SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego State men's golf team returns to action this weekend when it travels to San Francisco to play in The Goodwin presented by Palo Alto Networks, hosted by Stanford on the par-70, 7,193-yard TPC Harding Park.
The Aztecs, who are 29th in the latest NCAA computer ratings, are one of 31 teams competing in the 54-hole event, will take place over three days, beginning with the opening 18 on Thursday. Others in the top 50 of the rankings include No. 7 Tennessee, No. 15 Georgia Tech, No. 19 California, No. 22 Georgia, No. 25 Oregon, No. 33 UCLA, No. 43 Brigham Young, No. 44 Stanford and No. 48 Long Beach State. Rounding out the field are Appalachian State, Cal Poly, California Baptist, Clemson, Colorado, Howard, Lipscomb, Little Rock, Nevada, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose State, Santa Clara, TCU, UC Davis, Utah, Utah Tech, USC and Washington State.
SDSU will play along with Oregon, host Stanford and UCLA for the first two days, teeing off from the first hole at noon PT Thursday and then off the 10th hole for the second round at 7:05 a.m. PT Friday. Saturday's final round will be based on scoring from the first two rounds and will start at 7 a.m. PT with the leaders starting at 1 p.m. PT.
Teeing up for San Diego State under head coach Ryan Donovan is in alphabetical order are Chanachon Chokprajakchat (Bangkok, Thailand), Justin Hastings (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands), Tyler Kowack (Del Mark, Calif./La Jolla HS), Shea Lague (Jamul, Calif./Steele Canyon HS) and Jackson Moss (San Diego/Point Loma HS).
Kowack leads San Diego State with a 70.22 stroke average this season, followed by Hastings (70.86), Chokprajakchat (71.63), Skyler Ngo (Las Vegas) (71.75) and Lague (71.92).
This year is the 54th edition of The Goodwin presented by Palo Alto Networks. Formerly named the U.S. Collegiate Invitational, The Goodwin was renamed in 2014 in honor of legendary head coach Wally Goodwin, whose tenure on The Farm lasted from 1987-2000. Goodwin led Stanford to the 1994 NCAA title, its first since 1953, while finishing second in 1995. A two-time National Coach of the Year, Goodwin helped revive a struggling Stanford program and returned it to national prominence by recruiting Tiger Woods, Notah Begay III, Casey Martin, Joel Kribel, and Ray, among many other notables.
Stanford has won the event a record 16 times (1968, 1970-75, 1980, 1983, 1989, 1995, 2007, 2013-14, 2017, 2019). TPC Harding Park will host the event for the third time after serving as headquarters in 2018 and 2023. TPC Harding Park has played host to numerous PGA Tour events, including the 2009 Presidents Cup and the 2020 PGA Championship.
The Aztecs last competed in The Goodwin back in 2014, taking 16th out of 18 teams on a SDSU squad that started Xander Schauffele (T-65th, +11), Austin Kaiser (T-85th, +17) - Schauffele's caddie on the PGA Tour, and 2014 U.S. Amateur champion Gunn Yang.
San Diego State captured consecutive team titles in the event in 1977 and 1978, while Gary Simoni (1977), Lenny Clements (1979), Mark Warman (2003) and Aaron Goldberg (2004) each earned medalist honors for the Scarlet and Black.
Oklahoma won the team title last year at 18-under par with Sooner Ben Lorenz capturing medalist honors at -9.
Next up for the Aztecs will be the Western Intercollegiate, April 15-17, at Pasatiempo G.C. in Santa Cruz, California.
SDSU Men’s Golf Heads to Stanford’s The Goodwin
