Jack Dyer of Cal State Fullerton shared medalist honors, but lost out to a birdie by Michael Salazar of Grand Canyon on the first playoff hole, and host Colorado claimed the team title in the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational at Colorado National Golf Club https://www.coloradonationalgolfclub.com in Erie, Colo.
Dyer, a senior from England who was medalist in the Sacramento State Invitational last season, posted a score of 66-68-70—204, 12-under-par, while Daniel O’Loughlin of Colorado finished at 69-67-68—204 and Salazar wound up at 66-68-70—204.
O’Laughlin and Dyer both made par as Salazar won with his birdie in the playoff.
Carl Underwood of Wyoming was fourth at 71-66-68—205, while Paul Gonzalez of Terxas-Arlington shot 70-67-69—206 to tie for fifth with Witchayapat Sinsrang of Omaha, who wound up at 66-67-73—206.
Derek Castillo of Cal State Fullerton was seventh at 67-73-67—207, while Ross Macdonald of Colorado totaled 72-70-66—208 to tie for eighth with Kyle Cox of Texas-Arlington, who finished at 68-71-69—208, and Colten Cordingley of Utah State, who came in at 67-69-72—208.
Colorado took the team championship for the seventh consecutive year with a score of 276-280-273—829, 35-under-par, followed by Grand Canyon at 278-283-278—839, Wyoming at 279-283-282—844, Cal State Fullerton at 282-281-282—845 and Texas-Arlington at 285-281-280—846.
Omaha posted a score of 287-279-282—848 to tie for sixth with Utah State, which wound up at 281-279-288—848, while Northern Colorado was eighth at 285-289-276—850, followed by Southern Utah at 299-287-277—863 and Incarnate Word at 289-300-290—879.
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