PULLMAN, Wash. – The University of Utah Men’s Golf team commanded all three rounds of the Palouse Collegiate to secure the tournament victory, its first since 2021. The Utes were headlined by Sergio Jimenez, who notched his first collegiate tournament title while breaking the school record for best 54-hole score.
“The boys were incredible. All week it was an amazing performance from everybody, one through five in the lineup,” said head coach Garrett Clegg. “It’s just a great way to start the year. It’s been a few years since we’ve won so to come out and start the season with a big time win just really sets the tone for what we want to accomplish. It’s a great way to get going.”
“Sergio set a new scoring record by seven strokes and got individual win…we’ve never had anybody at 21-under par which is an incredible performance. Gabe [Palacios] added the second-lowest 54-hole score in program history behind Sergio so that’s incredible to have the two best tournaments performances in the history of the program happen in the same event…it was fun to be a part of.”
The Utes final 18-hole performance was the exclamation point to a stellar three rounds at the Palouse Ridge Golf Club. In Tuesday’s 36 holes, Utah tied the school record for the lowest team score in a single round of play during the first round (266) and later added the third-lowest team score in program history during the second round (267). This led to the Utes breaking the previous 36-hole team score school record, putting together a score of 533 to outshoot the former record by 11 strokes. After another exceptional round on Wednesday, the Utes shattered the 54-hole school record, totaling a score of 800 to dethrone the 823 team score at the Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational in 2021.
Jimenez continued to dominate the field into Wednesday, putting together an 8-under 63 performance to secure his first-place finish. Jimenez started off strong on the front nine, grabbing a birdie on the third hole and adding an eagle on fifth hole to head into the back nine 3-under. The Spaniard continued his excellent play into the back half of the course and tallied another red mark before recording back-to-back eagles on the 14th and 15th holes. Following a bogey, Jimenez closed out the final nine holes 5-under to lock in his first collegiate…
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