Sept. 27, 2004
SAN DIEGO - San Diego State senior Aaron Choi shot rounds of 74 and 70 and is in 10th place after the first day of the Opus NW Husky Invitational in Bremerton, Wash.
The tournament hosted by the University of Washington, features 10 teams and is a 54-hole event. The first two rounds were played on Monday and the tournament will conclude on Tuesday.
Choi is in 10th place among the 60 golfers after rallying from a two-over-par 74 in Monday's first round. The senior suffered a bogey on the first hole of his second round, but responded with an eagle on his next hole en route to a two-under-par 70. A graduate of Torrey Pines High, Choi started his second round eight shots off the lead, but after the second 18 closed the gap to just five strokes. He will start the final round just two shots out of fifth place.
It was difficult day for the Aztecs, which as a team shot rounds of 389 and 382 and are in 10th-place after the first day. After improving by seven shots in the second round, San Diego State is just two shots out of ninth place.
Aztec senior Linus Nilsson helped lead the turnaround. After suffering through a first-round 80, Nilsson rallied for a second-round 75 and is in a tie for 40th position.
Opus NW Husky InvitationalOlympic Course at Gold Mountain (Bremerton, Wash.)
Team Scores 1. Southern California 356-395--715 (-5) 2. Brigham Young 371-363--734 (+14) 3. Coastal Carolina 370-365--735 (+15) 4. UC Irvine 368-368--736 (+16) 5. Minnesota 366-371--737 (+17) Washington 367-370 - 737 (+17) 7. UC Davis 373-371--744 (+24) 8. Oregon State 381-377--758 (+38) 9. Washington State 376-393--769 (+49)10. San Diego State 389-382--771 (+51)
Individual Scores 1. Taylor Wood, Southern California 68-71--139 (-5) 2. Ben Hayes, Southern California 69-71--140 (-4) Jay Westerlund, UC Davis 71-69--140 (-4) 4. Oscar Alvarez, Brigham Young 73-68--141 (-3) 5. Greg Machtaler, Brigham Young 70-72--142 (-2) Josh Persons, Minnesota 71-71--142 (-2) 7. Jake Ellison, Brigham Young 72-71--143 (-1) Dustin Johnson, Coastal Carolina 73-70--143 (-1) Bronson LaCassie, Minnesota 71-72--143 (-1)10. Aaron Choi, San Diego State 74-70--144 (E)40. Linus Nilsson, San Diego State 80-75--155 (+11)44. Chris Cole, San Diego State 79-77--156 (+12)52. Andrew Scott, San Diego State 77-81--158 (+14)54. Chad Moscovic, San Diego State 80-79-159 (+15)60. Josh Warthen, San Diego State 79-82--161 (+17)