PROVO, Utah - Following two rounds of the 58th PING Cougar Classic Friday, UC San Diego's Davis McDowell is tied for 11th and the UC San Diego men's golf team is 15th.

BYU is hosting the two-day, 54-hole tournament at Riverside Country Club in Provo, Utah. There are 16 teams and 92 players in contention.

The third and final round gets underway Saturday at 8 a.m. (Pacific) with the Tritons' first group teeing off at 8:10 a.m. (Pacific). It can be followed with live scoring.

HOW IT HAPPENED
McDowell, a redshirt sophomore, is five-under par with a 139. He had the low score of the day for the Tritons with a 67 in the opening round and followed with an even-par 72 in the second.

UC San Diego is 11-over after carding rounds of 291 and 296.

Host BYU, ranked 44th in the country, leads the field with a 543, 33-under par. The Cougars had rounds of 273 and 270. They lead by 18 strokes over second-place Utah Tech.

Individually, Boise State's Max Charles is in front with a 13-under 131. He carded rounds of 68 and 63 and is four strokes ahead of second-place Brock Goyen of BYU and Caden Weber of Utah Valley.

The Tritons were even on par-three holes, which ranks second among all teams. They also amassed 116 pars, tied for the fourth-most.

Sophomore Kyle Dougherty cupped an eagle on the par-five 13th in the second round.

The Riverside course is playing at 7,142 yards for the event.

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TRITON RESULTS
T-11. Davis McDowell, -5 (67-72--139)
T-58. Jerry Wu, +3 (76-71--146)
T-70. Kyle Dougherty, +5 (73-76--149)
T-87. Elliot Bunyaviroch, +10 (77-77--154)
T-87. Calvin Kong, +10 (75-79--154)

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TRITON TIDBITS
• This is the first time that UC San Diego has competed at this tournament.
• BYU is the reigning champion and has won the tournament in six of the last eight years.
• The PING Cougar Classic dates back to 1963. Utah State and Aggie Mike Sweet were the first-ever team and individual winners. 

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NEXT UP
The third and final round gets underway Saturday at 8 a.m. (Pacific) with the Tritons' first group teeing off at 8:10 a.m. (Pacific). The round will be the last of the season for UC San Diego.

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About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions III and II and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.