Oct. 21, 2008
EL CAJON, Calif. - The San Diego State men's golf team picked up a stroke and finished alone in sixth place at the Sycuan Collegiate Invitational on Tuesday. SDSU completed the three-round tournament at Willow Glen Golf Course with a score of 12-under par (290-275-287--852).
Johan Carlsson was San Diego State's top performer over three rounds and finished in a tie for 11th place. The sophomore shot a 1-over 73 in the final round and ultimately entered the clubhouse with a 5-under par 211.
Alex Kang, who played as an individual on the Aztecs' B-team, matched Carlsson's effort over three rounds as he, too, finished at 5-under. The freshman carded a 67 in the first round and was steady the next two rounds with a pair of even-par 72s.
Coming in a 3-under (213) and in a tie for 24th place were David Palm and J.J. Spaun. Palm, a member of the SDSU first team, was 1-under for the day to log the A-group's second-best score of the day. Spaun, meanwhile, ran into a little trouble during his time with the second team and finished the day with a 2-over 74.
Finishing one shot back of Palm and Spaun was Andrew Cooley. The freshman ended the tournament on a low note with his 3-over 75, but still managed to finish in a tie for 28th with his three-round score of 214 (-2).
In a tie for 35th place at even-par 216 were a trio of Aztecs in Bryan Martin, Colin Featherstone and David Lyons. Martin, a first-year member of the team and playing with the scoring group, carded the Scarlet and Black's top score of the day with his 3-under 69. Only eight others in the 120-player field posted a score better than Martin's. Featherstone, meanwhile, shot a 2-under 70 to finish the tournament and Lyons logged a 2-over 74.
Other Aztecs to finish the tournament were Ryan Citarella (+1), Michael Wynn (+3), Matt Hoffenberg (+4), Jerry Porras (+6) and Tyler Morris (+16).
San Diego State returns to action Nov. 3-4 when they travel to Hilton Head Island, S.C., for the Rees Jones Collegiate Invitational.
Sycuan Collegiate InvitationalTeam Results (top 5 and SDSU only)1. Colorado State - 280-276-281--837 (-27)2. UC Santa Barbara - 289-276-273--838 (-26)3. San Diego - 276-274-289--839 (-25)4. Denver - 284-277-280--841 (-23)5. Washington State - 290-273-285--848 (-16)--6. San Diego State - 290-275-287--852 (-12)
Individual Results (top 5 and SDSU only)1. Dustin Garza (Wichita State) - 71-61-68--200 (-16)2. Bryce Hanstad (Colorado State) - 68-65-71--204 (-12)3. Daniel Wax (Denver) - 71-66-68--205 (-11)t4. Tyler Weir (UCSB) - 72-69-66-207 (-9)t4. Jay Myers (SJSU) - 71-67-69--207 (-9)--t11. Johan Carlsson (SDSU) - 69-69-73--211 (-5)t11. Alex Kang (SDSU B) - 67-72-72--211 (-5)t24. David Palm (SDSU) - 72-70-71--213 (-3)t24. J.J. Spaun (SDSU B) - 71-68-74--213 (-3)t28. Andrew Cooley (SDSU) - 73-66-75--214 (-2)t35. Bryan Martin (SDSU) - 77-70-69--216 (E)t35. Colin Featherstone (SDSU B) - 72-74-70--216 (E)t35. David Lyons (SDSU Ind.) - 74-68-74--216 (E)t46. Ryan Citarella (SDSU B) - 71-73-73--217 (+1)t61. Michael Wynn (SDSU Ind.) - 76-68-75--219 (+3)t67. Matt Hoffenberg (SDSU) - 76-70-74--220 (+4)t75. Jerry Porras (SDSU Ind.) - 73-74-75--222 (+6)t105. Tyler Morris (SDSU B) - 78-72-82--232 (+16)