The Colorado State University men’s golf team traded Colorado snow for California wind and hail this past week as they competed in the Prestige Invitational at the Greg Norman Course at PGA West in La Quinta, California. The Rams ended tied for the 13th overall team finish out of the field of 24.
The top story from the three-day tournament had to be the turbulent conditions which included but were not limited to: wind speeds of up to 40 mph over days one and two, and hail on the tee box on day three. Despite the less than desirable conditions, the teams were still able to put up several noteworthy performances.
18th ranked Vanderbilt University made an impressive charge in the final round on Wednesday. The Commodores shot a team total of 20 birdies on the final round to finish the tournament 16-over-par over three rounds. The Rams finished round three with a team score of 47-over-par, sharing 13th place with #5 ranked Pepperdine University, the University of North Texas, and #44 ranked San Diego State University.
Davis Bryant was the best performer for the Rams in the team event. Bryant finished tied for 12th with a score of 7-over-par through three rounds to secure his 16th career top-20 finish. The Rams had a strong individual start to the tournament. After round one, Bryant was the co-leader with Vanderbilt’s Reid Davenport at two-under-par through the first 18. Fellow Ram Gunnar Broin also had a prolific third round as he finished tied for third through round one.
.@dmbryant2000 is first round co-leader as Rams are in sixth at The Prestige!
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— Colorado State Men's Golf (@CSUMGolf) February 22, 2022
The conditions took their toll, however, and the Rams weren’t able to keep that momentum until the finish. However, the Rams did beat out #47 ranked University of San Fransisco and #49 ranked University of California, Los Angeles.
Here are the final standings from the Prestige Invitational team event:
1 #18 Vanderbilt (+16) 287-311-270 = 868
2 #48 Oregon (+26) 287-306-285 = 878
3 #14 Kansas (+29) 291-304-286 = 881
4 #7 Texas Tech (+33) 299-294-292 = 885
T5 Long Beach State (+38) 289-308-293 = 890
T5 Oregon State (+38) 297-303-290 = 890
7 #9 Stanford (+39) 302-307-282 = 891
8 #29 Northwestern (+40) 302-304-286 = 892
T9 SMU (+43) 295-313-287 = 895
T9 Iowa State (+43) 301-301-293 = 895
T11 #25 LSU (+45) 288-313-296 = 897
T11 UC Davis (+45) 295-302-300 = 897
T13 #5 Pepperdine (+47) 305-300-294 = 899
T13 North Texas (+47) 300-311-288 = 899
T13 #44 San Diego State (+47) 296-308-297 = 899
T13 Colorado State (+47) 293-311-295 = 899
17 TCU (+49) 299-305-297 = 901
T18 #47 San Francisco (+50) 297-313-292 = 902
T18 Loyola Marymount Univ. (+50) 300-306-296 = 902
20 Santa Clara (+57) 298-312-299 = 909
21 #49 UCLA (+59) 302-312-297 = 911
22 Denver, U. of (+71) 306-311-306 = 923
23 Princeton (+72) 296-314-314 = 924
24 Cal Poly (+74) 315-310-301 = 926
Final Scores of Rams in Team Event:
T12 Davis Bryant (+7) 69-77-74 = 220
T68 Gunnar Broin (+16) 70-80-79 = 229
T77 Oscar Teiffel (+17) 82-74-74 = 230
T96 Connor Jones (+21) 78-80-76 = 234
118 Rasmus Hjelm (N/A) 76-0-71 = 147
The Prestige Invitational also featured an individual event at the Coral Mountain Golf club. Ian Maspat of Pepperdine took home the individual title while CSU freshman Christoph Bleier finished tied for 18th with a score of six-over-par through three rounds.
The Rams will return to California for the two-day Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic in Chula Vista, California on March 7 and 8.
Bailey Shepherd can be reached at sports@collegian.com or @B_Sheps on Twitter