PROVO — Not since Colombian Manuel Merizalde won the Mountain West Conference golf championship in 2001 has BYU had a freshman win an individual conference title. Then came Saturday.
Peter and Cindy Kuest walked all 54 holes in three days following their son, BYU freshman Peter, during the West Coast Conference championships at Riverside Country Club.
They stayed out of his way, watched from afar, kept out of his line of sight, found a tree or a nook or a cranny where they could quietly watch their son. For the father, for the entire family, it was a somber week.