May 19, 2005
NCAA West Regional Day One Team/Individual Results in PDF Format
NCAA West Regional Day One Team Results in PDF Format
NCAA West Regional Day One Individual Results in PDF Format
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State men's golf team shot a 6-over-par 286 and is in a tie for sixth place after Thursday's first round of the NCAA West Regional Championships at the Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, Calif.
The three-day, 54-hole event is one of three regionals being played. The top 10 teams in the west regional will advance to the NCAA National Championship, June 1-4 at the Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. San Diego State trails only Brigham Young, Pepperdine, UNLV, Arizona and New Mexico in the team race and will start the second round with a three-stroke cushion on 10th place.
Aztec senior Gilberto Rodriguez led the way with a 1-under-par 69. A native of Tijuana, Mexico, he made the turn at 2-over-par, but birdied three of the final eight holes to card a 32 on the back nine. Rodriguez is tied for fifth place among the 141 individuals in the championships.
Junior Josh Warthen rode a roller-coaster first round to a 1-over-par 71. He had six birdies and seven bogeys with just five pars and is in 19th position.
Seniors Aaron Choi and Linus Nilsson and junior Andrew Scott all produced solid first round scores. Choi was 4-over-par after six holes, but utilized birdies at seven, nine and 15 to play the final 12 holes at 1-under-par. The San Diego native is 3-over-par after the first round.
Scott pared 15 of 18 holes in his first round but a triple bogey on the fifth left the junior at 3-over-par for the tournament.
Nilsson was even through eight holes before a double bogey at nine and bogeys at 10 and 11. The senior responded with pars on his final seven holes and is at 4-over-par.
The championships continue tomorrow with the second round and conclude on Saturday. Live scoring is available on goaztecs.com.
First-Round Team Results 1. Brigham Young 278 (-2) 2. Pepperdine 279 (-1) 3. UNLV 281 (+1) 4. Arizona 283 (+3) 5. New Mexico 284 (+4) 6. San Diego State 286 (+6) Southern California 286 (+6) Washington 286 (+6) 9. UCLA 288 (+8)10. Stanford 289 (+9) South Carolina 289 (+9)12. Auburn 290 (+10) Arizona State 290 (+10)14. Oregon 291 (+12)15. Louisiana State 294 (+14) Denver 294 (+14)17. Fresno State 295 (+15) Saint Mary's 295 (+15) UC Riverside 295 (+15) South Alabama 295 (+15)21. Texas-Arlington 297 (+17) Cal Poly 297 (+17)23. Central Connecticut St. 302 (+22)24. Colorado State 303 (+23) Illinois State 303 (+23)26. Princeton 306 (+26)27. Samford 312 (+32)
First-Round Individual Leaders1. Oscar Alvarez, BYU 63 (-7)2. Nathan Lashley, Arizona 66 (-4) Michael Putnam, Pepperdine 66 (-4)4. Travis Bertoni, Cal Poly 68 (-2)5. Gilberto Rodriguez, SDSU 69 (-1) six others tide at 69 (-1)
San Diego State Individual First-Round Scores 5. Gilberto Rodriguez 69 (-1)19. Josh Warthen 71 (+1)53. Aaron Choi 73 (+3)53. Andrew Scott 73 (+3)71. Linus Nilsson 74 (+4)