BOULDER, Colo. – Washington State men’s golf senior Pono Yanagi tied his best-career finish by carding 4-under; 66 in the final round of the 2022 Mark Simpson-Colorado Invitational. The Hilo, Hawai’i native tied for fifth place after he posted 2-under; 208 to earn his second top-five finish of the season.
“Pono had a solid week,” said Head Coach Dustin White. “Posting back-to-back top five finishes speaks to how well he’s playing. His bogey-free 66 today was impressive and it will be exciting to see how the rest of his season unfolds”.
Yanagi collected four birdies during the final round to go 1-under on his front nine and 3-under on his back nine. The senior moved up an impressive 16 spots on the player leaderboard in his final round of play to give Yanagi his third career top-10 finish.
The Washington State men’s golf team finished at 18-over; 858 in three rounds of play at the Boulder Country Club. Two Cougars finished in a tie for 42nd place on the player leaderboard, as junior Preston Bebich and sophomore Peter Jung carded 6-over; 216. Bebich had four birdies in his final round and bumped up four spots on the player leaderboard after round two.
Junior Jaden Cantafio carded 9-over; 219 and freshman Sam Renner finished at 12-over; 222 to end the three-day tournament.
The Cougars resumed second round play Tuesday morning after play was suspended Monday due to inclement weather. Wazzu finished the round at 9-over; 289 to put them in a tie for tenth place heading into the final round. Jung carded 1-over; 71 and went into the third round in a tie for tenth place on the player leaderboard. Yanagi shot even-par in the second round to finish in a tie for 21st.
The University of Wyoming shot 2-under; 838 to take the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational team title. Utah Valley’s Brady McKinlay took first place after he carded 7-under; 203.
Next up, the Cougars head to Corvallis for the Oregon State Invitational on Oct. 10-11 at the Trysting Tree Country Club. Check back with WSUCougars.com for a full tournament preview.
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