NCAA men’s golf: Which Utah college teams qualified for nationals next week?
Led by seniors Tyson Shelley and Simon Kwon, BYU placed fourth at the Athens Regional and will advance to the NCAA Men's Golf Championships in coach Bruce Brockbank's final season
Bonneville’s Parker Bunn competes in a playoff round and wins the 5A boys state golf championship at Fox Hollow Golf Club in American Fork on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News BYU’s men’s golf team — wholly comprised of Utah high school golf products — is going dancing in retiring head coach Bruce Brockbank’s final season at the helm.
The No. 24-ranked Cougars finished in fourth place at the NCAA Athens (Georgia) Regional on Wednesday at University of Georgia Golf Course in Athens, a high enough finish to send the squad to the NCAA championships next week in Carlsbad, California. With the top five teams advancing, the Cougars shot Wednesday’s best round — a 9-under 275 — and finished the 54-hole event at 20-under.
No. 13 Vanderbilt (-28) won the event (BYU won its regional in Reno, Nevada, last year), while No. 36 Louisville (-26) was second and No.
1 Auburn (-22) was third. Hard-charging Georgia, ranked No. 26 and playing at home, placed fifth at -19 to edge out College of Charleston (-18) by a stroke for the final berth.