NCAA Golf: BYU clings to a spot in nationals with 1 round to play
Deseret News • • sports
Key Points:
- BYU's men's golf team is currently in fifth place at the Athens Regional with an 11-under score through 36 holes, positioning them well to advance to the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships next week in California.
- Vanderbilt leads the Athens Regional at 22-under, followed by Louisville, Auburn, and Georgia, with BYU just a stroke behind Georgia and closely contested by Charleston and Illinois.
- Freshman Parker Bunn leads BYU individually at 4-under for the tournament, while other key contributors include Peter Kim and Kihei Akina, the No. 6-ranked golfer nationally.
- Utah’s men’s golf team is struggling at the Columbus Regional, sitting in last place at +35 and needing a significant turnaround to qualify for nationals.
- Utah players Davis Johnson and Gabriel Palacios each shot 3-over 74, with the team trailing the fifth-place qualifier by 15 shots, making advancement highly unlikely.