SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — University of Colorado sophomore golfer Dylan McDermott advanced out of a playoff here early Monday and then went on to finish tied for 48th as the stroke play portion of the NCAA Championship Finals came to a conclusion.
McDermott wrapped things here with a 2-over 72, giving him a 7-over 287 total. He had three birdies and 10 pars with five bogeys in the hot Arizona sun, in a round that took 5 hours and 15 minutes to complete. The 287 gross score is the fourth-best by a Buffalo in 72 holes in an NCAA, behind three 286 performances including Hale Irwin’s win in the 1967 event.
He started and finished his round with birdies on the 7,289-yard, par-70 Grayhawk Golf Club course design. He began the day on the 390-yard, par-4 10th hole and opened with a birdie, but bogeyed No. 12, a 468-yard, par-4; he then made six straight pars to finish the back nine even. That included parring the toughest hole of the tournament, the 520-yard, par-4 18th hole, which No. 1 Vanderbilt went through before him and its five players were collectively 9-over par. It was the second time McDermott parred it Monday, as it was also the playoff hole he played earlier in the day.
He ran into a stretch of trouble on the front side; after parring No. 1, he scored consecutive bogeys on Nos. 2, 3 and 4 to climb to 3-over. After scoring a 3 on the par-3 5th, he birdied the short par-4 No. 6 (348 yards), but then bogeyed No. 7 (a 502-yard par-4). No. 8 was a par 3 which he scored par, and then he closed the round and the championship with a birdie on the 468-yard, par-4 9th hole, which his approach shot landed to within eight feet. It was one of just 11 birdies on the hole Monday.
“Obviously his par in the playoff was a spectacular one, exciting and a great way to get the day started,” CU head coach Roy Edwards said. “He played solid for the most part, just had a stretch where he struggled a bit with the three bogeys in a row, but he really had a good finish. He had a great save on 5 from the bunker, and he nearly holed his second shot on 6 and had a tap-in birdie. He bogeyed 7 which a lot guys do, got his par on 8 and the nice birdie on 9.”
“He had a spectacular year, finishing 48th out of 156 players in the best amateur tournament in the world is a nice accomplishment. We expect him to be on an All-America…
McDermott wrapped things here with a 2-over 72, giving him a 7-over 287 total. He had three birdies and 10 pars with five bogeys in the hot Arizona sun, in a round that took 5 hours and 15 minutes to complete. The 287 gross score is the fourth-best by a Buffalo in 72 holes in an NCAA, behind three 286 performances including Hale Irwin’s win in the 1967 event.
He started and finished his round with birdies on the 7,289-yard, par-70 Grayhawk Golf Club course design. He began the day on the 390-yard, par-4 10th hole and opened with a birdie, but bogeyed No. 12, a 468-yard, par-4; he then made six straight pars to finish the back nine even. That included parring the toughest hole of the tournament, the 520-yard, par-4 18th hole, which No. 1 Vanderbilt went through before him and its five players were collectively 9-over par. It was the second time McDermott parred it Monday, as it was also the playoff hole he played earlier in the day.
He ran into a stretch of trouble on the front side; after parring No. 1, he scored consecutive bogeys on Nos. 2, 3 and 4 to climb to 3-over. After scoring a 3 on the par-3 5th, he birdied the short par-4 No. 6 (348 yards), but then bogeyed No. 7 (a 502-yard par-4). No. 8 was a par 3 which he scored par, and then he closed the round and the championship with a birdie on the 468-yard, par-4 9th hole, which his approach shot landed to within eight feet. It was one of just 11 birdies on the hole Monday.
“Obviously his par in the playoff was a spectacular one, exciting and a great way to get the day started,” CU head coach Roy Edwards said. “He played solid for the most part, just had a stretch where he struggled a bit with the three bogeys in a row, but he really had a good finish. He had a great save on 5 from the bunker, and he nearly holed his second shot on 6 and had a tap-in birdie. He bogeyed 7 which a lot guys do, got his par on 8 and the nice birdie on 9.”
“He had a spectacular year, finishing 48th out of 156 players in the best amateur tournament in the world is a nice accomplishment. We expect him to be on an All-America…
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