LAS VEGAS -- The San Diego State men's golf moved up one spot into a tie for 11th on a windy second round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate on Monday. The Aztecs carded a 5-over 293 on the par-72, 7,510-yard Southern Highlands course and are at 6-over 582 through 36 holes.
SDSU, which is ranked 25th in the latest GolfStat ratings, is tied with No. 8 Georgia Tech for 11th in the loaded 15-team field at +6, three shots behind No. 41 TCU (+3) for ninth and one shot behind of UCF (+5) for 10th. No. 4 North Carolina leads at -20, while No. 16 Texas (-16), No. 14 Pepperdine (-12), No. 7 Illinois (-10) and No. 9 Oklahoma (-6) round out the top 5.
Sophomore Justin Hastings (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) leads San Diego State through two rounds in a tie for 20th out of 84 golfers at 1-under 143. Hastings dropped 12 places following a 3-over 75 today, which came with four birdies, one bogey and three double bogeys. He regrouped down the stretch, birdieing both the par-4, 440-yard seventh and the par-5, 592-yard ninth to salvage a 75.
Three Aztecs are tied for 54th at +4, including freshman Chanachon Chokprajakchat (Bangkok, Thailand), sophomore Shea Lague (Jamul, Calif./Steele Canyon HS) and freshman Tyler Kowack (Del Mar, Calif./La Jolla HS) shot. Chokprajakchat led the way today with an even-par 72, including an eagle on the par-5, 577-yards 13th and two birdies, which were offset by four bogeys.
Lague, meanwhile, shot a 2-over 74 and Kowack a 5-over 77. Lague eagled the par-5, 620-yard third and sank two birdies, but also recorded six bogeys. Kowack followed up his 1-under 71 yesterday with a lone birdie on the par-4, 365-yard fifth and just two bogeys, but ended his round with a quadruple bogey on the ninth.
Freshman Dylan Oyama (Carlsbad, Calif./Pacific Ridge HS) matched Chokprajakchat with a 72 today and is tied for 63rd at +5 overall. Oyama birdied the par-4, 500-yard 11th and the par-5, 622-yard 18th, and two bogeys.
North Carolina's Austin Greaser and Florida's Yuxin Lin lead the tournament through two rounds at -10, one shot ahead of Texas' Christiaan Maas (-9) and Pepperdine's Sam Choi (-9), and two ahead of Oklahoma's Patrick Welch (-8).
Southern Highlands Collegiate
Las Vegas, Nev.
Round Two Results
Southern Highlands
Par 72, 7,510 yards
Team Standings (Top 5 of 15 teams)
1. No. 4 North Carolina…271-285—556 (-20)
2. No. 16 Texas…283-277—560 (-16)
3. No. 14 Pepperdine…278-286—564 (-12)
4. No. 7 Illinois…285-281—566 (-10)
5. No. 9 Oklahoma…287-283—570 (-6)
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T11. No. 25 San Diego State…289-293—582 (+6)
Individual Leaders (Top 5 of 84 players + SDSU)
T1. Austin Greaser (North Carolina)…64-70—134 (-10)
T1. Yuxin Lin (Florida)…64-70—134 (-10)
T3. Christiaan Maas (Texas)…66-69—135 (-9)
T3. Sam Choi (Pepperdine)…64-71—135 (-9)
5. Patrick Welch (Oklahoma)…69-67—136 (-8)
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T20. Justin Hastings (San Diego State)…68-75—143 (-1)
T54. Chanachon Chokprajakchat (San Diego State)…76-72—148 (+4)
T54. Shea Lague (San Diego State)…74-74—148 (+4)
T54. Tyler Kowack (San Diego State)…71-77—148 (+4)
T63. Dylan Oyama (San Diego State)…77-72—149 (+5)
No. 25 Aztecs Tied for 11th at SHC in Las Vegas
