April 19, 2003
SAN DIEGO - Second place belongs to Aztecs in both the team and individual standings after 36 holes of Stanford's U.S. Intercollegiate, as the San Diego State men's golf team stands at 3-under-par 565 thanks to a 9-under performance by junior Mark Warman (San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente HS). The SDSU team stands nine shots behind leader UCLA (No. 11 Golfweek/No. 5 Golfstat) at 12-under 556, while Warman's second-round 62 has him sitting just two shots off the individual pace set by the Bruins' Roy Moon (131, -11) on the par-71, 6,786-yard Stanford Golf Course.
The Aztecs were stuck in ninth place after a first-round 292, but all four counting scores were par-or-better for the second 18 as SDSU shot a season-low total 273. The seven-place jump was propelled by Warman's tournament-low round of 62, which was just two shots off the all-time NCAA record. Warman's 62 matches the school's all-time low number first set by Chuck Courtney in 1961 and is three strokes better than any round by an SDSU individual since the program was reinstated in 1993.
Tied with Jeff Coburn of UC Irvine at 133, Warman leads two of the nation's top-five rated players according to Golfweek: Masters participant No. 2 Hunter Mahan of Oklahoma State (5th, 135, -7) and No. 5 Nick Watney of Fresno State (15th, 142, E).
SDSU holds a two-shot advantage on a group of three teams tied for third place at 1-under 567, including No. 8/6 Oklahoma State.
Senior Brian Miller (Madras, Ore./Saddleback JC) is looking for his fifth top-20 result of the season as he shares 18th place at 1-over 143. Another stroke back at 144 and in 24th place is senior Lars Johansson (Karlskrona, Sweden/Champansholam HS), while sophomore Aaron Choi (San Diego, Calif./Torrey Pines HS) is tied for 30th at 2-over 144. Senior John Lieber (San Diego, Calif./Grossmont HS) is 86th at 157.
The final round of the U.S. Intercollegiate begins with a shotgun start at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow.
U.S. IntercollegiateStanford G.C. Stanford, CADates: 04/19 - 04/20 (Today:04-19-2003)Par: 71Yardage: 6786
Fin. School Scores 1 UCLA 279 277 556 -12 2 San Diego State U. 292 273 565 -3 3 UC-Irvine 284 283 567 -1 Oklahoma State U. 293 274 567 -1 Fresno State Univ. 289 278 567 -1 6 Oregon, U. of 274 294 568 E 7 Pacific, U. of the 287 283 570 +2 8 Stanford University 289 287 576 +8 9 Washington State U. 294 283 577 +9 10 Long Beach State 285 295 580 +12 11 San Francisco, U. of 293 291 584 +16 12 California, U. of 300 285 585 +17 13 San Jose State Univ. 291 297 588 +20 14 Texas A&M University 296 297 593 +25 15 Santa Clara Univ. 304 291 595 +27 16 San Diego, U. of 294 306 600 +32
Top 10 Individuals Fin. Name School Scores 1 Roy Moon UCLA 65 66 131 -11
2 Jeff Coburn UC-Irvine 66 67 133 -9 Mark Warman SanDiegoSt 71 62 133 -9
4 Chad Spencer Fresno St. 70 64 134 -8
5 Hunter Mahan Okla. St. 70 65 135 -7
6 John Merrick UCLA 69 69 138 -4 Ryan Ressa Wash. St. 72 66 138 -4
8 John Ellis Oregon 67 72 139 -3 Ryan Carter Fresno St. 71 68 139 -3
10 Chris Carnahan Oregon 70 70 140 -2
SDSU Individuals T 2 Mark Warman SanDiegoSt 71 62 133 -9 T 18 Brian Miller SanDiegoSt 73 70 143 +1 T 24 Lars Johansson SanDiegoSt 74 70 144 +2 T 30 Aaron Choi SanDiegoSt 74 71 145 +3 86 John Lieber SanDiegoSt 74 83 157 +15