Aztecs Lead after First Round of Western Intercollegiate

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Justin Hastings (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) and Harry Takis (Brisbane, Australia) each fired 4-under 66s to help the San Diego State men’s golf team take a seven-stroke lead on the first day of the Western Intercollegiate Monday on the par-70, 6,486-yard Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, California.

Hastings and Takis are in third place, one shot behind co-leaders Filip Jakubcik (Arizona) and Taiga Kobayshi (Nihon Univ.), and the Aztecs have five players in the top 20 of the six-count-five-event.

SDSU, which is 18th in the latest NCAA Scoreboard computer rankings, shot a 12-under-par 338, seven strokes ahead of a three-way tie for third between No. 21 Arizona, No. 42 Stanford and Nihon Univ. at -5. No. 34 UNLV is fifth at -4.

Hastings, who missed the cut at the Masters in his first major over the weekend but still had the lowest score among amateurs at +4, came up with five birdies and one bogey for his 66 today. Takis, meanwhile, had seven birdies and three bogeys for his matching 66.

Junior Chanachon Chokprajakchat (Bangkok, Thailand) is tied for seventh at 3-under 67, which included three birdies and no bogeys.

Sophomore Dylan Oyama (Carlsbad, California) is tied for 15th at -1. Oyama’s roller coaster of a round featured an eagle on the par-5, 532-yard 12th hole, five birdies, four bogeys and a double bogey.

Junior Tyler Kowack (San Diego/Canyon Crest Academy) is tied for 20th at even par after sinking three birdies against three bogeys.

Sophomore Nathan Sampson (Temecula, Calif.) was SDSU’s non-counting player today after shooting a 3-over 73, which has him in a tie for 61st.

Round two starts for San Diego State at 10:24 a.m. PT Tuesday.

Western Intercollegiate
Day One Results – April 14, 2025
Pasatiempo Golf Club – Santa Cruz, Calif.
Par 70, 6,486 Yards

Team Standings (top 5 out of 14 teams)
1. No. 18 San Diego State…338 (-12)
T2. No. 21 Arizona…345 (-5)
T2. No. 42 Stanford…345 (-5)
T2. Nihon Univ….345 (-5)
5. No. 34 UNLV…346 (-4)

Individual Leaders (Top 5 of 91 players + SDSU)
T1. Filip Jakubcik (Arizona)…65 (-5)
T1. Taiga Kobayashi (Nihon)…65 (-5)
T3. Justin Hastings (San Diego State)…66 (-4)
T3. Harry Takis (San Diego State)…66 (-4)
T3. Ratchanon Chantananuwat (Stanford)…66 (-4)
T3. Caden Fioroni (UNLV)…66 (-4)
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T7. Chanachon Chokprajakchat (San Diego State)…67 (-3)
T15. Dylan Oyama (San Diego State)…69 (-1)
T20. Tyler Kowack (San Diego State)…70 (E)
T61. Nathan Sampson (San Diego State)…73 (+3)