Colorado State University Athletics
Wednesday, November 6
Pebble Beach, Calif. / Poppy Hills Golf Club
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Saint Mary's Invitational Day 3
Rams Win Third Straight Event, Capture Title At Saint Mary's Invitational
11/6/2019 10:11:00 PM | Men's Golf
Suyasri, Bryant tie for third as CSU finishes the fall with another victory
-PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – Colorado State wrapped up one of the best fall slates in school history by capturing its third straight team tournament title by winning the 2019 Saint Mary's Invitational Wednesday. The three-round, 54-hole tournament was played at Poppy Hills Golf Club (Par 71 – 7,002 yards) in Pebble Beach, Calif.
The No. 20 Rams, according to Golfstat, entered the final round with a 6-shot lead as they started for the third consecutive day on the back nine. After briefly losing the lead at the end of nine holes, CSU rallied to go 12-under among the counters over the final nine holes to take a 5-shot victory over BYU, the team they tied with for the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate title in the previous tournament. The Rams finished at 25-under 827, with the Cougars, who entered ranked No. 6, at 20-under 832. No. 14 Arizona was third at 16-under 836, with New Mexico (11-under 841) and No. 17 Oregon State (even-par 852) rounding out the top five teams.
IN THEIR WORDS
Head coach Christian Newton
On the second round
What an incredible day for the team! We got off to a rough start but played the back 9 -12 with only one bogey. It was an awesome response to some adversity. I'm so proud of this team and their fight.
HIGHLIGHTS AND NOTES
The No. 20 Rams, according to Golfstat, entered the final round with a 6-shot lead as they started for the third consecutive day on the back nine. After briefly losing the lead at the end of nine holes, CSU rallied to go 12-under among the counters over the final nine holes to take a 5-shot victory over BYU, the team they tied with for the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate title in the previous tournament. The Rams finished at 25-under 827, with the Cougars, who entered ranked No. 6, at 20-under 832. No. 14 Arizona was third at 16-under 836, with New Mexico (11-under 841) and No. 17 Oregon State (even-par 852) rounding out the top five teams.
IN THEIR WORDS
Head coach Christian Newton
On the second round
What an incredible day for the team! We got off to a rough start but played the back 9 -12 with only one bogey. It was an awesome response to some adversity. I'm so proud of this team and their fight.
HIGHLIGHTS AND NOTES
- Of the 16 teams in this year's field, 12 are ranked in Golfweek's top 100 teams and 13 were represented in the 2019 NCAA Regionals with eight teams (CSU, Saint Mary's, Arizona, BYU, New Mexico, Oregon, Oregon State & UNC Wilmington) and five schools with individuals (Coastal Carolina, Fresno State, San Francisco, Toledo & Utah).
- This season, the Rams against schools from the various conferences are:
- Mountain West – 8-0
- Pac-12 – 4-0 (39-30-1 over last three years)
- Big Ten – 1-0 (8-0 over last three years)
- Southeastern Conference (SEC) – 6-2
- Atlantic Coast Conference – 1-1-1
- CSU has one individual win, six top-five, seven top-10 and 12 top-20 finishes in four fall events.
- Sophomore Davis Bryant has posted par or better scores in seven of his last eight rounds as he posted his second top-5 finish of the year and his collegiate career.
- Junior AJ Ott has played eight of his 11 rounds at par or better this year
- After a slow start in the opening tournament, junior Parathakorn Suyasri has finished in the top five of his next three tournaments (T-5, 1st, T-3)
- This is the third time that CSU has won three consecutive tournaments in school history and the first under head coach Christian Newton. The other two came in 2003-04 and 2008-09, though this was the highest ranked set of fields of those three groups.
- This is only the fifth time in program history that a CSU team has won three or more events in a season.
| Teams (Golfweek Rankings as of Nov. 1) | ||
| 1 | Colorado State (#14) | 267-280-280=827 (-25) |
| 2 | BYU (#18) | 276-278-278=832 (-20) |
| 3 | Arizona (#21) | 278-275-283=836 (-16) |
| 4 | New Mexico (#59) | 279-278-284=841 (-11) |
| 5 | Oregon State (#22) | 280-291-281=852 (E) |
| 6 | Saint Mary's (CA) (#65) | 283-285-285=853 (+1) |
| 7 | San Diego State | (#32) 286-286-284=856 (+4) |
| 8 | Fresno State (#113) | 290-282-290=862 (+10) |
| T9 | San Francisco (#54) | 283-286-295=864 (+12) |
| T9 | Coastal Carolina (#74) | 289-280-295=864 (+12) |
| 11 | Oregon (#94) | 287-292-287=866 (+14) |
| 12 | Utah (#53) | 288-291-289=868 (+16) |
| 13 | Santa Clara (#77) | 288-291-290=869 (+17) |
| 14 | UNCW (#110) | 292-296-283=871 (+19) |
| 15 | Toledo (#162) | 290-300+297=887 (+35) |
| 16 | Pacific (#205) | 301-304-295=900 (+48) |
| Top Five Individuals Plus CSU | ||
| 1 | Peter Kuest (BYU) | 67-68-67=202 (-11) |
| 2 | Trevor Werbylo (Arizona) | 72-67-67=206 (-7) |
| T3 | Davis Bryant (Colorado State) | 64-74-69=207 (-6) |
| T3 | Parathakorn Suyasri (Colorado State) | 68-66-73=207 (-6) |
| T3 | Carson Barry (Oregon State) | 69-71-67=207 (-6) |
| T12 | Jack Ainscough (Colorado State) | 70-70-70=210 (-3) |
| T26 | Oscar Teiffel (Colorado State) | 65-77-71=213 (E) |
| T45 | Akedanai Ponghathaikul (Colorado State-Ind.) | 71-71-75=217 (+4) |
| 99 | AJ Ott (Colorado State) | DQ-70-70 |
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