CU golfers struggle to 12th-place finish at ASU Invite

TEMPE, Ariz. — Off and on rainy conditions and struggles on the course hampered Colorado as the Buffaloes finished 12th after the final round of the three-day Arizona State Invitational on Sunday at Karsten Golf Course.

CU shot 17-over-par 305 to finish at 37-over 901 for the tournament. The Buffs were 7-over on the front nine and 10-over on the back stretch Sunday.

"We just didn't play well at all this week," CU head coach Anne Kelly said. "Hopefully we can use it as a good wake-up call to get prepared for Pac-12s, but it was just a bad tournament. We need to work on our wedges and pitches, and dialing in on those distances a little bit better. It wasn't a good week for us, but I'm hoping we…