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Men's Golf Amy-Elyzabeth Torrico, Media Relations Student Assistant

Broncos Take Third At John Burns Intercollegiate

LIHU'E, Hawaii - Santa Clara men's golf notched a top three finish at the John Burns Intercollegiate, wrapping up the tournament with a 3-under 270 in Saturday's final round to finish the event 10-under 282-70-277--830 overall. Three individuals finished inside the top-20 led by freshman Matt Robles, who turned in a 4-under 66 in the final round to move into a six-way tie for eighth at 4-under 206.

ROUND HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Santa Clara defeated five teams head-to-head that were ranked inside the top 40 of the Scoreboard rankings - No. 10 Illinois, No. 20 San Diego State, No. 21 BYU, No. 26 Texas A&M and No. 39 Long Beach State.
  • Robles shot a 4-under 66 and climbed up 16 spots on the final day to notch his third top-10 finish of the season. The freshman was bogey-free with two birdies and an eagle on the par-5 No. 10.
  • Calder Overfelt logged his fifth top-20 finish of the year with a tie for 14th at 3-under 70-67-70--207. 
  • Emil Nielsen was unable to hold on to his spot inside the top three, but still finished in a tie for 20th at 1-under 67-67-75--209 - his second-best finish of the season.
  • J.P. Odland tied for 45th at 2-over 214 while Alvaro Muller carded his best round of the tournament with a 1-under 69 to climb 18 spots into a tie for 74th. 
  • Utah and UNLV tied for team title at 22-under 818 while Gabriel Palacios (Utah) and Zach Little (UNLV) tied for medalist honors at 11-under 199. 
 

SANTA CLARA INDIVIDUALS:

Place

Player

Score

T8

Robles

72-68-66--206 (-4)

T14

Overfelt 

70-67-70--207 (-3)

T20

Nielsen

67-67-75--209 (-1)

T45

Odland

74-68-72--214 (+4)

T74

Muller

77-75-69--221 (+11)

 

TEAM STANDINGS:

Place

Team

Score

T1

Utah

818 (-22)

T1

UNLV

818 (-22)

3

Santa Clara

830 (-10)

4

Long Beach State 

835 (-5)

T5

San Diego State 

837 (-3)

T5

Texas A&M

837 (-3)

T5

Illinois 

837 (-3)

8

BYU

840 (E)

9

Grand Canyon

848 (+8)

10

Fresno State 

853 (+13)

T11

Missouri 

854 (+14)

T11

New Mexico 

854 (+14)

13

Cal

857 (+17)

14

Saint Mary's 

865 (+25)

15

Washington State 

866 (+26)

16

Hawaii

871 (+31)

17

UTEP

873 (+33)

 

NEXT UP:

The Broncos will head to Fresno for the Nick Watney Invitational February 24th and 25th. 


 
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Players Mentioned

J.P. Odland

J.P. Odland

Sophomore
Calder Overfelt

Calder Overfelt

Junior
Emil Nielsen

Emil Nielsen

6' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

J.P. Odland

J.P. Odland

Sophomore
Calder Overfelt

Calder Overfelt

Junior
Emil Nielsen

Emil Nielsen

6' 2"
Freshman