SDSU Moves into Sixth at Southwestern Invitational

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- The San Diego State men's golf team carded a 7-under-par 277 to move into solo sixth place after two rounds at the Southwestern Invitational Tuesday on the par-71, 6,800-yard North Ranch Country Club. The Aztecs, who are 34th in the latest NCAA computer rankings, are at 6-under 562 through 36 holes.
 
SDSU's 277 was the third lowest in the 13-team field on Tuesday, and is just four shots behind leader Ohio State (-10), the 27th-ranked team in the computer rankings. No. 21 Texas Tech, Colorado and UNLV are all tied for second at -8, while No. 31 UCLA rounds out the top 5 at -7.
 
Sophomore Tyler Kowack (Del Mar, Calif./La Jolla HS) vaulted into the top 5 following a 4-under 67 in Tuesday's second round. Kowack logged four birdies in his bogey-free 67 and is now in a tie for fifth in the 75-man field at -6 with Ohio State's Neal Shipley and UCLA's Luke Powell.
 
Sophomore Chanachon Chokprajakchat (Bangkok, Thailand) matched Kowack with a bogey-free 67 and moved up 13 places into a tie for 12th at -4 for the tournament.
 
Competing as an individual, junior Jack Townsend (San Diego/Charter School of San Diego) fell out of the top 10 into a tie for 21st with a 2-over 73 and is at even-par 142 for the tournament. Townsend was at 1-under through 13 holes in today's second round but went bogey-bogey-birdie-bogey-bogey to finish with a tough 73.
 
Senior Jackson Moss (San Diego/Point Loma HS) bounced back from a 2-over 73 on Monday with a 1-under 70 today and is in a tie for 28th at +1. Moss sank four birdies, which offset three bogeys.
 
Junior Justin Hastings (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) slipped into a tie for 55th at +6 with a 5-over 76 today. Hastings made the turn at +6, and finished the back nine with two birdies and two bogeys.
 
Junior Shea Lague (Jamul, Calif./Steele Canyon HS) improved threes strokes from Monday with a 2-over 73 and is tied for 61st at +7. Lague had a pair of birdies and four bogeys on the day.
 
Colorado's Tucker Clark shot a Tuesday-low 63 to move into first place at -10. Just behind Clark are Texas Tech's Tyran Snyders (-8), Houston's  Santiago De La Fuente (-7) and UNLV's Caden Fioroni (-7).
 
San Diego State is set to begin its final round at 8:55 a.m. PT Wednesday from the first hole along with Colorado and UCLA.
 
Southwestern Invitational
Westlake Village, Calif.
Day Two Results (Jan. 30, 2024)
North Ranch Country Club
Par 71, 6,800 yards
 
Team Standings (top 5 of 13 and SDSU)
1. No. 27 Ohio State…285-273—558 (-10)
T2. Colorado…290-270—560 (-8)
T2. UNLV…279-281—560 (-8)
T2. No. 21 Texas Tech…277-283—560 (-8)
5. No. 31 UCLA…280-281—561 (-7)
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6. No. 34 San Diego State…285-277—562 (-6)
 
Individual Leaders (Top 7 of 75 players + SDSU)
1. Tucker Clark (Colorado)…69-63—132 (-10)
2. Tyran Snyders (Texas Tech)…66-68—134 (-8)
T3. Santiago De La Fuente (Houston)…67-68—135 (-7)
T3. Caden Fioroni (UNLV)…62-73—135 (-7)
T5. Tyler Kowack (San Diego State)…69-67—136 (-6)
T5. Neal Shipley (Ohio State)…69-67—136 (-6)
T5. Luke Powell (UCLA)…67-69—136 (-6)
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T12. Chanachon Chokprajakchat (San Diego State)…71-67—138 (-4)
T21. ^Jack Townsend (San Diego State)…69-73—142 (E)
T28. Jackson Moss (San Diego State)…73-70—143 (+1)
T55. Justin Hastings (San Diego State)…72-76—148 (+6)
T61. Shea Lague (San Diego State)…76-73—149 (+7)
^competing as an individual