Men’s golf wraps up third round of NCAA championship

The Stanford men’s golf team shot a third-round score of 290 on Thursday at the NCAA championship, its best score of the tournament, but not enough to push the Cardinal into the final eight-team match-play portion of the tournament, played at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Junior Andrew Yun (above) had the Cardinal’s best score with a one-under 70 on Thursday of the NCAA men’s golf championship. Despite posting its best score of the tournament yesterday, Stanford failed to qualify for the final eight-team match-play portion of the tournament. (HECTOR GARCIA-MOLINA/Stanfordphoto.com)

Stanford finished 19th overall with a final score of 885 (+33), tied with the University of Central Florida and 10 shots out of the top eight.

Freshman Patrick Rodgers continued his solid play once again on Thursday, recording a third-round 73 (+2) to leave him tied for ninth place. Rodgers is six shots behind leader Thomas Pieters of Ill., whose three-round total of 208 (-5) is good enough for a three-shot lead over Julien Brun of TCU. Stanford junior and Pac-12 individual champion Andrew Yun had the Cardinal’s lowest score of the day with a one-under 70.

The Cardinal’s season now ends in disappointing fashion, without a Pac-12 or national title. Stanford’s last NCAA championship victory was in 2007, before the tournament moved to its current format, where a match-play finale among the top eight teams decides the winner.

–Jack Blanchat