COLORADO SPRINGS — The University of Colorado men’s golf team, fresh off a solid performance four days earlier at Notre Dame, opened up Friday in a second place tie at Air Force’s Gene Miranda Invitational.
The Buffaloes shot a 1-under 287, their fourth straight subpar round, and trail in-state rival Colorado State by four shots (the Rams are in at 5-under 283). Cal State-Northridge and Utah State matched CU’s score, with rivals New Mexico State and Texas-El Paso tied for fifth with 290 totals.
Sophomore Dylan McDermott once again led CU, as he recorded a 3-under 69 on the 7,541-yard, par-72 Eisenhower Blue Golf Course configuration. It was his fourth straight subpar round to open the 2022-23 season, the most in a row by a Buff since Daniel O’Loughlin had four in the fall of 2019. He did so Friday with four birdies and 13 pars on the 7,541-yard, par-72 Eisenhower Blue Golf Course and is tied for sixth in the massive 120-player field.
McDermott won Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish Classic earlier in the week with a school record performance (10-under 200), leading CU to a fifth place finish in the 15-team field.
True freshman Hunter Swanson tied for 22nd after carding an even-par 72; he was steady (36 on each nine) and also had four birdies and 11 pars opposite two bogeys and double.
The three remaining Buffaloes in the event are all tied for 34th with 1-over par 73s: senior Adam Matteson and sophomores Justin Biwer and Tucker Clark. Matteson and Biwer had identical efforts with two birdies, 13 pars and three bogeys, while Clark matched McDermott and Swanson with a team-high four birdies, but with 10 pars, three bogeys and a double.
“Very encouraged by the day. We really didn’t have our ‘A’ games but everyone hung in there and stayed in the mix, said CU head coach Roy Edwards. “The conditions were fairly tough and the guys had to adjust on the fly. They did a great job competing and staying patient.”
Meanwhile in the Miranda Individual Invitational, sophomore Jack Hughes, the defending champion, maintained his love affair with the 6,510-yard, par-72 Eisenhower Silver Course. In winning in 2021, he had three eagles over the three days; he had two more on Friday in…
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