Dunkle Leads Utah Golf at Redhawk Invitational

Monday, April 1

University Place, WA

All Day

University of Utah

Redhawks Invitational

4/1/2019 9:35 PM | Men's Golf

First and Second Round Results

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – The Utah men's golf team completed the first and second rounds of the Redhawk Invitational on Monday. Senior Kyler Dunkle led the Utes on the first day and is tied for 15^th place heading into the final round at the Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Wash.

Dunkle carded 1-over par (72) in the first round, but then turned around and notched 5-under (66) on the final 18 holes of the day after only registering one bogey in his second round. Dunkle sits tied for 15^th with his 36-hole score of 4-under par to lead the Utes.

Utah's four scorers began the event by recording 3-over par (287) as a team, while closing out the day with a second-round even par (284). The Utes' two-round score of 3-over par (571) puts the team in 16^th place in the 18-team field. However, Utah is just six strokes back of making its way into the top-half of the team standings and seven strokes back of the three teams tied in sixth place.

"It was good to see Kyler play better during the second round," said Utah head coach Garrett Clegg. "Hopefully the rest of the guys can have a better day tomorrow and help our team score more. We need everyone to show up tomorrow. We really didn't drive the ball well on the par 5's and it hurt our ability to reach those holes in two shots. Hopefully we can play them better tomorrow!"

Junior Jordan Costello and sophomore Blake Tomlinson are tied for 58^th place with scores of 2-over par. Costello shot rounds of 1-over par (72), while Tomlinson went 1-under par (71) in the first round and then 2-over par (73) in the second round.

Rounding out Utah's line-up, freshman Axel Einarsson and sophomore Tristan Mandur are tied for 70^th overall. Einarsson and Mandur both have 36-hole scores of 4-over par heading into Tuesday's final round. Einarsson shot 1-over (72) and 3-over (74) on Monday, while Mandur carded rounds of 2-over par (73).

UCLA leads the 18-team field with a score of 31-under par. Fresno State (-27) is in second place, while Oregon State (-16) follows in third. Drexel (-14) and UT-Arlington (-9) are in fourth and fifth places, respectively, ahead of three teams tied for sixth place at 4-under par.

The final round of the Redhawk Invitational will begin Tuesday morning at 8 a.m PT. Live scoring for the event can be found at BirdieFire.com.