Nov. 5, 2002
KAHUKU, Hawaii - The San Diego State men's golf team shot a final-round 297 and failed to move up in the standings at its final fall event, the Turtle Bay Intercollegiate. The Aztecs, who were just three shots out of fourth place following the first 36 holes, had to settle for sixth place at 23-over 887.
UNLV, ranked No. 2 by both of the Golfweek and Golfstat ratings, claimed the team title at 7-under 857, four shots ahead of second-place Tennessee and six in front of South Carolina. The Rebels had three of the top six individuals, but Washington State's Dustin White walked away with individual medalist honors after overcoming a seven-shot deficit from the second round to shoot a final-round 67 and win at 4-under 212.
The Aztecs received consistent final-round play with four of their five individuals shooting within two strokes of each other for the final 18. But SDSU received no under-par results and could not gain on any of the other four top 50-ranked teams and Virginia.
SDSU placed three individuals among the top 27, led by senior John Lieber (San Diego, Calif./Grossmont HS), who registered the Aztecs' top individual score in an event for the second time this season with a 5-over 221. A shot back in a 27th-place tie at 222 were senior John Lepak (La Habra Heights, Calif./Los Altos HS) and freshman Andrew Scott (Henderson, Nev./Green Valley HS), who shot the Aztecs' best score of the day with a 73, while sophomore Aaron Choi (San Diego, Calif./Torrey Pines HS) and senior Charlie Smith (Valencia, Calif./Hart HS) finished in a 51st-place tie at 229.
The Aztecs return to Hawaii to open the spring season Feb. 20-22 at the John Burns Intercollegiate in Waikiki.
Final scores with relation to par Nov. 5 at the Turtle Bay Intercollegiate, played at the par-72, 7,199-yard Links at Turtle Bay in Kahuku, Hawaii
1. UNLV 288-280-289-857 (-7)2. Tennessee 279-294-288-861 (-3)3. South Carolina 289-288-286-863 (-1)4. Washington State 288-301-285-874 (+10)5. Virginia 299-288-288-875 (+11)6. San Diego State 297-293-297-887 (+23)7. San Francisco 298-295-308-901 (+37) Portland 293-299-309-901 (+37)9. Hawaii-Hilo 308-296-298-902 (+38)10. IPC 306-295-304-905 (+41) CSU-San Marcos 306-296-303-905 (+41)12. UC Riverside 305-306-295-906 (+42)13. CSU-Stanislaus 305-300-302-907 (+43)14. Santa Clara 306-301-312-919 (+55)15. Saint Mary's 309-308-303-920 (+56)16. Weber State 308-307-309-924 (+60)17. Hawaii 308-311-311-930 (+66)18. Hawaii White 330-320-321-971 (+107)19. Osaka 338-326-321-985 (+121)
Top Five Individuals1. Dustin White, Wash. St. 71-74-67-212 (-4)2. J.C. Deacon, UNLV 69-72-72-213 (-3)3. Mitch Carlson, UNLV 72-72-70-214 (-2)4. Ryan Moore, UNLV 71-70-74-215 (-1) David Skinns, Tennessee 65-73-77-215 (-1) Erik Johansen, S Car. 72-72-71-215 (-1)
San Diego State IndividualsT-22. John Lieber 72-74-75-221 (+5)T-27. John Lepak 74-75-73-222 (+6)T-27. Andrew Scott 76-71-75-222 (+6)T-51. Aaron Choi 75-73-81-229 (+13)T-51. Charlie Smith 79-76-74-229 (+13)