Oct. 26, 2004
LAKESIDE, Calif. - San Diego State junior Josh Warthen shot the low round of the day, posting a six-under-par, 66, to help lead the Aztecs to the third lowest final round score and to a seventh-place finish at the 2004 Barona Collegiate Championship sponsored by Callaway Golf on Tuesday.
Four of San Diego State's five golfers shot under par for the host Aztecs, which climbed from 11th to seventh place in the final 18 holes. The two-day, 54-hole tournament featured 14 teams and 78 golfers.
Brigham Young won the team championship with impressive rounds of 271, 277 and 274. The Cougars ended the event 42-under-par, 19 strokes ahead of Denver and Texas A&M, which finished in a tie for second place.
Individually, Brigham Young's Oscar Alvarez sank a lengthy putt on the second playoff hole to claim the individual title over Denver's James Love. Both players ended the event at 13-under-par. The Aztecs placed two players in the top 20, with Warthen placing 15th and Linus Nilsson finishing 18th.
TEAM LEADERSFin. School Scores 1 Brigham Young Univ. 271 277 274 822 -42 2 Denver, U. of 278 282 281 841 -23 Texas A&M University 285 278 278 841 -23 4 Colorado State Univ. 283 276 283 842 -22 5 Ohio State Univ. 283 273 289 845 -19 6 Wichita State Univ. 285 279 283 847 -17 7 San Diego State U. 290 282 279 851 -13 Fresno State 286 282 283 851 -13 9 UC-Santa Barbara 289 275 290 854 -10 10 Washington State U. 287 283 285 855 -9 11 Texas El Paso, U. of 283 288 288 859 -5 12 Nevada, Univ. of 293 291 283 867 +3 13 Hawaii, Univ. of 293 287 288 868 +4 14 San Diego, U. of 292 282 298 872 +8
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Fin. Name School Scores ** 1 Oscar Alvarez BYU 66 69 68 203 -13 2 James Love Denver 64 72 67 203 -13 3 Andrew Parr Texas A&M 70 67 67 204 -12 4 James Allenby UTEP 68 68 69 205 -11 5 Greg Machtaler BYU 68 70 68 206 -10 Ron Harvey, Jr. BYU 68 70 68 206 -10 7 Derrick Whiting Col. St. 72 68 67 207 -9 Brian Kelley Fresno St. 70 69 68 207 -9 9 David Fern Wash. St. 72 68 68 208 -8 Scott Anderson Ohio State 67 67 74 208 -8 Kevin McAlpine Col. St. 70 68 70 208 -8 Jake Ellison BYU 69 68 71 208 -8 Aaron Weston Col. St. 69 68 71 208 -8 14 Zack Randol Ohio State 70 68 71 209 -7 15 Josh Warthen SanDiegoSt 73 71 66 210 -6 Colin Biles Ohio State 72 67 71 210 -6 Ty Cline Wichita St 68 70 72 210 -6 18 *Linus Nilsson SanDiegoSt 68 70 73 211 -5 Jon Rosa Fresno St. 70 70 71 211 -5 Derek Smith Wichita St 72 69 70 211 -5
SDSU INDIVIDUALS Fin. Name School Scores San Diego State U. 290 282 279 851 T 15 Josh Warthen 73 71 66 210 T 27 Andrew Scott 71 71 71 213 T 32 Gilberto Rodriguez 72 69 73 214 T 37 Chad Moscovic 74 71 71 216 T 47 Aaron Choi 75 72 71 218
SDSU INDIVIDUALS PLAYING UNATTACHED Fin. Name School Scores T 18 Linus Nilsson SanDiegoSt 68 70 73 211 T 72 Jason Puterbaugh SanDiegoSt 76 74 77 227 78 Chris Freeman SanDiegoSt 77 76 79 232
** - Won title on second playoff hole* - Competed as individual