WCC CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL | FINAL STATS
April 22, 2017
PROVO, Utah -- Behind a first-place individual finish from freshman Peter Kuest, No. 47 BYU men's golf claimed its second West Coast Conference title at Riverside Country Club golf course on Saturday.
"I'm proud of our guys. One or two guys really seem to step up on any given day," BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. "That is what we have seen all year, and that's what Peter (Kuest) and CJ (Lee) did today. They carried the team."
The Cougars fired a -7 team third-round score to defeat all teams by at least seven strokes. BYU finished the 2017 WCC Golf Championships at 24-under, the second best team score in WCC Championship history. Saint Mary's posted the all-time low last season, at 25-under at Blackhawk Country Club. This is the second WCC title for BYU, the first coming in 2014.
Kuest finished the day tied with Santa Clara's Hayden Shieh at -11 through 54 holes of play. The freshman defeated Shieh in a playoff on hole 18 to win individual WCC honors. Kuest carded 67-70-68 in the tournament to win the first event of his Cougar career.
"We were fortunate to get Peter Kuest to BYU," Brockbank said. "He has changed the culture of our team. It has just been awesome. I can't say enough about the way he played this week."
Patrick Fishburn also placed in the top 5, finishing the 2017 WCC Championships tied for fifth place at -5 with Gonzaga's Angus Montgomery.
| Finish | Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total |
| Score | Score | Score |
| 1 | Brigham Young | 279 | 280 | 281 | 840 |
| 2 | Pepperdine | 286 | 278 | 283 | 847 |
| 3 | St. Mary's (CA) | 283 | 288 | 281 | 852 |
| T4 | Pacific | 297 | 282 | 283 | 862 |
| T4 | Santa Clara | 286 | 292 | 284 | 862 |
| T6 | San Francisco | 290 | 297 | 278 | 865 |
| T6 | Loyola Marymount - CA | 286 | 293 | 286 | 865 |
| 8 | San Diego | 289 | 290 | 288 | 867 |
| 9 | Gonzaga | 289 | 299 | 291 | 879 |
| Finish | First Name | Last Name | Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total |
| Score | Score | Score |
| T1 | Hayden | Shieh | Santa Clara | 67 | 70 | 68 | 205 |
| T1 | Peter | Kuest | Brigham Young | 70 | 67 | 68 | 205 |
| 3 | Tim | Widing | San Francisco | 70 | 70 | 68 | 208 |
| 4 | Riley | Elmes | Loyola Marymount - CA | 68 | 72 | 70 | 210 |
| T5 | Angus | Montgomery | Gonzaga | 68 | 76 | 67 | 211 |
| T5 | Patrick | Fishburn | Brigham Young | 68 | 71 | 72 | 211 |
| T7 | Roy | Cootes | Pepperdine | 71 | 71 | 70 | 212 |
| T7 | Hunter | Rappleye | St. Mary's (CA) | 72 | 68 | 72 | 212 |
| T9 | Tyler | Burnes | Pacific | 73 | 73 | 67 | 213 |
| T9 | Derek | Ackerman | Santa Clara | 73 | 72 | 68 | 213 |
| T11 | James | Feutz | Pacific | 76 | 68 | 70 | 214 |
| T11 | C.J. | Lee | Brigham Young | 74 | 72 | 68 | 214 |
| T11 | Robert | Geibel | Pepperdine | 73 | 71 | 70 | 214 |
| T11 | Connor | Blick | St. Mary's (CA) | 69 | 75 | 70 | 214 |