The Aztecs finished in fifth place at the Kikkor Golf Husky Invitational in Bremerton, Wash.

Sept. 18, 2012

FINAL RESULTS

BREMERTON, Wash. -- The San Diego State men's golf team concluded its first tournament of the season by remaining in fifth place in the final standings with a 54-hole total of 24-over 888 at the Kikkor Golf Husky Invitational in Bremerton, Wash. SDSU had three players finish in the top 25 at the par-72, 7,124-yard Olympic Course at Gold Mountain Golf Club.

Aztec senior Tom Berry (New Haw, England), who opened the two-day tournament with a 1-under 71, managed to stay in the top 10 on the leaderboard, finishing tied for sixth place with an overall score of 1-over 217.

Sophomore Xander Schauffele (San Diego, Calif.) had a solid first outing, tying for 18th place overall at 6-over 222. Schauffele posted his best round of the tournament on Monday at even-par 72. Following closely behind was freshman Riccardo Michelini (Carpi, Italy) who was the third player in the top 25, tying for 22nd place at 7-over 223.

Junior Austin Kaiser (Atascadero, Calif.) was the only Aztec not to rise in the standings in the final round, dropping from a tie for 25th place into a tie for 38th with a 78, including a pair of double bogeys and three bogeys in a 12-hole span. Kaiser finished at 12-over with a 228.

Rounding out the San Diego State group was sophomore James Holley (Chatsworth, Calif.), who carded his best round of the tournament with a 76, going from 53rd to 51st place at 16-over 232.

SDSU had three players compete as individuals on the par-71, 6,707-yard Cascade Course at Gold Mountain. True freshman Robert Gojuangco (San Diego, Calif.) claimed the best finish of the trio at 1-over 214 for the tournament. Fellow freshmen Gunn Yang (Pyeong Chang, South Korea) finished tied for 17th at 8-over 221 while Kevin Ko (Coquitlam, B.C., Canada) sat tied for 27th with a 19-over 232.

The Aztecs return to action on Sunday, Sept. 23, at the Ping-Golfweek Preview in Alpharetta, Ga.

Kikkor Golf Husky Invitational
Olympic Course at Gold Mountain Golf Club - Bremerton, Wash.
Par-72, 7,124

Team Scoring (Final)
(Top five of 15 and SDSU results only)
1. Washington: 283-290-289 - 862 (-2)
2. Texas A&M: 292-287-292 - 871 (+7)
3. St. Mary's (CA): 291-296-294 - 881 (+17)
4. UC Davis: 298-291-293 - 882 (+18)
5. San Diego State: 294-297-297 - 888 (+24)

Individual Results - 75 Golfers
(Top five and SDSU results only)
1. Cheng-Tsung Pan (Washington): 69-66-76 - 211 (-5)
2. Two tied at - 215 (-1)
4. Two tied at - 216 (E)
T6. Tom Berry (SDSU): 71-72-74 - 217 (+1)
T18. Xander Schauffele (SDSU): 72-76-74 - 222 (+6)
T22. Riccardo Michelini (SDSU): 74-76-73 - 223 (+7)
T51. James Holley (SDSU): 77-79-76 - 232 (+16)

Kikkor Individual Tournament
Par-71, 6,707-yard Cascade Course at Gold Mountain Golf Club
(SDSU results only)
4. Robert Gojvangco (SDSU): 71-72-71 - 214 (+1)
T17. Gunn Yang (SDSU): 77-75-69 - 221 (+8)
T27. Kevin Ko (SDSU): 78-78-76 - 232 (+19)