Chugh Ties for Third at Border Olympics

Tuesday, February 14

Laredo, TX

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Rice University

Border Olympics

Photo by: Darren Carroll/Cabo Collegiate

2/14/2023 7:25:00 PM | Men's Golf

Final Results (Border Olympics)Final Results (Houston Classic)

By: By: Tim Andrzejewski (tim.andrzejewski@rice.edu)

Laredo, Texas — Sophomore Raghav Chugh picked up his second top three finish of the year, tying for third-place at the spring-opening Border Olympics.

Chugh carded a one-under par 71 to finish two-under. It was his team-leading eighth round of par or better this year and the 23^rd of his career. It was also his fifth career top-five finish.

Graduate student Jay Kirchdorfer tied for 34^th-place at eight-over par after carding a 74. Freshman Lukas Boandl carded a 76 to finish 10-over par in a 45^th-place tie.

Junior Rodrigo Martin finished 13-over par in a tie for 78^th-place after posting a 78 and freshman Davis Byrd carded an 84, finishing in 86^th-place at 25-over par.

Rice carded a 299 to finish 29-over par in 10^th-place. No. 30 Baylor won the team tournament at eight-under par, 15 strokes in front of second-place Houston. UH's Santiago De La Fuente won the individual competition at four-under par, one stroke in front of Baylor's Johnny Keefer.

At the Houston Classic, junior Blake Benson had his best finish of the season, tying for 22^nd-place at seven-over par after carding a final round 76.

NEXT UP

The Owls get right back on the course next week, Feb. 20-21, when it hosts the first of three tournaments this spring, the Bayou City Collegiate Classic, played at Westwood Country Club.