Many college tournaments opt for a two-day, 54-hole format, which means 36 holes must be completed one of those days.

That inevitably leads to some instances of suspension due to darkness, and consequently, players trying to beat sundown.

The Rod Myers Invitational ran into both issues Saturday, as teams completed the first two rounds of the tournament. On the long day, 26 groups played a full 36 holes. Only problem: There are 27 groups in the field.

The stragglers, particularly the closing trio of Ben Corfee (UC Davis), Will Zalatoris (Wake Forest) and Joshua Martin (North Carolina), were stuck with the unfortunate task of trying to beat the sun.

Darkness began to creep in as they played Duke University Golf Club’s 16th hole, by which point the tournament committee allowed groups still out on the course a way to move more quickly to a conclusion.

“It was getting pretty dark (when the final group was) on the 16th hole and the tournament committee allowed players from all groups to get shuttled in golf carts for the last three holes,” UC Davis head coach Cy Williams told Golfweek in an email, “so the guys were hustling to finish.”

It mostly worked, as only the final group remained on the course playing in darkness on the par-4 18th.

But when the threesome reached the green, it was certainly too dark to finish out. Until a timely response allowed for a change of plans.

Zalatoris and Martin faced longer putts, and thus decided to wait until Sunday morning to putt out and finish their rounds. But Corfee, who knocked an 85-yard wedge in darkness to 10 feet, decided his remainder on the green was close enough for him to attempt.

At that point, a jump to action brought Corfee, a senior from El Macero, Calif., the light he needed.

“Ben was the closest and he decided to putt out, and at that point everyone around the green started getting their flashlights opened on their cell phones and came around to create light for him to be able to see,” Williams said in an email. “It was a combination of teammates, volunteers, fellow competitors, etc., all spontaneous.”

Aided by this infusion of light, Corfee then stepped up and drained the putt for par to end his second round in the surreal setting. (Video below was taken by Williams.)

One heck of a putt last night ! pic.twitter.com/wNPwig2nx7 — UC Davis Mens Golf (@UCD_MensGolf) September 11, 2016

Unfortunately for Corfee, who opened the tournament in 1-over 73, it was a rare bright moment in a second-round 77 that included a closing 40 and dropped him to a tie for 42nd entering Sunday’s final round in Durham, N.C.

But it was a bright moment created in darkness, and one Corfee won’t soon forget.