SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The University of Colorado men’s golf team couldn’t finish strong as was the desire and wound up slipping into a 12th place finish in the Mirabel Maui Jim Intercollegiate, the first tournament of the ’23-24 season for the Buffaloes.
No. 6 Auburn led from start to finish, posting a most-impressive 56-under par team score of 796 to open the season. Fresno State leapfrogged No. 30 San Diego State in the last round to claim runner-up honors with an 807 score, while the Aztecs were two back at 809. Rounding out the top five were No. 28 Ohio State (815) and SMU (820).
The Buffaloes, who had opened the year with two team scores under par, never could get untracked Sunday, turning in a 6-over par score of 290 to finish with a 9-under 843 final total.
All five of CU’s players who competed here on the 7,147-yard, par-71 Mirabel Club course are Jim juniors.
Justin Biwer led the Buffaloes here, firing a 2-under 69 in the final round for a 10-under 203 score, tying him for 13th. That bested by one stroke his previous 54-hole best effort, which came in the fall of his freshman year in Hawaii’s Ka’anapali Classic. He was solid throughout the weekend, recording a team-high 16 birdies, tying for 12th in the 75-man field, with 32 pars and just six bogeys; he started the final round on No. 10 and had eight straight holes of par or better to open play.
Biwer’s scorecard of three scores in the 60s marked the 12th time in CU history a player accomplished the feat, done by 11 different players. He now had 24 rounds in the 60s just slightly past the midway point of his career, including a team-best 43 subpar rounds (fourth-most in school history).
Dylan McDermott fashioned a 1-under 70 to finish with a 5-under 208 effort, which tied him for 25th. He opened strong Sunday with two birdies on his first five holes (both par-3s on the back nine) and basically played even until the last hole, one of three bogeys on the round; otherwise he had five birdies and 10 pars in round three, with 15 birds and 29 pars overall. He played the par-5s best of all the Buffs at 7-under.
Tucker Clark shot a 5-over 76 for a tourney-ending 5-over 215, which placed him 62nd. He had three birdies and nine pars, struggling the most on the par-3’s that he was 4-over on, most of his overage. He double-bogeyed two of his first four holees (Nos. 11 and 13), though those did sandwich a birdie in-between. He had 11 birdies and 32 pars for the…
No. 6 Auburn led from start to finish, posting a most-impressive 56-under par team score of 796 to open the season. Fresno State leapfrogged No. 30 San Diego State in the last round to claim runner-up honors with an 807 score, while the Aztecs were two back at 809. Rounding out the top five were No. 28 Ohio State (815) and SMU (820).
The Buffaloes, who had opened the year with two team scores under par, never could get untracked Sunday, turning in a 6-over par score of 290 to finish with a 9-under 843 final total.
All five of CU’s players who competed here on the 7,147-yard, par-71 Mirabel Club course are Jim juniors.
Justin Biwer led the Buffaloes here, firing a 2-under 69 in the final round for a 10-under 203 score, tying him for 13th. That bested by one stroke his previous 54-hole best effort, which came in the fall of his freshman year in Hawaii’s Ka’anapali Classic. He was solid throughout the weekend, recording a team-high 16 birdies, tying for 12th in the 75-man field, with 32 pars and just six bogeys; he started the final round on No. 10 and had eight straight holes of par or better to open play.
Biwer’s scorecard of three scores in the 60s marked the 12th time in CU history a player accomplished the feat, done by 11 different players. He now had 24 rounds in the 60s just slightly past the midway point of his career, including a team-best 43 subpar rounds (fourth-most in school history).
Dylan McDermott fashioned a 1-under 70 to finish with a 5-under 208 effort, which tied him for 25th. He opened strong Sunday with two birdies on his first five holes (both par-3s on the back nine) and basically played even until the last hole, one of three bogeys on the round; otherwise he had five birdies and 10 pars in round three, with 15 birds and 29 pars overall. He played the par-5s best of all the Buffs at 7-under.
Tucker Clark shot a 5-over 76 for a tourney-ending 5-over 215, which placed him 62nd. He had three birdies and nine pars, struggling the most on the par-3’s that he was 4-over on, most of his overage. He double-bogeyed two of his first four holees (Nos. 11 and 13), though those did sandwich a birdie in-between. He had 11 birdies and 32 pars for the…
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