Oct. 9, 2011
The San Diego State men's golf team competes in its second tournament of the fall campaign, when it participates in The Prestige at PGA West, Oct. 9-11, in La Quinta, Calif. This year's event will be held at the par-72, 7,156-yard Greg Norman course.
The Aztecs, who are ranked 14th nationally in the latest coaches' poll, are playing in The Prestige for the first time in its 12-year history. They will be facing some of the nation's top squads, including five in the top 25 alone with No. 4 and co-host Stanford, No. 11 USC, No. 13 Washington, No. 20 Oregon and No. 21 Duke. The Cardinal and Ducks are actually 1-2 nationally in both the golfstat.com and Golfweek/Sagarin rankings posted earlier this week.
Other schools filling the 16-team field include Arizona State, Long Beach State, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Diego, UC Davis, UCF, USF and Vanderbilt.
The teams will play 18 holes each day with shotgun starts at 12:30 p.m. PT on Sunday and Monday and at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Live results will be available for all three rounds at golfstat.com.
Aztec Line-Up For This Week
Ninth-year head coach Ryan Donovan will alter his starting five just slightly from a week ago, adding in redshirt senior Matt Hoffenberg (Simi Valley, Calif.) with seniors J.J. Spaun (San Dimas, Calif.) and Alex Kang (Oak Park, Calif.), sophomore Todd Baek (Auckland, New Zealand) and freshman Wilson Bateman (Edmonton, Alberta).
Hoffenberg competed as an individual in the season opener in New Mexico and earned a spot in the lineup with his 24th-place performance.
Rewind: SDSU Takes Third In Season Opener
The San Diego State men's golf team came in third place in its season-opening event with a 19-over 883, at the 57th annual William H. Tucker Intercollegiate in Albuquerque, N.M.
SDSU had two players finish in the top 15 on the individual leaderboard. Senior J.J. Spaun tied for ninth place at 2-over 218, while true freshman Wilson Bateman, competing in his first collegiate event, moved him from 20th into a tie for 14th place over the final 18 holes to end at 4-over 220.
Sophomore Todd Baek and senior Matt Hoffenberg both tied for in 24th with a 7-over 223, while senior Alex Kang was two stroke behind with a 225 to tie for 34th. Junior Tom Berry (New Haw, England) rounded out the Aztec contingent in 41st with a 227.
This is the second consecutive year SDSU placed third at its season-opening tournament and is its 13th top-five finish in its last 15 outings.
12th annual The Prestige at PGA West
Hosted by: Stanford, UC Davis
Site: PGA West (Greg Norman Course)/ La Quinta, Calif.
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,156
Holes: 54
Dates: Oct. 9-11
2010 Team Champion: California, 864 (E)
2010 Individual Champion: Andrew Yun, Stanford, 204 (-12)
The Field (16 teams): No. 14 San Diego St., No. 4 Stanford, No. 20 Oregon, UCF, No. 21 Duke, Arizona State, San Diego, USF, Northwestern, Long Beach State, Oregon State, Pepperdine, UC Davis, No. 11 USC, Vanderbilt, No. 13 Washington
Rankings = Golfworld/Nike Coaches' Poll (Sept. 28)