Sept. 30, 2003
Bremerton, Wash. - San Diego State finished second at the Husky Invitational by shooting a final round 363 to finish with a total of 1108 (+28). The Aztecs entered the final day in fourth place but jumped two places with the second best round of the day at Gold Mountain's Olympic Course. The host school University of Washington won the tournament at 1087 (+7) but SDSU finished ahead of regional foes UCLA and California, who entered the tournament as two of the top teams in the country. Redshirt freshman Cory Segall led SDSU by tying for second at one-under 215. Segall posted his second straight round of one-under 71 to earn the runner-up finish. The tournament consisted of six-man teams with the top five scores counting towards the team total.
The Aztecs had four players finish in the top 25, with three being freshmen, and two players cracked the top ten. SDSU also posted three scores under par in the final round.
"Overall, the team's performance was solid," said head coach Dale Walker. "The goal of this team is to improve in every tournament and so far we have done that from North Carolina to New Mexico and now in Washington. Also beating UCLA and Cal, two premier teams in the country, should bring us some confidence as we move into the rest of the fall."
UCLA entered the tournament ranked third in the Precept Coaches poll while California was first in the Golfweek rankings.
Segall's second place performance is the top finish for the Aztecs so far in the fall season. Cory has posted the team's top scoring average at 71.5 over six rounds. Walker was also pleased with the performance of Segall, who was playing in only his second tournament as an Aztec.
"Segall gave us one of the better performances of any Aztec freshman," Walker said. "Cory is one of the hardest working golfers we have on the team and his athleticism and intelligence enable him to play well at almost any golf course. The strength of this field combined with Cory's performance raise the bar for the other players on this golf team."
Senior Mark Warman finished eighth after firing a two-under 70 for a 220 total. Warman shot 74-76 to open the tournament before shooting the fourth best score of the final day. It is the second time Warman has recorded a top-10 finish this year, as he also placed eighth at the season opening Mid Pines.
Freshmen Jamie Puterbaugh and Aaron Goldberg also cracked the top 25 for SDSU. Puterbaugh shot 74-72-75 to place 13th with a total of 221. Goldberg fired a three-under 69 on Tuesday to finish in 23rd with a 224 total. Aaron was one of only four golfers in the tournament to break 70 in the three rounds. Steven Eshbach and Aaron Choi rounded out the scoring for the Aztecs as they shot 230 and 234, respectively.
The Aztecs next tournament is the Fresno Lexus Classic on October 10-12 at the San Joaquin Country Club.