SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The University of Colorado men’s golf team recorded a solid performance here Monday in its 2022-23 season with a fifth place finish in the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Invitational, but the story of the day for the Buffaloes was an individual win with a record-setting performance by sophomore Dylan McDermott.
Florida let from wire-to-wire in winning with a 21-under par 819 score, holding off a charge from Georgia Southern, which was 12-under par for the final round to jump into second with an 820 total. North Carolina slipped into third (821), with host Notre Dame fourth (821). The Buffaloes nabbed fifth with a third straight subpar round of their own, finishing with a 7-under 833 score.
McDermott, who hails from Granite Bay, Calif., turned in a 10-under par, 69-66-65—200 scorecard over the three rounds here on the 7,023-yard, par-70 Warren Golf Course layout, setting a CU record for the lowest gross score, whether it was a par-70, par-71 or par-72 configuration. In doing so, he took over the top spot in the tournament when he birdied Nos. 15 and 17 coming into the club house.
McDermott was caught late by North Carolina’s David Ford, who had two birdies and an eagle in his final five holes to finish with a 6-under 64 to force a playoff for the trophy; both get credit for a win. Both players scored par on No. 1, the first playoff hole (372-yard, par-4), and then moved to No. 6 (473-yard, par-4), where both players landed in a green-side bunker and went on to bogey; Ford missed a 10-foot putt for the win. The duo then played No. 1 again, where both made par from about 15 feet to go back to No. 6; McDermott two-putted from about 15 feet while Ford made bogey.
“Dylan was obviously really good from start to finish,” said CU head coach Roy Edwards. “He took a big step forward and did an incredible job in the playoff. Both players had chances to win and he just kept in it. He hit a great approach into the fourth playoff hole and all he needed was two putts for the win.
“The impressive thing about the playoff is that he was very steady emotionally and recognized that he had a lot of adrenalin going,” Edwards continued. “Normally someone might not realize that, and his heart might have been beating quickly, but he was in the zone emotionally and that allowed him to trust his abilities.”
McDermott is the first Buff to win a major tournament since Daniel O’Loughlin won CU’s Mark Simpson Invitational in 2019;…
Florida let from wire-to-wire in winning with a 21-under par 819 score, holding off a charge from Georgia Southern, which was 12-under par for the final round to jump into second with an 820 total. North Carolina slipped into third (821), with host Notre Dame fourth (821). The Buffaloes nabbed fifth with a third straight subpar round of their own, finishing with a 7-under 833 score.
McDermott, who hails from Granite Bay, Calif., turned in a 10-under par, 69-66-65—200 scorecard over the three rounds here on the 7,023-yard, par-70 Warren Golf Course layout, setting a CU record for the lowest gross score, whether it was a par-70, par-71 or par-72 configuration. In doing so, he took over the top spot in the tournament when he birdied Nos. 15 and 17 coming into the club house.
McDermott was caught late by North Carolina’s David Ford, who had two birdies and an eagle in his final five holes to finish with a 6-under 64 to force a playoff for the trophy; both get credit for a win. Both players scored par on No. 1, the first playoff hole (372-yard, par-4), and then moved to No. 6 (473-yard, par-4), where both players landed in a green-side bunker and went on to bogey; Ford missed a 10-foot putt for the win. The duo then played No. 1 again, where both made par from about 15 feet to go back to No. 6; McDermott two-putted from about 15 feet while Ford made bogey.
“Dylan was obviously really good from start to finish,” said CU head coach Roy Edwards. “He took a big step forward and did an incredible job in the playoff. Both players had chances to win and he just kept in it. He hit a great approach into the fourth playoff hole and all he needed was two putts for the win.
“The impressive thing about the playoff is that he was very steady emotionally and recognized that he had a lot of adrenalin going,” Edwards continued. “Normally someone might not realize that, and his heart might have been beating quickly, but he was in the zone emotionally and that allowed him to trust his abilities.”
McDermott is the first Buff to win a major tournament since Daniel O’Loughlin won CU’s Mark Simpson Invitational in 2019;…
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