STANFORD, Calif. – The Washington State men’s golf team finished the 2023 Pac-12 Men’s Golf Championship in a tie for third place on the team leaderboard to post the best team finish at the Pac-12s in program history, as the Cougars end the Conference Championship by carding 5-under 1,395.
Washington State posted the second-best team score in the final round of the 2023 Pac-12 Men’s Golf Championship, as the Cougars shot 3-over 353 on Sunday to move up three spots on the team leaderboard on Sunday and end the tournament tied for third place with Colorado. It is the best team finish in program history, topping the previous best team finish of sixth place which happened in 1973.
WSU’s four-round score of 1,395 (-5) at the 2023 Pac-12 Championship sets the school record for the lowest team score at a Pac-12 Championship, besting the previous record of 1,412 (-12) set at the 2018 Pac-12 Championship at Rolling Hills Country Club. The Cougars posted round scores of 344-349-349-353; 1,395 at the Stanford Golf Course. WSU’s first round score of 344 is the second-lowest 18-hole team score in school history at the Pac-12 Championship, while Washington State’s second and third round scores of 349 is tied for the fourth-best team score at the Pac-12s for the Cougs.
Senior Pono Yanagi also made Washington State history at the Stanford Golf Course this weekend, as he finished in third place on the player leaderboard to post the best finish by a Coug at the Pac-12 Men’s Golf Championship in program history. Yanagi posted round scores of 68-66-68-66 to conclude the tournament at 12-under 268, which sets the school record for the lowest individual score at the Pac-12s. The senior from Hilo, Hawai’i wrapped up the 2023 Pac-12 Championship by carding 4-under 66 in Sunday’s fourth round. His fourth-round score of 66 (-4) matches his second-round score at this year’s tournament and it is tied for the sixth-lowest individual score at the Pac-12s in school history. Yanagi’s third-place finish tops Blake Snyder’s nine-year school record for the best finish at a Conference Championship. Snyder finished the 2014 Pac-12 Championship in a tie for fourth. Yanagi also becomes just the second WSU golfer to post a top-five finish at a Pac-12 Championship.
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