CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- Senior Chanachon Chokprajakchat (Bangkok, Thailand) finished in third place to lead the San Diego State men’s golf team on the final day of the R.E. Lamkin Invitational Tuesday at San Diego Country Club. Chokprajakchat shot a 2-under-par 70 on the par-72, 7,033-yard course in Tuesday’s final round to match his collegiate low 54-hole score of 207.
At -9, only Brigham Young’s Kihei Akina (-14) and Long Beach State’s Alejandro De Castro (-13) bested Chokprajakchat in the 96-man field. It was the second-best finish of his collegiate career, a shot ahead of Long Beach State’s Jaden Huggins and Brigham Young’s Simon Kwon each, at -8. He had four birdies and two bogeys in today’s round.
Sophomore Kai Hirayama (Arcadia, Calif.) finished in a tie for ninth at -4 following a 1-under 71 on Tuesday. It was the first top-10 finish of his Aztec career after coming to The Mesa from California for the 2025-26 campaign. He had five birdies and four bogeys on the day.
Sophomore Harry Takis (Brisbane, Australia), the top-ranked player in the country in the Scoreboard powered by clippd computer rankings and member of the Haskins Award Spring Watch List for the nation’s best player, shot his third consecutive even-par 72 and finished in a tie for 22nd. His five birdies were offset by five bogeys.
Freshman Beau Sahr (Eagle, Idaho) finished in a tie for 24th at +1 in his first career time in SDSU’s starting five. He shot a 1-over 73 today with three birdies on the front nine and four bogeys on the back nine.
Senior Tyler Kowack (San Diego/Canyon Crest Academy) tied for 38th at 4-over 220 after a 74 on Tuesday. Kowack, the lone San Diego State starter without a bogey on the par-4, 460-yard 18th hole, had three birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey today.
The Aztecs, who are 28th in the latest Scoreboard powered by clippd computer rankings, came in fifth out of 16 teams at 13-under-851 after winning the event last year at 43-under. Tournament co-host San Diego captured the team title at -26, while No. 38 Long Beach State (-24), No. 30 Brigham Young (-17) and Saint Mary’s (-14) also beat SDSU. No other team was under-par besides the top-5.
San Diego State also had four competing as individuals on Tuesday. Juniors Phillip Kench (Del Mar, Calif./Torrey Pines HS/UNLV) and Dylan Oyama (Carlsbad, Calif./Pacific Ridge HS) tied for 52nd at +6 with Kench rebounding from his 84 in yesterday’s second round with a 2-under 70 today. Oyama, meanwhile, carded a 75 today.
Sophomore Teddy Gardner (San Francisco, Calif.) was 66th at +10 and freshman Grayson Sebastian (Richmond, Texas) came in 95th at +22.
Next up for the Aztecs will be The Pauma Invitational, March 16-18, in Pauma Valley, California.
R.E. Lamkin Invitational
Day Two Results – March 10, 2026
San Diego Country Club – Chula Vista, Calif.
Par 72, 7,033 Yards
Team Standings
1. San Diego…283-274-281—838 (-26)
2. No. 38 Long Beach State…273-290-277—840 (-24)
3. No. 30 Brigham Young…280-289-278—847 (-17)
4. Saint Mary’s…282-286-282—850 (-14)
5. No. 28 San Diego State…279-286-286—851 (-13)
6. UC San Diego…285-290-289—864 (E)
7. No. 47 Colorado…287-282-297—866 (+2)
8. UC Davis…286-292-292—870 (+6)
9. Pacific…292-291-291—874 (+10)
10. Cal Poly…289-294-294—877 (+13)
11. Fresno State…293-294-295—882 (+18)
12. San Francisco…294-297-294—885 (+21)
13. UT Arlington…302-298-293—893 (+29)
14. UC Irvine…295-295-305—895 (+31)
15. UC Santa Barbara…297-299-304—900 (+36)
16. Wyoming…302-295-304—901 (+37)
Individual Leaders (Top 5 of 96 players + SDSU)
1. Kihei Akina (Brigham Young)…67-71-64—202 (-14)
2. Alejandro De Castro (Long Beach State)…63-70-70—203 (-13
3. Chanachon Chokprajakchat (San Diego State)…69-68-70—207 (-9)
T4. Jaden Huggins (Long Beach State)…70-71-67—208 (-8)
T4. Simon Kwon (Brigham Young)…68-72-68—208 (-8)
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T9. Kai Hirayama (San Diego State)…69-72-71—212 (-4)
T22. Harry Takis (San Diego State)…72-72-72—216 (E)
T24. Beau Sahr (San Diego State)…70-74-73—217 (+1)
T38. Tyler Kowack (San Diego State)…71-75-74—220 (+4)
T52. ^Phillip Kench (San Diego State)…68-84-70—222 (+6)
T52. ^Dylan Oyama (San Diego State)…74-73-75—222 (+6)
66. ^Teddy Gardner (San Diego State)…75-73-78—226 (+10
95. ^Grayson Sebastian (San Diego State)…82-78-78—238 (+22
DQ. ^Nathan Sampson (San Diego State)…70-DQ-DQ—DQ
^ competed as an individual
Chanachon Chokprajakchat Takes Third at R.E. Lamkin Invitational
Chokprajakchat matches his lowest career 54-hole score (207) as Aztecs take fifth at San Diego Country Club.
