Alexa Anderson | Posted: 23 Sep 2017 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020

Fishburn and Kuest lead Cougars to third place after day one

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — BYU men’s golf sits in third place at the William H. Tucker Invitational on Friday behind seventh place finishes from Patrick Fishburn and Peter Kuest.

Teams battled 15-30 mph winds throughout most of the day, with rain and high winds troubling players in the second round.

"We hung in there today," BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. "We played a really good first round, but started the second round poorly and gave up some shots toward the end. If we start making putts, we will have a chance to make a run tomorrow."

The Cougars fired a first-round 284 (-4), followed by a second-round 302 (+14) to shoot +10 on Friday. UNLV leads all teams at -1 and Washington sits in second place at +5. West Coast Conference foe San Diego sits in 16th place.

Fishburn carded 70-75 to shoot 1-over through 36 holes. The senior finished the first round strong, birdying four of the last eight holes. The 2016-17 WCC Co-Player of the Year birdied seven holes on Friday. Kuest also fired 70-75 to tie for seventh place, birdying six holes.

"Peter (Kuest) and Patrick (Fishburn) both played solid today," Brockbank said. "So did CJ (Lee)."

CJ Lee and Rhett Rasmussen are tied for 18th and 33rd place, respectively. Lee shot 3-over through 36 holes, while Rasmussen shot 5-over.

In his first tournament as a Cougar, freshman Andrew Chin is tied for 91st through two rounds of play.

Kelton Hirsch fired 74-82 to tie for 79th place at 12-over. Hirsch is competing as an individual.

BYU men’s golf will play the third and final round of the William H. Tucker Invitational on Saturday. Teams will begin play at 7:45 a.m. MT. Go to the BYU men’s golf schedule page to follow the Cougars live.

William H. Tucker Invitational - Sept. 22, 2017

UNM South Golf Course 

Place Player Round 1 Round 2 Total To-Par
T7 Patrick Fishburn 70 75 145 +1
T7 Peter Kuest 70 75 145 +1
T18 CJ Lee 72 75 147 +3
T33 Rhett Rasmussen 72 77 149 +5
T91 Andrew Chin 81 78 159 +15
T79 Kelton Hirsch* 74 82 156 +12

*Competed as an individual

Place Team Round 1 Round 2 Total To-Par
1 UNLV 282 293 575 -1
2 Washington 294 287 581 +5
3 BYU 284 302 586 +10
T4 Arizona 292 297 589 +13
T4 Colorado State 295 294 589 +13
T6 New Mexico 297 295 592 +16
T7 San Diego State 292 300 592 +16
8 CSU - Fullerton 294 299 593 +17
9 Colorado 294 303 597 +21
10 UT Arlington 299 299 598 +22
11 Denver 298 303 601 +25
12 Nevada 294 308 602 +26
13 Washington State 305 301 606 +30
T14 New Mexico State 303 305 608 +32
T14 Louisiana Tech 307 301 608 +32
16 San Diego 307 302 609 +33
17 UTEP 306 307 613 +37