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Friday, April 28
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Charles, Knight Finish in Top 25 at Mountain West Championships
4/30/2023 7:12:00 PM | Men's Golf
Broncos finish eighth on team leaderboard
TUCSON, Ariz. – Max Charles and Gavyn Knight finished in the top 25 to lead Boise State to an eighth-place showing at the 2023 Mountain West Men's Golf Championship.
Charles and Knight finished the tournament at tied for 18th at three-under. The Broncos shot even on the tournament, firing consistent rounds of 288-290-286 (864).
Knight shot the two lowest rounds of his career in the first and third rounds. The freshman carded rounds of 68-75-70, and climbed eight spots up the leaderboard on Sunday by shooting two-under. Charles carded rounds of 69-72-72, shooting at par-or-better in all three rounds.
Bronco Results
8. Boise State: E (288-290-286 – 864)
T18. Max Charles: -3 (69-72-72 – 213)
T18. Gavyn Knight: -3 (68-75-70 – 213)
T34. Cole Rueck: +1 (73-73-71 – 217)
S. Will O'Connor: -1 (X-70-73 – 143)
S. Connor Higgins: +11 (79-X-77 – 155)
S. Alex Talbot: +13 (78-79-X – 157)
Notables
Charles and Knight finished the tournament at tied for 18th at three-under. The Broncos shot even on the tournament, firing consistent rounds of 288-290-286 (864).
Knight shot the two lowest rounds of his career in the first and third rounds. The freshman carded rounds of 68-75-70, and climbed eight spots up the leaderboard on Sunday by shooting two-under. Charles carded rounds of 69-72-72, shooting at par-or-better in all three rounds.
Bronco Results
8. Boise State: E (288-290-286 – 864)
T18. Max Charles: -3 (69-72-72 – 213)
T18. Gavyn Knight: -3 (68-75-70 – 213)
T34. Cole Rueck: +1 (73-73-71 – 217)
S. Will O'Connor: -1 (X-70-73 – 143)
S. Connor Higgins: +11 (79-X-77 – 155)
S. Alex Talbot: +13 (78-79-X – 157)
Notables
- Boise State shot a season-high five eagles on the weekend.
- Five different Broncos fired an eagle: Max Charles, Connor Higgins, Will O'Connor, Cole Rueck, Alex Talbot.
- Gavyn Knight was tied for second in the field with 38 pars.
- Knight's 4-under 68 in the first round is the lowest score by a freshman at the conference championship since Cameron Barzekoff shot 66 in 2018-19.
- Boise State's 167 pars was tied for fourth in the field.
- Charles recorded his 17th top-25 finish of his career to claim sole possession of 10th in the school record book.
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