ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The University of New Mexico men’s golf team remained in contention throughout the 2021 NCAA Albuquerque Regional, but fell just short of the top five on Wednesday, completing the Lobos’ season.
New Mexico completed the regional tied for seventh place (856, -8), just four strokes behind fifth-place San Diego (-12).
Freshman Bastien Amat, who was leading the field for the majority of the final round, finished tied for fourth (207, -9) to just miss advancing to nationals.
Amat, who posted a career-best score of 66 on Tuesday, posted his highest score of the tournament, 71 (-1), on Wednesday. He started on hole 10 and completed the back nine -3 following four birdies and a bogey. He went into the front nine leading the tournament, but suffered a trio of tough holes (#2, #3, #4), including a pair of bogeys and a double bogey, to end up even with just one hole left.