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.