Cougars Finish Second at PING Cougar Classic

PROVO -- The 12th-ranked BYU men's golf team wrapped up its final regular-season tournament, placing second in the 2005 PING Cougar Classic with a 36-under-par 828, its third-lowest total score of the season.

BYU finished eight strokes back of the tournament champion Fresno State Bulldogs, who set a new Cougar Classic record for the lowest tournament score at 820, a record set by BYU in 2000. Colorado State finished just one stroke back (829) of the Cougars, followed by San Diego State in fourth place (834).

The Cougars, who placed four golfers in the top 20 for the fourth time this season, began the final round just four strokes behind the Bulldogs, but were unable to catch up as the Bulldogs pulled away from the 19-team field, shooting the lowest final-round score (277). Only one golfer on BYU's A team had a round over par during all three rounds of the tournament.

"We didn't play that well in the third round to be honest," said BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank. "Sure everybody was hungry, but we ran into a team that played great golf."

Fresno State's Mark Modglin (202) beat out teammate Ryan Carter and BYU's Nick Becker to win the 2005 PING Cougar Classic individual title. Carter finished second at 203, while Becker finished third at 204, his best finish and 54-hole score this season.

Becker and Oscar Alvarez began the final round four strokes behind Modglin, but were unable to capitalize on several scoring opportunities.

"I felt comfortable with the ball," Becker said. "I hit a lot of good putts today, but they just didn't fall like yesterday."

Alvarez struggled on the greens during the final round, falling to fifth place with a third-round 71. He finished the tournament at 205, his second-best tournament score this season.

Senior Chris Graham, a member of BYU's B team, finished in seventh place at 206, totaling five BYU golfers in the top 20. Graham wrapped up his collegiate golfing career with his second-best finish as a Cougar as well as a career-best round five-under-par 67 yesterday.

Seniors Ron Harvey, Jr. and Greg Machtaler also wrapped up their final regular-season tournament of their collegiate golfing careers. Both golfers struggled in the final round with Harvey shooting an even-par 72 (209) and Machtaler shooting a 1-under-par 71 (211).

Other BYU finishes included sophomores Clay Ogden in 23rd place (213) and Jake Ellison (216), juniors Shaun Wurtz (222) and Greg Hunt (227) and senior Todd Miller (224).

The Cougars will travel to the Mountain West Conference Championship in Sunriver, Ore. April 28-30, where they will take on No. 4 UNLV and No. 5 New Mexico as well as other conference opponents.

FINAL RESULTS           Ping Golf Cougar Classic      
                         Riverside C.C.           Provo, UT      
                         Dates: 04/22 - 04/23     (Today:04-23-2005)
                                   Par:        72                
                                   Yardage:  7001                
   Fin.   Name                   School       Scores  
      1   Mark Modglin           Fresno St.    66   64   72    202  -14
      2   Ryan Carter            Fresno St.    68   68   67    203  -13
      3   Brian Kelley           Fresno St.    67   69   68    204  -12
          Nick Becker            BYU           70   64   70    204  -12
      5   John Hayes             Col. St.      71   65   69    205  -11
          Oscar Alvarez          BYU           65   69   71    205  -11
      7   Chris Graham           BYUB          70   67   69    206  -10
      8   Kenny Ebalo            So. Utah      68   71   68    207   -9
          Kevin McAlpine         Col. St.      70   67   70    207   -9
          Andrew Scott           SanDiegoSt    70   67   70    207   -9
     11   Dan Silva              Wyoming       71   70   67    208   -8
     12   Jarett Hamamoto        Hawaii        69   70   70    209   -7
          Derrick Whiting        Col. St.      75   67   67    209   -7
          Ron Harvey, Jr.        BYU           69   68   72    209   -7
     15   James Love             Denver        68   71   71    210   -6
          Josh Warthen           SanDiegoSt    70   72   68    210   -6
     17   Cody Wolfenbarger      Hawaii        74   67   70    211   -5
          James Allenby          UTEP          71   70   70    211   -5
          Greg Machtaler         BYU           69   71   71    211   -5
          Aaron Choi             SanDiegoSt    67   69   75    211   -5
          Gilberto Rodriguez     SanDiegoSt    68   72   71    211   -5
          Jimmy Cunningham       Denver        71   69   71    211   -5
          Eric Nilsson           So. Utah      75   68   68    211   -5
     24   Ashdon Woods           Utah          70   71   71    212   -4
          Tadd Cox               UVSC          72   69   71    212   -4
          Steve Strong           UC Davis      71   68   73    212   -4
          Aaron Weston           Col. St.      70   68   74    212   -4
     28   Clay Ogden             BYUB          70   71   72    213   -3
          Tyler Goulding         Air Force     69   66   78    213   -3
          Zac Hildenbrand        UTEP          71   70   72    213   -3
          Tim Knight             N.Colorado    68   71   74    213   -3
          Darren Fletcher        Nevada        73   70   70    213   -3
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 FINAL RESULTS           Ping Golf Cougar Classic      
                         Riverside C.C.           Provo, UT      
                         Dates: 04/22 - 04/23     (Today:04-23-2005)
                                   Par:        72                
                                   Yardage:  7001                
   Fin.   Name                   School       Scores  
     33   John Cassidy           Nevada        74   71   69    214   -2
          Clay Bingham           Weber St.     70   71   73    214   -2
          Ryan McDonald          Fresno St.    74   70   70    214   -2
          Kurt Owen              Weber St.     72   69   73    214   -2
     37   Alex Balog             Ferris St.    73   73   69    215   -1
          Chris Ellis            N.Colorado    70   73   72    215   -1
          Eric Baily             Wyoming       74   68   73    215   -1
          Steve Newren           Utah          73   73   69    215   -1
          Brett Black            Utah State    72   72   71    215   -1
          Pierre-Henri Soero     Hawaii        73   71   71    215   -1
          Nate Pettitt           Col. St.      73   70   72    215   -1
     44   Jay Westerlund         UC Davis      71   71   74    216    E
          Linus Nilsson          SanDiegoSt    72   74   70    216    E
          Jake Ellison           BYU           74   70   72    216    E
          Eric Higgins           N.Colorado    73   70   73    216    E
     48   Matt Hastings          Boise St.     74   73   70    217   +1
          Greg Buckway           Weber St.     76   70   71    217   +1
          Scott Tashie           Denver        71   72   74    217   +1
          Jason Williams         Boise St.     70   72   75    217   +1
     52   Jon Rosa               Fresno St.    71   72   75    218   +2
          Matt Williams          Weber St.     70   72   76    218   +2
          Kellen-Floyd Asao      Hawaii        72   74   72    218   +2
     55   Charlie Soule          Denver        73   74   72    219   +3
          Zach Johnson           So. Utah      72   75   72    219   +3
          Jeff Carlson           Ferris St.    79   67   73    219   +3
          Kyle Mason             Ferris St.    72   70   77    219   +3
          Jesse Wheeler          So. Utah      70   78   71    219   +3
          Eric Restrepo          UC Davis      74   72   73    219   +3
          Manuel Torres          UTEP          75   70   74    219   +3
          James Haban            Nevada        73   71   75    219   +3
          Jonathan Stecher       N.Colorado    69   75   75    219   +3
     64   Nic Van Vuuren         UVSC          74   75   71    220   +4
          Adam Hagen             Nevada        74   69   77    220   +4
          Trent Rommann          UTEP          75   73   72    220   +4
          Dustin Mills           N.Colorado    69   75   76    220   +4
          Aaron Brown            Ferris St.    73   76   71    220   +4
          Nick Travers           Boise St.     77   70   73    220   +4
          Cody Huot              Utah State    73   74   73    220   +4
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 FINAL RESULTS           Ping Golf Cougar Classic      
                         Riverside C.C.           Provo, UT      
                         Dates: 04/22 - 04/23     (Today:04-23-2005)
                                   Par:        72                
                                   Yardage:  7001                
   Fin.   Name                   School       Scores  
     64   Chad Follett           Air Force     76   72   72    220   +4
          Jared Humphries        Utah State    73   71   76    220   +4
     73   Barry Schenk           Weber St.     73   73   75    221   +5
          Colby Lindsay          UTEP          74   73   74    221   +5
     75   Taylor Edwards         So. Utah      77   69   76    222   +6
          Dustin Pimm            Utah          70   76   76    222   +6
          Shaun Wurtz            BYUB          76   76   70    222   +6
          Jeff Gibson            UVSC          73   74   75    222   +6
     79   Brendon Ehlers         Utah State    75   74   74    223   +7
          Kala'e Leong           Air Force     74   76   73    223   +7
          Dustin Hall            Nevada        74   73   76    223   +7
          Anthony Gillick        Denver        72   74   77    223   +7
     83   Adam Choy              Boise St.     76   73   75    224   +8
          Todd Miller            BYUB          75   79   70    224   +8
     85   Jeff Franks            Wyoming       72   69   84    225   +9
          David Stewart          Wyoming       77   74   74    225   +9
     87   Brett Kleinkopf        Boise St.     72   79   75    226  +10
          Scott Redmond          Air Force     73   77   76    226  +10
          Daryl McCoy            Air Force     76   76   74    226  +10
     90   Greg Hunt              BYUB          80   73   74    227  +11
          Cody Powers            UVSC          74   76   77    227  +11
          Chris Gresh            Utah          81   73   73    227  +11
          Niel King              Wyoming       79   75   73    227  +11
     94   Erik Hill              UC Davis      76   81   71    228  +12
          Ben Douglas            Hawaii        74   78   76    228  +12
     96   Preston Otte           Utah State    78   77   74    229  +13
          Jake Sowby             Utah          79   74   76    229  +13
     98   Milo Lines             UVSC          77   81   77    235  +19
          Todd Griffin           Ferris St.    77   82   76    235  +19
     WD   Louie Bishop           UC Davis      68   69   WD       
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