Golfers Wrap Fall Season With Second Place At UTEP

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EL PASO, Texas — The University of Colorado men’s golf team saw its final round rally fall short here Saturday, but the Buffaloes still finished second in the second annual UTEP Price’s Give ‘Em Five Invitational, CU’s final competition of the fall season.

New Mexico State, which entered the day with an eight-stroke lead over Colorado, pulled away on the back nine and won with a 28-under par team score of 836. The Buffs had pulled two within two strokes of the Aggies, whom they were paired with, on several occasions, but finished 11 strokes back with an 847 score, or 17-under par. It was CU’s best team score for 54 holes in five tournaments this fall, as well as the team’s second best finish and third top three effort.

San Jose State finished third (853), Kansas fourth (854) and host Texas-El Paso fifth (859), as the Miners’ scored the best team round of the day at 6-under 282; CU’s even par 288 was still the third best, with only NMSU in-between at 3-under 285.

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