Golfers End Fifth In Ka’anapali Classic by OUTRIGGER

LAHAINA, Maui – The University of Colorado males’s golf group had a stable closing spherical in little windier situations than the earlier two days, however held on for a fifth place end within the Eleventh Annual Ka’anapali Classic by OUTRIGGER, the Buffaloes closing match within the fall ’25-26 season.

No. 21 Oklahoma cruised to its fourth straight title right here, as with 4 gamers ending within the high 14, the Sooners posted an unimaginable 63-under par group rating of 789.  A college file, it tied the fifth-best efficiency in relation to par in collegiate golf historical past, 4 of which have been recorded since April 2023.

The high six remained unchanged within the standings, as there was only a five-stroke differential between the colleges.  No. 59 TCU earned runner-up honors with a 51-under par 801 – which ranks twenty eighth all-time in relation to par itself – adopted by No. 40 Georgia (47-under 805), No. 58 Florida Gulf Coast (40-under 812), No. 39 Colorado (37-under 815) and No. 71 San Jose State (34-under 818).

The Buffaloes did drop into sixth place late – albeit it briefly – however all 4 gamers who scored for the Buffs birdied the par-5 first gap with San Jose’s having simply two achieve this, and thus have been capable of rally to complete the ultimate spherical with an 11-under 273, matching SJSU.  It added to the college file with its Eleventh straight subpar spherical as a group; CU is 123-under par through the streak.  For the autumn, the Buffs completed within the high 5 in all 5 occasions, with two runner-up and two third place finishes previous to Wednesday.

Senior Hunter Swanson and junior Ty Holbrook each tied for 14th after recording 10-under par 203 efforts on the 6,700-yard, par-71 Royal Ka’anapali golf course on the west facet of Maui.  It marked the tenth time within the Buff file e-book that two gamers completed at the least 10 strokes beneath par in a match, the third time on a par-71 course.

Swanson bookended his fall, as after opening in Washington State’s Palouse Collegiate with a 10-under 203, he recorded the identical rating right here in Maui, closing this occasion with a 2-under 69.  It marked the seventeenth time in 42 tournaments he has completed beneath par (with two even-par efforts), and by far was his greatest end right here in 4 tries.  He birdied two of his first 4 holes and remained in pink numbers the remainder of the best way, closing with 4 birdies and 12 pars reverse two bogeys, together with his 4 bogeys total tying for the seventh-fewest within the 120-man area.  He had 16 birdies and 33 pars total (with one double bogey), and performed the par-4’s the Twelfth-best within the area at 5-under.  He was 6-under on the par-5’s and 1-over on the par-3’s.  He is now tied for fourth all-time at CU with 37 rounds within the 60’s after posting two right here, together with his 67 rounds of par or higher now fifth.

Holbrook recorded his second bogey-free spherical right here – the third of his profession – as his pristine spherical featured seven birdies and 11 pars on his option to the 10-under par 203 efficiency.  He had opened with a bogey-free 67 and posted an even-par spherical in-between.  He performed the par-4’s at 7-under, tied for fourth-best within the area, additionally together with his 4 bogeys tying for the seventh-fewest.  Overall, he 14 birdies and 34 pars (and one eagle and one double bogey).  He possible was one of many nation’s most dominant gamers on par-5 holes this fall: with two extra birdies and a par Wednesday, he had 5 birds and 4 pars right here total and for the autumn, of the 57 par-5’s he had two eagles, 37 birdies, 16 pars and two bogeys (or 39-under par).

Sophomore Parker Paxton completed with an even-par 71 for a 9-under 204 complete, tying him for 18th – his fifth high 20 end in as many efforts this fall.  It did finish his college file streak of 14 consecutive rounds beneath par, however did tie the mark for probably the most rounds of par or higher in succession with 15, set by Dylan McDermott final 12 months.  He was 2-over par two-thirds of the best way by his spherical, however rallied with two birdies down the stretch to maintain the latter streak alive.  His 19 birdies tied for the fifth-most total, with 26 pars in opposition to eight bogeys and a double.  He performed the par-4’s tied for the Twelfth-best with Swanson at 5-under, whereas his 7-under efforts on the par-5 holes tied for 14th (seven birdies, two pars on the 9).

First-year graduate switch Jackson Rivera tied for fiftieth after closing with a 2-over 73; he completed with a 3-under 210 complete, his greatest 54-hole rating as a Buff.  He led the Buffs in pars right here with 36, tied for Eleventh-most within the area, to go along with 11 birdies, six bogeys and a double.  He was even or within the pink on all par configurations, as he was 2-under on the par-5’s, 1-under on the par-4’s and even on the par-3’s.  Wednesday ended a run of seven straight rounds of par or higher for the previous USC golfer, as he closed with two birdies, 12 pars (for the third straight spherical) and 4 bogeys; he was 3-over after seven holes however settled down to complete out at 1-under.

Junior Brandon Knight carded a closing spherical 3-under 68, his greatest spherical of the three right here in ending with an even-par 213 complete, vaulting him up 29 spots within the standings right into a tie for 67th.   He had an eagle – his fourth of the season and ninth of his profession – with 4 birdies and 10 pars within the closing spherical; he had 11 birdies and 31 pars total with the eagle, reverse 9 bogeys and two doubles. He opened robust with back-to-back birdies on Nos. 6 and seven after which eagled the 485-yard, par-5 ninth to get again within the pink, however performed the again 9 a 3-over.  He was capable of get again to even for the tourney with birdies on No. 1 and his closing gap, No. 5.

Freshman Tyler Long competed right here as a person (his scores didn’t depend towards CU’s group complete); he closed with a second 3-under 68 right here for a 5-under 208 rating, his college-best 54-hole rating –and tied for thirty seventh.  He wrapped issues with an eagle – his third of the autumn – 5 birdies and 9 pars, and for the week, he had the eagle, 15 birdies, 30 pars, 5 bogeys, two doubles and a triple.  He performed the par-5’s the perfect at 6-under, the par-4’s even and the par-3’s at 1-over.  His second spherical 1-over 72 ended a streak of eight straight rounds of par or higher – seven of the subpar selection – each of which tied college information for freshmen.

“Overall, another nice event,” head coach Roy Edwards mentioned. “We did an excellent job in the present day of staying within the spherical regardless of not enjoying our greatest.  Our group at all times competes and that’s such an underrated and necessary attribute to have.  It was one other very robust occasion from Parker.  He has had an unimaginable fall — each spherical of par or higher is simply superb.  It will not be the final time he breaks CU information as he’s a particular one.

“Ty was much more like himself today, shooting a bogey-free 65 on the toughest day of the three was definitely impressive,” he added.  “Hunter was the same, it was his best performance here of the four times he played here.  Both finishing 14th was good for them.  Brandon bounced back nicely as did Tyler, 68’s today were good scores, too.”

Oklahoma’s Ryder Cowan claimed medalist honors with a 20-under par 193 rating, as he had an eagle and 21 birdies and solely three bogeys for the week.   That edged TCU’s Sam Udovich, who completed a stroke again with a 19-under 194 complete; he had 21 birdies and simply two bogeys and performed his final 39 holes all at par or higher.

All in all, the autumn was good,” Edwards said.  “Our consistency was proper there, although I’m stunned we did not win an occasion or two.  But to complete with a face to face file of 68-10-2 reveals this group is able to some big-time golf.  We’re positively wanting ahead to the spring and to what else this group can accomplish.”

The Buffaloes have the following three-and-a-half months off however will return to motion in The Prestige at PGA West in LaQuinta, Calif., subsequent February 16-18.

NOTES: Mostly sunny skies prevailed all through the spherical, with the temperature hovering round 81 levels and the commerce winds gusting from 10-14 miles per hour … Colorado loves this match virtually as a lot as Oklahoma does –the Sooners have been on fireplace right here – as 4 of CU’s high 14 match scores in relation to par (54 holes) have now been recorded right here (2021, 2022, 2024, 2025) … The common rating for all 360 rounds was 70.81 (a excessive of 71.73 within the closing spherical, in comparison with 70.47 for the primary and 70.22 for the second) … There have been 66 gamers who completed beneath par and six others that have been even-par with 213 scores … Oklahoma and Georgia positioned 4 within the high 20, whereas CU and TCU had three every … The seven-toughest holes for the occasion, so as, have been Nos. 18, 10, 5, 8, 16, 13 and 15; over the last spherical, TCU performed these the perfect (+4), adopted by Georgia (+5), CU and Florida Gulf Coast (+6) and Oklahoma (+9); over the three rounds, the Sooners scorers have been 2-under on these holes, CU’s have been 9-over … The 5 CU scorers performed the par-4’s at 17-under (fourth;  Oklahoma and Florida Gulf Coast led at 21-under), the par-5’s at 25-under (seventh; OU and FGCU additionally led at 36-under) and the par-3’s at 10-over, fifteenth within the area (Oklahoma topped the record at 6-under) … Colorado tied for the eighth-most eagles (3; 5 groups had 5), had the fourth-most birdies (71; Oklahoma had 83), the seventh-most pars (160; Kansas had probably the most with 182), the fifth-fewest bogeys (31; OU had simply 22) and had the seventh-fewest double-bogeys or worse (6, Georgia and FGCU had two) … Colorado had three eagles right here, now with 17 this season (by seven completely different gamers) – that is already over midway to difficult the group file of 30 set final 12 months … CU polished off the autumn season with its 14th subpar spherical out of 15 performed; the college better of 29 subpar rounds was set final 12 months, with 25 in 2017-18 the second-most … In Roy Williams Era at CU (twentieth season), the Buffaloes now have 252 subpar rounds; within the college’s historical past earlier than his arrival, Colorado had simply 84 … CU’s scorers this fall have been a powerful 166-under par … Colorado’s eight gamers have mixed to play 105 this fall – 80 have been par or higher (66 subpar, 14 even) with 44 rounds within the 60’s – resulting in a group stroke common of 70.39 – the perfect in class historical past (final 12 months’s group had set the file of 70.53) … Parker Paxton lowered his group main stroke common to 68.80, tied for the second-best fall common in class historical past; for the primary time three gamers ended the autumn with sub-70 numbers: Hunter Swanson’s 69.73 common is the fifth-best and Brandon Knight’s 69.93 the sixth-best … Overall, seven gamers had sub-72 averages for the autumn (the earlier excessive was six), with 5 having sub-71 numbers (simply topping the outdated better of two); all are within the pink in SCIRP (stroke depend in relation to par) … Tyler Long wrapped his first semester by recording the second-best fall stroke common by a freshman – 70.60 – Justin Biwer set the file, 70.07 in ’21-22, when Dylan McDermott posted the earlier second-best of 71.33.  Long recorded 11 rounds out of 15 of par or higher … For the autumn, the ultimate fifth-man scoring common was 73.2, whereas the fourth-man quantity is a really wholesome 71.3 … Colorado was 14-4 right here in opposition to Division I competitors, giving it a closing fall file of 68-10-2 (.863) for the 5 occasions; it completed 33-14-7 mark in single rounds right here, ending the autumn at 181-43-11 (.94).