BYU’s men’s golf team, playing its “Sunday” round on Thursday at the NCAA golf championships, struggled again and posted a 21-over-par 309 at The Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark. The Cougars shot a 24-over-par score last year in Stillwater, Okla., in their opening round.
The tournament’s first round, for the other 23 teams, begins Friday at the par-72, 7,550-yard layout in northwestern Arkansas. BYU played what will go in the books as its third round on Thursday because the school does not allow Sunday activities, for religious reasons.
The Cougars teed off one by one Thursday afternoon after the other 23 teams played practice rounds.