Sept. 20, 2009
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. -
Final Results - Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational in PDF Format
After a promising start, the San Diego State men's golf team finished in 11th place at the prestigious Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational in Olympia Fields, Ill. The Aztecs posted a final round 25-over 305 on Sunday to end the 54-hole tournament at 61-over 901 at the par-70, 7,205 Olympia Fields Country Club. Arizona State won the 15-team event, which featured seven schools ranked in the top 10, by two strokes over No. 2 Oklahoma State with a 30-over 870.
SDSU sophomore Andrew Cooley (New Haw, England) and junior Johan Carlsson (Gothenburg, Sweden) were the team's top two golfers for the second consecutive week. Cooley though fell from 12th to 24th place after a 77 over the final 18 holes, including a pair of double bogeys, to card an 11-over 221. Carlsson, meanwhile, moved up one slot into a tie for 41st place with a 16-over 226, including a final round 75.
Aztec sophomore Alex Kang (Oak Park, Calif.) had the team's best effort of the day with his tournament-best of 74 to jump into a tie for 50th place with a three-day effort of 18-over 228. Junior Matt Hoffenberg (Simi Valley, Calif.) and sophomore J.J. Spaun (San Dimas, Calif.) ended up within one stroke of one another at 22-over 232 and 23-over 233, respectively.
Georgia's Harris English improved four spots into a tie for first place with Oklahoma State's Trent Whitekiller at 1-over 211 to garner co-medalist honors.
San Diego State will compete in its third different state in three tournaments this season when it travels to The Meadow Club in Fairfax, Calif., for the Alister Mackenzie Invitational, Oct. 12-13.
Final-round scores with relation to par, Sept. 20, 2009, at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational, played at the par-70, 7,157-yard Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Ill.
Team Scoring (Top 5 teams out of 15, plus SDSU)
1 Arizona State 293-284-293-870 (+30)
2 Oklahoma State 295-288-289-872 (+32)
3 Texas 292-289-294-875 (+35)
4 Stanford 295-288-293-876 (+36)
5 Florida State 288-298-291-877 (+37)
11 San Diego State 293-303-305-901 (+61)
San Diego State
T24 Andrew Cooley 71-73-77-221 (+11)
T41 Johan Carlsson 74-77-75-226 (+16)
T50 Alex Kang 78-76-74-228 (+18)
T57 Matt Hoffenberg 76-77-79-232 (+22)
T59 J.J. Spaun 72-77-84-233 (+23)