Sept. 21, 2001
ALBUQUERQUE - The San Diego State men's golf team nabs fourth place out of the twenty-team field after the first day of play, at the New Mexico Tucker Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M. The Aztecs are 10 strokes off of leading-team from New Mexico.
State finished the first two rounds with a six-over par 582. The Lobos lead the field with a 572 total, a four-under par performance. Pepperdine holds second place at four-over par (580), while Colorado takes third at five-over par (581).
The Aztecs are lead by Lars Johansson who fired a two-under par 142, only three strokes off of leader Andy Smith of Southeastern Louisiana who is at five-under par with a total of 139. Brandon Kearney ties at 14th place with five other golfers at one-over par after shooting a 145. John Lieber takes third for the Aztecs in 36th place, tied with nine other golfers at five-over par (149). Mark Warman and Charlie Smith round out the Aztecs in 46th place with a six-over par performance (150).
The William H. Tucker Invitational will resume tomorrow with a shotgun at 8 a.m. (MST).
Teams Scores
1. New Mexico 278-294-572 (-4), 2. Pepperdine 291-289-580 (+4), 3. Colorado 289-292-581 (+5), 4. San Diego State 290-292-582 (+6), 5. UNLV 292-292-584 (+8), 6. Southern California 291-294-585 (+9), 7. Arizona 288-298-586 (+10), 8. Colorado State 288-303-591 (+15), 9. Arizona State 293-301-594 (+18), 10. New Mexico JV 293-302-595 (+19), 10. Southeastern Louisiana 300-295-595 (+19), BYU 298-297-595 (+19), 13. Oregon State 300-299-599 (+23), 14. Texas A&M 293-309-602 (+26), 15 Texas-El Paso 301-304-605 (+29), 16. New Mexico State 299-309-608 (+32), 16. Wyoming 301-307-608 (+32), 18. Utah 302-308-610 (+34), 18. Air Force 306-304-610 (+34), 20. Hawaii 309-309-618 (+42).
Top-10 Individuals
1. Andy Smith (Southeastern Louisiana) 67-72-139 (-5), 2. Wil Collins (New Mexico) 67-74-141 (-3), 2. Michael Letzig (New Mexico) 68-73-141 (-3), 4. Lars Johansson (San Diego State) 71-71-142 (-2), 5. Manuel Merizalde (BYU) 72-71-143 (-1), 5. Chris Botsford (USC) 72-71-143 (-1), 5. Brian Nosler (Arizona State) 71-72-143 (-1), 5. Kipp Richle (Arizona) 74-69-143 (-1), 9. Kelly Craig (Pepperdine) 73-71-144 (E), 9. Joe Liley (Colorado) 69-75-144 (E), 9. Jason Allred (Pepperdine) 72-72-144 (E), 9. Matthew Zions (Colorado) 71-73-144 (E), 9. Ryan Moore (UNLV) 72-72-144 (E).
San Diego State Individuals
4. Lars Johansson 71-71-142 (-2), 14. Brandon Kearney 71-74-145 (+1), 36. John Lieber 72-77-149 (+5), 46. Mark Warman 76-74-150 (+6), 46. Charlie Smith 77-73-150 (+6).