Men's Golf | 10/31/2024 9:40:00 PM

Utah Tech men's golf closed out its 2024 fall schedule by tying for 10^th at the Hawai'i Kapolei Invitational, which wrapped up play on Thursday at Kapolei Golf Club on the Island of Oahu. 
 
The Trailblazers got off to good start to open tourney play on Tuesday as they combined to fire a 2-under 286 to stand in solo fifth on the team leaderboard. 

Utah Tech, along with the rest of the field, struggled with the conditions during Wednesday's second round, and even though the Blazers managed to post an 8-over 296, they moved up into a tie for fourth at plus-6 582.

However the Trailblazers could not remain in the top-five as they finished with a disappointing 16-over 304 on Thursday to join Army (295-292-297) in 10^th place at plus-22 886.

Miami [OH] (287-287-283) was the lone team in the 15-team field to finish under par at minus-7 857, 13 strokes clear of runner-up San Diego (287-291-292-870; +6), while host Hawai'i (285-289-299-873; +9) placed third.  

Junior Tanner Telford was the top Trailblazer finisher at the event as he tied five others for 15^th-place at plus-3 219. Telford rolled in four of his nine total birdies as part of an opening 1-under 71. 
 
Then after a 3-over 75 on his second loop, Telford came back with a 1-over 73 with a pair of birdies and 14 pars to move up five spots on the leaderboard en route to his second top-15 showing of the fall. 

Junior Zach Felts and sophomore Jackson Rhees wound up in a pack of nine players tied for 21^st at plus-4 220. 
 
Felts, who penciled in seven total birdies and an eagle over his three days of play, matched Telford score-for-score through his first 36 holes. Felts rolled in three birdies on Thursday, but was done in by five bogeys as he came away with a final round 2-over 74. 
 
Meanwhile Rhees, who led the Trailblazers with 13 total birdies at the event, penciled in six birdies as part of an opening 3-under 69. However the sophomore would follow that up with rounds of 75 and 4-over 76. 

Fellow sophomore Ashton McArthur began his tourney with an opening 75, which he followed a second round 71 that featured four birdies. Unfortunately McArthur was not able to keep that momentum going on his final loop as he closed with a 9-over 81 to finish in a three-way tie for 56^th at plus-11 227. 
 
Sophomore KJ Ofahengaue (76-75-81) carded eight combined birdies over the three days as he tied for 70^that plus-16 232, while junior Maddox Vincent (72-78-73), who recorded 11 total birdies in his 2024-25 season debut, tied for 40^th at plus-7 223 playing as an individual. 
 
Utah Tech will open its 2025 spring schedule with a quick trip down I-15 to Mesquite, Nev., to play in the Eastern Kentucky-hosted Mesquite Desert Classic. The three-day, 54-hole event will be played on Feb. 16-18, at the Casablanca Resort Golf Course.