Blair tied for sixth, team tied for fifth
FRESNO, Calif. -- Zac Blair shot 22 consecutive pars to lead the Cougars to a fifth place standing after two rounds at the Fresno State Lexus Classic on Monday.
BYU shot a four-under-par 356 during Monday's opening round, followed by a second round 367 (+7) to finish at three-over-par. They currently stand tied for fifth place with Oregon, four strokes behind fourth place Northwestern (-1). No. 1 California leads all teams at 26-under-par, 22 strokes ahead of second place Fresno State (-4).
"We started hot and were hanging right with California after about 9 or 10 holes, but then we didn't finish very well," BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. "This afternoon we had the same thing, we just didn't make a lot of putts."
Blair had a solid first round for the Cougars, finishing with five birdies and one bogey to go four-under-par during the opening round. Blair shot par on every hole during round two and currently stands tied for sixth place at four-under-par. Michael Kim of California currently stands in first on the player leaderboard at 11-under-par, seven strokes ahead of Blair.
"Zac played really good," BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. "He had plenty of chances; just his speed was a little bit off after mid-round."
Juniors Justin Keiley and Jordan Hammer currently stand tied for 25th in the individual standings, going even-par through the first two rounds. Keiley made 11 birdies on the day, while Hammer converted six birdies of his own.
Sophomore Mike Jurca had a consistent effort for the Cougars in his first spring tournament action of the new year. Jurca shot a 74 (+2) during the opening round and a second round 73 (+1).
The Cougars will look to rise up in the team standings during tomorrow's final round with tee times set to start at 7:35 a.m. PST. Follow the Cougars live on golfstat.com.
Individual Scores
Place | Player | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total Score |
T6 | Zac Blair | 68 | 72 |
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T25 | Justin Keiley | 70 | 74 | E |
T25 | Jordan Hammer | 69 | 75 | E |
T51 | Mike Jurca | 74 | 73 | +3 |
T66 | Devon Purser | 75 | 74 | +5 |
T75 | Joe Parkinson | 76 | 74 | +6 |
Team Scores
Place | Team | Score |
1 | California | -26 |
2 | Fresno State | -4 |
3 | Arizona | -2 |
4 | Northwestern | -1 |
T5 | Brigham Young | +3 |
T5 | Oregon | +3 |
T7 | UC Santa Barbara | +4 |
T7 | Colorado State | +4 |
9 | Oregon State | +5 |
10 | Kansas State | +6 |
11 | UC Irvine | +8 |
12 | Pacific | +10 |
13 | Nevada | +11 |
14 | Hawaii | +13 |
15 | Sacramento State | +14 |
16 | Cal Poly | +26 |
17 | Utah | +36 |