2001-02) as the assistant coach for Vandy's men's and women's golf teams.
NOTES: No rain for the first time in the three days, but it was partly cloudy most of the day with it warming briefly to 59 degrees before winds picked up a bit (8-10 miles per hour) that dropped the temp to around 55 most of the afternoon … This did mark the first time in 11 tournaments – including three individual events – that CU didn't have a finisher in the top 10 (actually the top seven) … The average score for all 489 rounds was 73.06 (it was 72.57 for the final round after 73.01 for the first round and 73.60 for the second); there were 15 players under par and another five ending up at even-par … The Buffaloes combined for 49 birdies (tied for third-best in the field, as TCU led with 59 and UCLA's 51), and 166 pars (seventh; San Francisco led with 172); CU had the second-fewest bogeys (44; UCLA had 42) and 10 doubles or higher (tied for 10-fewest) … Colorado played the par-3's at 7-over (tied for fourth; three leaders were at plus-5), the par-4's at 26-over (fourth, UCLA led at 9-over) and the par-5's at 18-under (eighth; Utah's 24-under was the tourney best) … Biwer's 30 on the front nine was the ninth 30 on a side in CU history, the second this season (Holland did the same in ASU's Papago Individual in September) … His two rounds in the 60's here enabled him to tie McDermott for the school's all-time lead in the category with 46 … It was also Biwer's 26th top 20 career finish, tying him for third all-time with Steve Jones (1977-81) and one behind co-leaders Kane Webber (1999-2004) and Jeremy Paul (2013-17) … Biwer's eagle was the 14th of his career, now alone in sixth on CU's all-time list (breaking a tie with McDermott and two others) … CU added to its season record for rounds in the 60's this week (62), and in closing in on its mark or the most subpar rounds, now with 84 on the year (the record of 92 was set in 2017-18) … Of the 174 rounds played this season, CU has just one of those in the 80's (an 80 exactly) … And in 24 team s this season, the Buffaloes have now recorded 19 subpar scores and three others that were even (the only two exceptions on par-70 courses: a 3-over 283 in CSU's meet and a 5-over 285 here Friday); the 22 rounds of par or better are now the second-most all-time; the record of 25 was set in '17-18 … Biwer and McDermott remain one-two in stroke average on the team, as through 24 rounds, still only eight strokes separate the duo: Biwer's average is 68.96 and McDermott's is 69.29 (which are on pace to be the two best for a single-season in school history); Holbrook lowered his norm from 71.80 to 71.44 … With Colorado going 28-1 here against the field, the Buffaloes are now 137-14-2, a .902 winning percentage against Division I competition (12-5 against Big 12 Conference rivals); the 137 wins continue to lead the nation and only No. 1 Texas (106-10-1, .910) has a better percentage. Santa Clara is second in wins (122-38-4), with Utah third (120-23-3) … And in single rounds, CU was 75-11-1 here, improving to 352-82-13 (.802).
No. 15 UCLA pulled away from field, breaking away from a tie with No. 33 SMU due to a 6-under par final round effort to finish with an 11-under par 829 total score. The Buffaloes, after be in the co-lead with BYU after the first round, had slipped to fifth after 36 holes, but after briefly dropping into sixth place early, vaulted into third place midway through the round and then took over the runner-up spot with literally minutes remaining in the event.
No. 34 Northwestern remained in third with a 1-under 839, with No. 31 Brigham Young claiming fourth (an even-par 840) and SMU and No. 53 Santa Clara tying for fifth (3-over 843).
Colorado was one of only four teams to have three players record scores of par or better in the final round; host Stanford had three score in the 60's, while CU, Utah and Loyola-Marymount had two subpar scores and an even-par effort contribute to their team score. For the day, the Buffs recorded the fourth-best team score – a 2-under 278 – out of only five teams that finished under par on Saturday (host Stanford had the best – a 7-under 273 with only Loyola-Marymount the other to better CU with a 3-under 277).
This was Colorado's seventh top three finish in eight tournaments thus far this season, its fifth runner-up effort, both the most in school history as the '24-25 Buffaloes snapped a tie for the former with the 1980-81 and 2022-23 teams. There were 17 other teams in the top 61 in the latest rankings that competed here, the Buffs going 16-1 against those (and 5-1 against those ranked ahead of CU).
This was the 27th time the Buffaloes participated in the Stanford event, their second-best finish since its first appearance in 1980. Colorado won it in the fall of 1991 and a third-place effort in the spring of 2004 was its next best placing before Saturday. It marked the third time in 13 competitions that he finished under par, along with two other occasions when he was even.
Sophomore Ty Holbrook, for the first time in his young career, led the Buffaloes in a tournament as he fashioned a 3-under par 67 to rally to finish in the red with a 1-under 209 and tie for 12th. After he opened with a par on No. 1 (a 520-yard, par-5), he bogeyed the 478-yard, par-4 2nd; but from that point on, he played the remaining 16 holes at 4-under, birdying four of his last 12. He was steady throughout the week, scoring nine birdies and a team-high 37 pars, opposite eight bogeys; he was also the only Buff to not score worse than a bogey in the 54-hole event. He played the par-3's even, the par-5's at 3-under and the par-4's at 1-over, the latter tied for 13th in the 163-man field.
Subpar scores were hard to come by all week on the 6,742-yard, par-70 Stanford Golf Course layout. Holbrook had two of the 84 overall scores in the 60's (out of 489 rounds), and one of just 20 players in the 163-man field to record two sub-70 scores overall.
Senior Justin Biwer tied for 16th after closing with a 2-under 68 to polish off an even-par 210 performance. He got off to a blistering hot start, scoring an eagle on No. 1, chipping in from just off the green. He then birdied Nos. 2, 4 and 7and made the turn at 5-under 30, his career-best gross score for nine holes. But he had some bad luck on Nos 12 and 13, scoring double-bogeys on both par-4 holes. He then parred the next four holes, and closed with a birdie on the 454-yard, par-4 18th, which in the end enabled CU to grab sole possession of second place. In addition to the eagle, he had nine birdies and 36 pars opposite five bogeys and three doubles, the latter very unusual for him. He played the par-5's the best of all the Buffs at 5-under, and was 1-over on the par-3's and 5-over on the par-4's.
Junior Hunter Swanson, after pacing the Buffaloes the first rounds, couldn't get untracked Saturday and struggled to a 6-over 76, which dropped him into a tie for 33rd with a 3-over 213 cumulative score. He bogeyed three of his first five holes, then scored his lone birdie of the day on the 426-yard, par-4 6th hole, but then bogeyed the 7th. After doubling the 474-yard, par-4 12th, he did finish his round with six straight pars. His 13 birdies were the most by a Buff all week, matched with 29 pars, nine bogeys, two doubles and a triple. He played the par-5's at 4-under and the par-3's at 1-over, and the mid-range par-4's at 6-over.
Senior Jack Holland closed with an even-par 70 that enabled him to tie for 55th with a 6-over 216 score; after laboring in a tie for 137th after an opening round 77, he climbed up in the standings 82 positions by playing his last 35 holes at 2-under. He even had to rally a bit in the final round, as after birdying the 188-yard, par-3 3rd hole, he went bogey-double to pop back at 2-over. But he settled down the rest of the way and wound up with four birdies, 11 pars two bogeys and the double for the round. He had 11 birdies and 30 pars against 10 bogeys and two doubles along with playing the par-5's at 3-under and the par-3's at 1-over (and the par-4's at plus-8) for the event.
Senior Dylan McDermott tied for 67th, finishing with a 7-over 217 score after carding a second straight 3-over 73; he was hampered a bit over his last 27 holes after injuring his wrist midway through the second round along with catching a cold. That played a role for him not shooting par or better in at least two rounds in every tournament this season. He still battled, with two birdies and 11 pars Saturday to finish with seven birdies and 34 pars opposite 12 bogeys and a double for the week. He played the par-5's at 3-under, the par-3's at 4-over and the par-4's at six over all told.
"We are really happy with the overall result," head coach Roy Edwards said. "Ty did an absolutely outstanding job all week and that was a byproduct of all the work he has been putting in the last few months. Dutchy (Holland) had another good round today, and Justin was back to his normal self."
In fact, after Holland opened with a 77, Edwards noted at the time that "It wasn't 'Dutchy's best day, but he has played a lot of good golf here and I feel confident that he'll play great the next couple of days." Holland responded with rounds of 69 and 70.
"Everyone had some really good moments, and we are excited to keep it going next week at Vanderbilt," Edwards added. "(Associate head coach) Derek Tolan and I are very proud of the team, not only in performance but in general, their work ethics and their willingness to be coached."
There was an extremely rare five-way tie for medalist honors – with the five from as many different schools – all finishing with 5-under par 205 scorecards.
The Buffaloes return to action in less than a week, traveling the furthest east thus far this season to participate for the first time in Vanderbilt's Mason Rudolph Championship in Franklin, Tenn. The last (and only) time the Buffaloes have ever played in a tournament in the Volunteer State was in the 1955 NCAA Championships. CU's Edwards spent one season (2001-02) as the assistant coach for Vandy's men's and women's golf teams.
NOTES: No rain for the first time in the three days, but it was partly cloudy most of the day with it warming briefly to 59 degrees before winds picked up a bit (8-10 miles per hour) that dropped the temp to around 55 most of the afternoon … This did mark the first time in 11 tournaments – including three individual events – that CU didn't have a finisher in the top 10 (actually the top seven) … The average score for all 489 rounds was 73.06 (it was 72.57 for the final round after 73.01 for the first round and 73.60 for the second); there were 15 players under par and another five ending up at even-par … The Buffaloes combined for 49 birdies (tied for third-best in the field, as TCU led with 59 and UCLA's 51), and 166 pars (seventh; San Francisco led with 172); CU had the second-fewest bogeys (44; UCLA had 42) and 10 doubles or higher (tied for 10-fewest) … Colorado played the par-3's at 7-over (tied for fourth; three leaders were at plus-5), the par-4's at 26-over (fourth, UCLA led at 9-over) and the par-5's at 18-under (eighth; Utah's 24-under was the tourney best) … Biwer's 30 on the front nine was the ninth 30 on a side in CU history, the second this season (Holland did the same in ASU's Papago Individual in September) … His two rounds in the 60's here enabled him to tie McDermott for the school's all-time lead in the category with 46 … It was also Biwer's 26th top 20 career finish, tying him for third all-time with Steve Jones (1977-81) and one behind co-leaders Kane Webber (1999-2004) and Jeremy Paul (2013-17) … Biwer's eagle was the 14th of his career, now alone in sixth on CU's all-time list (breaking a tie with McDermott and two others) … CU added to its season record for rounds in the 60's this week (62), and in closing in on its mark or the most subpar rounds, now with 84 on the year (the record of 92 was set in 2017-18) … Of the 174 rounds played this season, CU has just one of those in the 80's (an 80 exactly) … And in 24 team s this season, the Buffaloes have now recorded 19 subpar scores and three others that were even (the only two exceptions on par-70 courses: a 3-over 283 in CSU's meet and a 5-over 285 here Friday); the 22 rounds of par or better are now the second-most all-time; the record of 25 was set in '17-18 … Biwer and McDermott remain one-two in stroke average on the team, as through 24 rounds, still only eight strokes separate the duo: Biwer's average is 68.96 and McDermott's is 69.29 (which are on pace to be the two best for a single-season in school history); Holbrook lowered his norm from 71.80 to 71.44 … With Colorado going 28-1 here against the field, the Buffaloes are now 137-14-2, a .902 winning percentage against Division I competition (12-5 against Big 12 Conference rivals); the 137 wins continue to lead the nation and only No. 1 Texas (106-10-1, .910) has a better percentage. Santa Clara is second in wins (122-38-4), with Utah third (120-23-3) … And in single rounds, CU was 75-11-1 here, improving to 352-82-13 (.802).
| BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS |
| T12. | Ty Holbrook | 68-74-67—209 |
| T16. | Justin Biwer | 69-73-68—210 |
| T33. | Hunter Swanson | 67-70-76—213 |
| T55. | Jack Holland | 77-69-70—216 |
| T67. | Dylan McDermott | 71-73-73—217 |
| INDIVIDUAL LEADERS |
| T1. | Peter Kim, BYU | 67-71-67—205 |
| T1. | Gabriel Palacios, Utah | 68-70-67—205 |
| T1. | Freddie Turnell, Little Rock | 69-70-66—205 |
| T1. | Daniel Svard, Northwestern | 67-70-68—205 |
| T1. | J.P. Odland, Santa Clara | 67-67-71—205 |
| TEAM STANDINGS |
| 1. | UCLA | 283-272-274—829 |
| 2. | COLORADO | 275-285-278—838 |
| 3. | Northwestern | 282-276-281—839 |
| 4. | Brigham Young | 275-286-279—840 |
| T5. | SMU | 279-276-288—843 |
| T5. | Santa Clara | 278-279-286—843 |
| 7. | Utah | 276-287-282—845 |
| 8. | Stanford | 290-283-273—846 |
| T9. | Pepperdine | 278-286-285—849 |
| T9. | Oregon | 279-288-282—849 |
| T11. | Georgia | 288-284-282—854 |
| T11. | Long Beach State | 280-288-286—854 |
| T13. | Washington | 292-279-284—855 |
| T13. | Arkansas-Little Rock | 282-290-283—855 |
| 15. | Colorado State | 287-279-291—857 |
| 16. | California | 288-287-282—857 |
| 17. | TCU | 283-295-280—858 |
| 18. | Clemson | 280-296-283—859 |
| 19. | San Francisco | 283-298-286—867 |
| 20. | Loyola Marymount | 300-294-277—871 |
| T21. | San Jose State | 294-289-289—872 |
| T21. | Fresno State | 292-299-288—879 |
| 23. | Washington State | 297-297-287—881 |
| 24. | Cal Poly | 288-306-290—884 |
| 25. | Nevada | 302-292-293—887 |
| 26. | Howard | 311-288-289—888 |
| 27. | UC Davis | 294-303-294—891 |
| 28. | Lipscomb | 298-299-298—895 |
| 29. | Wofford | 299-305-298—902 |
| 30. | Loyola (Md.) | 297-313-295—905 |
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