CANYON, Texas – UCCS Men's Golf holds on to place fifth at the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational on Tuesday after Brady Haake helped the Mountain Lions finish three-over par (846) by placing tied for eighth place individually.
 
INSIDE THE RYAN PALMER FOUNDATION INVITE
Tournament: The Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational
Location: Amarillo Country Club | Canyon, Texas
Par | Yardage: 70 | 6,916 Yards
 

FROM THE TEE

• Brady Haake rounded out his day two at a one-over par 71 to finish two-under par for the tournament (208) and secure his top-10 finish at tied for eighth. Haake began his day with seven consecutive pars as he drained back-to-back birdies on the par-4's ninth and 10^th then closed out the third round by making six straight pars.
• Barrett Jones stamps a one-over par 71 in his final round after notching four birdies on the front-nine, including a three-hole stretch where he birdied the par-4's seventh, eight, and ninth. The redshirt senior finished at even-par (210) and slid into a tie for 14^th place.
• Also adding a third-round score of a 71 is fellow redshirt senior Travis Bossio (T44) who shot even-par on the back-nine with a birdie on the par-16^th and followed it up with consecutive pars to come in at six-over par (216) for the tournament.
• Lucas Howell bounced back in his final round by starting his day off with an eagle on the par-4 first and proceeded to make seven straight pars. On the back-nine, Howell added two more birdies and five pars to reach even-par, bringing his total to a 213 (+3) and tied for 29^th standing.
• James Perry (T62) wrapped up Tuesday with a three-over par 73 to end the tournament at 11-over par (221) after tallying 14 more pars and a birdie on the par-3 second.

 
TOURNAMENT LEADERS

• Oklahoma Christian University's Exequiel Rodriguez and Oscar Nikku shared the individual championship after carding a six-under par (204).
• OCU also took home the team title by carding a 17-under par (823) to win the 17-team tournament.

 
BEYOND THE SCORECARD

• The Mountain Lions finish with the third-best team par-4 score at four-over par with Barrett Jones posting the tournament's fourth-best score (-4) and Brady Haake tying the 10^th-best par-4 score (-1).
• James Perry registered even-par on par-3's in the tournament which tied for the ninth lowest score in the field as the junior also notched 41 pars to tie for the tournament's second most.
• As a team, UCCS claimed 178 total pars for the third most pars in the 17-team field as Haake added 39 pars to tie for the fifth most.
• Barrett Jones made an impressive 15 birdies in the tournament which tied him for the second most birdies made.

 
UP NEXT

• UCCS Men's Golf will travel to Seaside, Calif. later this week to compete in the two-day Otter Invitational starting Monday, Oct. 10, hosted by California State University Monterey Bay at Bayonet Golf Club.

 
 
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