Men's Golf

Aztecs Finish 11th At John Burns Intercollegiate

Feb. 20, 2004

WAHIAWA, HAWAII - San Diego State shot two-under 286 in the final round of the John Burns Intercollegiate to finish in 11th place. The Aztecs ended with an eight-under par total of 856 in Hawaii. It was the first tournament of the spring for SDSU, who entered the season ranked No. 42 in the latest Golfweek rankings.

The University of Arizona won its second tournament of the spring, by shooting 31-under 833, over a field that consisted of 11 teams in the top-50 of Golfweek's lastest rankings.

Senior Mark Warman led the Aztecs with finishing in 16th after shooting a final round 70 to finish at five-under 211. Warman shot 72-69-70 to earn his fourth top-20 finish of the year, and his 21st of his career.

Junior Linus Nilsson finished in 37th after shooting 214. Freshman Aaron Goldberg led the Aztecs in the final round with a three-under 69 and finished in a tie with teammate Aaron Choi for 48th with a total of 216.

SDSU next competition is at the University of Texas-El Paso Invitational on March 1-2.

Fin. School Scores 1 Arizona, U. of 285 272 276 833 -31 2 UNLV 280 276 281 837 -27 3 New Mexico, U. of 276 279 285 840 -24 4 California, U. of 284 278 281 843 -21 5 Brigham Young Univ. 279 288 281 848 -16 6 Texas A&M University 283 280 286 849 -15 Colorado State Univ. 282 290 277 849 -15 8 SMU 281 286 283 850 -14 9 Colorado, U. of 286 280 288 854 -10 Denver, U. of 285 286 283 854 -10 11 San Diego State U. 283 287 286 856 -8 12 Hawaii-Hilo, U. of 294 292 274 860 -4 13 San Jose State Univ. 282 292 291 865 +1 14 Pacific, U. of the 293 283 292 868 +4 15 Texas El Paso, U. of 285 293 291 869 +5 UC-Santa Barbara 289 292 288 869 +5 17 Hawaii, Univ. of 297 296 285 878 +14 18 Utah, Univ. of 278 304 297 879 +15 19 Nagoya University 294 303 295 892 +28 20 San Francisco, U. of 294 299 303 896 +32 21 UH Hilo B 297 294 306 897 +33 22 UH Manoa B 301 305 309 915 +51
11 San Diego State U. 283 287 286 856 T 16 Mark Warman 72 69 70 211 T 37 Linus Nilsson 69 71 74 214 T 48 Aaron Choi 70 73 73 216 T 48 Aaron Goldberg 72 75 69 216T 68 Andrew Scott 73 74 74 221