Huge Final Round Lifts Utah Golf to Sixth-Place Finish at Redhawk Invitational

Tuesday, April 2

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Huge Final Round Lifts Utah Golf to Sixth-Place Finish at Redhawk Invitational

4/2/2019 5:03 PM | Men's Golf

Final Round Results

Utes record the lowest final round score of any team on Tuesday.

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – The Utah men's golf team posted the best final round score of any team on Tuesday at the Redhawk Invitational to climb the leaderboard 10 slots on the final day and finish in sixth place in the 18-team field at the Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Wash.

Led by Tristan Mandur on Tuesday, Utah's four scorers registered a final round score of 13-under par (271), which was the best round of the day by seven strokes. The Utes finished the two-day event with a 54-hole score of 10-under par (287-284-271=842) after the stellar final round on the par-71, 6998-yard golf course.

Mandur tabbed a career-low 8-under par (63) on the final day to finish tied for 15^th overall, which is his third top-20 finish of the year. Mandur had a combined event score of 4-under par (209). Mandur's 8-under par ties the lowest score under par all-time, while the round of 63 is the second lowest round in school history behind former Ute, Jonathan Thomas, who notched a round of 62 in 2014.

Kyler Dunkle wrapped up the tournament with another round under par, shooting 3-under (68) to close out the event. Dunkle finished tied for seventh place with a 54-hole score of 7-under par (206). The top-10 finish is Dunkle's fourth of the season and ninth in his career. The nine career top-10's ties for the second most in Utah golf history, ranking only behind Dustin Pimm's 17 career top-10 finishes.

"Great playing today by the boys," said head coach Garrett Clegg. "It was really good to see them bounce back from yesterday! Tristan played awesome today and had a terrific bogey-free round. Kyler got another top-10 finish which was also great to see. We were able to make the tournament a lot better, but we still have a lot to work on. This was a great confidence boost to have the low round of the day today and to do that by a lot of strokes. We are a really good team and the boys just need to learn to believe that a bit more."

Axel Einarsson went 2-under par (69) in the final round to help the Utes' team score on Tuesday. Einarsson finished the event at 2-over par (215) and finished tied for 44^th. Jordan Costello also tied for 44^th after posting a combined score of 2-over par (215). Costello shot even par (71) to round out Utah's four scorers in the final round.

Blake Tomlinson went 1-over (72) in the final round of action to finish with a 54-hole score of 3-over par (216). Tomlinson finished tied for 55^th place.

UCLA took home the team title with a 54-hole score of 37-under par. Fresno State (-25) finished in second place, Oregon State (-15) finished third, Drexel (-12) placed fourth, while UT-Arlington (-11) closed out the teams that finished ahead of the Utes.

The Utah men's golf team will close out the 2018-19 regular season on Friday and Saturday, April 12-13, at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational. The two-day event will be held at the Papago Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz.