CANYON, Texas – The West Texas A&M Buffaloes are in contention at the 2023 Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational at Amarillo Country Club (Par 71 – 6,937 Yards) as they enter Tuesday's final round in third on the team leaderboard.
 
The first round saw the Buffs shoot a 289 (+5) to finish the round tied for fifth overall. Luis Palomo registered five birdies including four feathers on the front nine to finish in the red with a 68 (-3). WT tallied 12 birdies in the opening round to go along with an eagle by Wyatt Provence on the 558-yard par five 13^th hole. The primary Buffalo squad improved their second-round score by six strokes to move into third place with a 283 (-1) for a two-round total of 572 (+4).
 
Dallas Baptist fired rounds of 276 and 290 to sit atop of the team leaderboard with a 566 (-2) for a four-stroke lead over UT Permian Basin (+2, 570). Sangha Park of UT Permian Basin, the reigning LSC Golfer of the Week, impressed on Monday with rounds of 63 and 70 to hold a three-stroke lead (133, -9) over Lukas Taggart of Colorado School of Mines.
 
Tomorrow's final round will see traditional tee times beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Amarillo CC.
 
Buffs on the Leaderboard
T4. Wyatt Provence – 72-68 – 140 (-1)
T9. Isidoro Castaño – 69-73 - 142 (E)
T12. Santiago Caride – 73-70 – 143 (+1)
T12. Pepe De La Concepción Quílez – 71-72 - 143 (+1)
T24. Luis Palomo – 68-77 – 145 (+3)
T35. Jose Rozas – 73-73 – 146 (+4)
T41. Victor Estas – 77-70 – 147 (+5)
T57. Connor Kurysh – 77-73 – 150 (+8)
T60. Pablo Rebolleda – 76-75 – 151 (+9)
T70. Jorge De La Concepción Quílez – 78-75 - 153 (+11)