Feb. 4, 2017

Final Stats

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii - Senior Ben Corfee shot a 4-under-par 32 over the back nine holes then added an eagle 3 on the 513-yard fourth hole en route to a team-best 3-under 69 in Saturday's final round of the Amer Ari Intercollegiate men's golf tournament at the Kings' Course of Waikoloa Beach Resort.

As a team, UC Davis shot a 5-over 293 in the third round to finish with a 54-hole total of 875, finishing 16th in the tough 21-team field. Corfee opened his Saturday with a birdie on the 11th, then proceeded to tally red marks on the 14th, 17th and 18th. His eagle on the Hole 4 brought him to as low as 6-under for the day. Freshman Matt Robinson and junior Brandon Baumgarten added 2-over 74s for UC Davis while junior Ryan Han settled down after a tough back stretch to finish with a 4-over 76. Junior Evan Knight, the Aggies' top performer on Friday, carded a 77 to close out his tournament with a 223. Corfee tied for 50th in the individual standings with his even-par 216 total. Han was three strokes back in a tie for 66th, with Robinson (t75th), Knight (t89th) and Baumgarten (t98th) rounding out the UC Davis contingent. Texas Tech won the team championship with a 10-under-par 278 on Saturday and a three-round total of 820. USC placed second with its 36-under 828 total, while Oregon was 10 strokes back at 838 for third. TTU's Fredrik Nilehn, USC's Rico Hoey and Arizona State's Jared D'Tolt each finished at 16-under 200 for the individual medal, with Nilehn sinking a 15-foot putt to win the playoff. UC Davis returns to action at its own Prestige at PGA WEST event in La Quinta on February 20-22. The Aggies cohost the prestigious meet with Stanford. 2017 AMER ARI INTERCOLLEGIATE, DAY 3
Waikoloa Kings' Course (Waikoloa, Hawaii)
Par 72 • 7,074 yards TEAMS
1. Texas Tech, 270-272-278--820
2. USC, 273-268-287--828
3. Oregon, 285-276-277--838
t4. Arizona State, 286-279-276--841
t4. Colorado, 281-279-281--841
6. Stanford, 278-282-283--843
t7. UCLA, 285-281-285--851
t7. Georgia Tech, 288-278-285--851
t7. Texas, 284-282-285--851
t7. Oklahoma State, 286-278-287--851
11. TCU, 281-284-288--853
12. Saint Mary's, 300-279-286--865
13. Auburn, 290-292-286--868
t14. Oregon State, 292-284-296--872
t14. San Jose State, 292-289-291--872
16. UC DAVIS, 295-287-293-875
17. Hawai'i, 294-290-293--875
18. Osaka Gakuin (Japan), 298-292-297--887
19. Pacific, 298-295-295--888
20. Chico State, 292-303-295--890
21. Hawaii Hilo, 304-300-302--906
INDIVIDUALS
Leader plus UC Davis competitors t1. Fredrik Nilehn, Texas Tech, 66-67-67--200 (won playoff)
t1. Rico Hoey, USC, 67-63-70--200
t1. Jared dToit, Arizona State, 64-70-66--200
t50. Ben Corfee, 75-72-69--216
t66. Ryan Han, 69-74-76--219
t75. Matt Robinson, 75-72-74--221
t89. Evan Knight, 76-70-77--223
t98. Brandon Baumgarten, 78-73-74--225