The University of Colorado men’s golf team finished in a tie for eighth place at Stanford’s “The Goodwin” tournament, according to a statement released on March 28. After a slow start that saw the Buffaloes drop seven spots in the standings, the team rallied late to regain ground and finish level with Utah.
The event featured a strong field of 30 teams, including 14 ranked in the top 50 nationally. Host Stanford, ranked No. 23, secured victory with a team score of 823, followed by UCLA and New Mexico. Colorado entered the final round tied for seventh but slipped as low as fourteenth before recovering in the closing holes.
First-year graduate transfer Jackson Rivera led Colorado individually, finishing tied for nineteenth after shooting rounds of 69-68-71 for a total score of two-under-par 208. Rivera recorded twelve birdies during the tournament and was among the best performers on par-5 holes. Senior Hunter Swanson posted Colorado’s lowest round on Saturday with a one-under-par 69 and moved up to tie for thirty-seventh overall.
Head coach Roy Edwards said, “It was a nice overall tournament from Jackson. We played very poorly the first 11, 12 holes and then our competitiveness came through to get a few shots back. Finishing in eighth place out of a large and good field of 30 teams isn’t anything to be ashamed of. We had a lot of good moments and beat a lot of good teams, and we can build off of from this week.” Other notable performances included Brandon Knight tying for fifty-ninth place, Ty Holbrook tying for seventy-first after excelling on par-5s throughout the event, and Parker Paxton climbing nineteen places on Saturday to finish tied for eighty-eighth.
New Mexico’s Mesa Falleur claimed individual honors with an overall score of twelve-under-par after three rounds. The Buffaloes are scheduled to compete next at Arizona State’s Thunderbird Intercollegiate in Phoenix on April 10–11 before heading into conference championships later in April.
The team’s season record against Division I competition now stands at twenty wins against seven losses and one tie from this event alone.
