Garrick, who led the field in birdies made with 18, held off Oklahoma State's Wyndham Clark and SMU's Austin Smotherman to earn his first individual title since his freshman campaign (Cal Poly Invitational). Garrick was in the 60's in all three rounds, going 68-69-69. The front nine of his final round saw birdies at #1, #5 and #7 to see his score get to 10-under. Garrick evened out on the back nine with birdies at #14 and #16 and bogeys at #12 and #15 to go 3-under for the round and win the tournament, the 25th Bruin medalist under head coach Derek Freeman.
Fellow senior Jake Knapp tied Garrick's final-round score with a 3-under 69. One bad hole, a triple-bogey on #4, was not enough to derail Knapp's great round, as he birdied holes #1, #2, #9, #12, #14 and #16. Knapp improved seven shots from his first to final rounds (76-73-69) to finish in a tie for 19th (+2, 218).
Freshman Patrick Murphy tied with Knapp in the standings at +2 (73-73-72-218), shooting an even-par 72 on Tuesday. Murphy birdied his first two holes, and after a bogey on #3, added birdies on #4 and #5. On the back nine, he made a birdie at #11, but finished his round with doubles at #15 and #18.
Freshman Phil Delisi also shot an even-par 72 in his final round and tied for 24th (+4, 77-71-72-220). He had five birdies (#2, #5, #10, #14, #15) to go with bogeys on #7, #12 and #16 and a double on #4.
Sophomore Brandon Mai, playing as an individual, tied for 31st with a total of +5 (75-75-73-223). He started his round with birdies on the first two holes and another on #7 before bogeys on #8, #9 and three in a row on #13 through #15. Mai finished strong though with a birdie on the 18th to shoot a 1-over 73 on Tuesday.
Freshman Cole Madey also finished with a birdie on his last hole, but also made three bogeys on the front nine and four in a row on the back to finish in a tie for 40th (+11, 72-77-78-227).
The Bruins return to action Oct. 16-18 at the United States Collegiate Championship in Alpharetta, Ga.
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