Renner, Boenning Lead Cougars on Final Day of Desimone Invitational

Tuesday, March 10

Lake Merced, Calif.

All Day

Washington State University

Desimone Invitational

Men’s Golf at Palouse Ridge Golf Course on the Pullman campus of Washington State University, Monday, September 8, 2025.

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Renner, Boenning Lead Cougars on Final Day of Desimone Invitational

March 10, 2026 | Men's Golf

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By: Washington State Athletic Communications

DALY CITY, Calif. (March 10, 2026) – Senior Sam Renner and freshman Dylan Boenning each fired rounds of 4-under, 68, to lead Washington State to a seventh-place finish Tuesday at the 2026 Desimone Invitational, played on the par-72, 6,915-yard Lake Merced Golf Club.

On a windy day in the Bay Area, the Cougars jumped out quickly, reaching 4-under as a team through the first four holes. They were up and down through the middle parts of the round before settling down to finish at 1-over, 289, as a team. After posting a 15-under in Monday's second round to move into fourth place, WSU ended the 54-event at 16-under, 848, in seventh place. The nation's ninth-ranked team, Arizona State, ran away with the title, finishing at 39-under, 20 shots ahead of second place TCU (-19), while SMU (-18), California (-18), and Texas (-18) rounded out the top five.

In one of the deepest fields the Cougars will participate against this season, with 10 of the 15 teams ranked among the Top 50 nationally, WSU finished ahead of such teams as Pepperdine (ranked #10), UCLA (#33), USC (#25), Utah (#24), Wake Forest (#27) and Washington (#32). WSU had entered the tournament ranked No. 74.

For the second-straight round, Renner was in full control of his game. Following his bogey-free, 7-under round of 65 Monday, the senior from Bend, Ore. again was bogey-free, collecting four birdies and 14 pars en route to a 4-under, 68. His three-round score of 10-under, 206, placed him tied for third overall, three strokes behind the leader. For the tournament, Renner posted the fewest bogeys in the round (3), tied for sixth with most birdies (15), and averaged 3.90 strokes on the par 4's (T-3) and 4.42 strokes on the par 5's (T-4).

Boenning finished his final round at 4-under, 68, after posting a card that included an eagle, six birdies, four bogeys and seven pars. Boenning was 1-over after eight, but an eagle on the ninth and four birdies sandwiched around a bogey on the back gave him a 54-hole score of 1-under, 215, tied for 33rd overall.

Redshirt-junior Ben Borgida, who entered the round in third place overall at -8, began his day with four pars before running into trouble on the fifth hole. He went nine-over on the next five holes before mounting a strong back nine that saw him collect three birdies and an eagle to finish his day at 4-over, 76. His three-round score of 4-under, 212, placed him tied for 18th overall. Borgida's 54-hole event featured 16 birdies, tied for third most, and a 3.93 scoring average on par 4's (T-7).

Sophomore Dylan Burcham made the turn at 1-under for his final round but found trouble in the middle of the back nine as he finished at 5-over, 77, for the day and 6-over, 222, for the tournament, placing him tied for 65th overall.

Sophomore Garrett Harrison couldn't find the stroke that he did during Monday's 36 holes. Harrison entered the day at 3-under but could only find one birdie on his round Tuesday en route to a 6-over, 78. He finished his 54-hole event at 3-over, 219, tied for 50th overall.

The Cougars are next in action March 26-28 at The Goodwin in Stanford, Calif.