Miller finishes third at Thunderbird/Savanne Inv.

Tempe, Ariz.-Senior Scott Miller finished eight-under par 208 to finish third overall and helped BYU finish seventh at nine-under-par in the Thunderbird/Savanne Invitational on Saturday.

Miller shot a final round 68 to jump from nineth to third place for his third top ten finish this season. Miller is currently ranked 64th individually by the MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings. He is the second highest ranked Cougar behind Manuel Merizalde, who is ranked 51st. Miller finished one stroke ahead of U.S. Amateur champion Jeff Quinney of Arizona State.

He had an outstanding performance," BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank said. "Scott (Miller) was a real highlight for us in this tournament."

Other highlights include the consistent play of Merizalde 67-73-73-213 who finished 24th overall. Junior Kyle Wight playing in his first tournament for BYU since October had solid first and third rounds going 70 and 71 respectively. After shooting two birdies, one bogie and 15 pars on the final day, Wight finished in 76th place.

Host Arizona State claimed its third consecutive title outplaying No. 4 Texas in the final round to win by six strokes. Individually Anders Hultman finished two shots in front of Miller to claim the individual title. The Cougars, who led after the first round, struggled in the Arizona heat after weeks of cold weather in Provo. All-American Merizalde suffered a mild heat stroke on the final day of competition.

"We still have got plenty of work in front of us to get to where we want to be," Brockbank said. "For the most part this was a pretty positive week for our team."

BYU looks to build off this respectable performance as it heads into the Taylor Made/Addidas Cougar Classic on April 20-21st.

BYU INDIVIDUAL SCORES
T  3   Scott Miller                   68  72  68   208
T 24   Manuel Merizalde               67  73  73   213
T 63   Billy Harvey                   69  75  75   219
T 76   Jesse Hibler                   72  74  75   221
T 76   Kyle Wight                     70  80  71   221
TEAM FINAL RESULTS
Fin Team                     Scores
   1 Arizona State U.         283  280  276    839   -25
   2 Texas, Univ. of          284  270  291    845   -19
   3 Southern California      283  276  288    847   -17
   4 Houston, Univ. of        283  276  289    848   -16
   5 Oklahoma State U.        284  286  279    849   -15
   6 Arizona, U. of           282  288  282    852   -12
   7 Brigham Young Univ.      274  294  287    855    -9
   8 New Mexico, U. of        281  289  288    858    -6
   9 UNLV                     290  293  277    860    -4
  10 Pepperdine Univ.         288  279  294    861    -3
     Arizona State Maroon     284  287  290    861    -3
     California, U. of        286  291  284    861    -3
  13 UCLA                     296  286  281    863    -1
  14 Oklahoma, U. of          283  292  292    867    +3
  15 Washington, U. of        295  291  285    871    +7
  16 Texas El Paso, U. of     295  290  292    877   +13
  17 Virginia, U. of          290  292  297    879   +15
  18 Fresno State Univ.       299  292  289    880   +16
  19 Oregon, U. of            291  297  293    881   +17
     Oregon State U.          289  300  292    881   +17
  21 Stanford University      303  292  292    887   +23
  22 CSU-Northridge