SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- The San Diego State men's golf team is in ninth place after the first day of the Western Intercollegiate, following a 10-over-par 360 on the historic par-70, 6,486-yard Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, California.
The Aztecs, who are No. 34 in the latest NCAA computer rankings, are just six shots behind No. 38 Stanford (+4) in second place with No. 9 Arizona being the only team in the field under par at 2-under. No. 8 Washington (+5) is in third out of 14 teams, while No. 21 California and No. 25 Oregon are tied for fourth at +6. No. 42 Chattanooga and tournament host San Jose State are two ahead of SDSU at +8, while No. 41 Brigham Young is in eighth at +9.
The Western Intercollegiate is a six-count-five event, as opposed to the usual five-count-four event, and Chanachon Chokprajakchat (Bangkok, Thailand) paces San Diego State in a tie for 16th out of 96 golfers at even-par 70. Chokprajakchat had four birdies and four bogeys in his round, never being worse than 1-over on the day.
Justin Hastings (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) and Skyler Ngo (Las Vegas, Nev.), meanwhile, are tied for 22nd following a 1-over 71. Hastings had one birdie - par-5, 532-yard fourth - and two bogeys, and ended his round with 11 consecutive pars. Ngo sank three birdies on the day, including two over his final four holes, after opening with back-to-back bogeys and double bogeying the par-4, 430-yard 11th.
Jackson Moss (San Diego/Point Loma HS) is tied for 41st at +3. Moss got to 1-under for his round after consecutive birdies on the par-3, 142-yard sixth and the par-4, 392-yard seventh, but went +4 over his next four holes before ending with seven straight pars to settle for a 73.
Shea Lague (Jamul, Calif./Steele Canyon HS) is tied for 63rd after a 5-over 75. Making the turn at +1, Lague went 5-over-par through his next four holes, before recording pars in four straight and finishing with a birdie on the par-5, 491-yard 18th.
Tyler Kowack (San Diego/Canyon Crest Academy) will look to rebound tomorrow after carding an 11-over 81 in today's first round. Kowack was 11-over through his first 10 holes before shooting even-par final eight holes with two birdies and two bogeys.
Washington's Taehoon Song fired a 4-under 66, and is one shot ahead of teammate Petr Hruby, Texas' Nathan Petronzio and Arizona's Sam Sommerhauser, who each shot a 3-under 67.
San Diego State will once again play with Oregon in Tuesday's second round, beginning at 11:16 a.m. PT. Golf Channel will broadcast live from 4-7 p.m. PT.
Western Intercollegiate
Pasatiempo Golf Club
Par 70, 6,486 yards
Day One Results (April 15, 2024)
Team Standings (top 5 of 14 + SDSU)
1. No. 9 Arizona…348 (-2)
2. No. 38 Stanford…354 (+4)
3. No. 8 Washington…355 (+5)
T4. No. 21 California…356 (+6)
T4. No. 25 Oregon…356 (+6)
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9. No. 34 San Diego State…360 (+10)
Individual Leaders (Top 9 of 96 players + SDSU)
1. Taehoon Song (Washington)…66 (-4)
T2. Petr Hruby (Washington)…67 (-3)
T2. Nathan Petronzio (Texas)…67 (-3)
T2. Sam Sommerhauser (Arizona)…67 (-3)
T5. Zac Jones (Brigham Young)…68 (-2)
T5. Zubair Firdaus (San Jose State)…68 (-2)
T5. Greyson Leach (Oregon)…68 (-2)
T5. Filip Jakubcik (Arizona)…68 (-2)
T5. *Keshav Mungali (San Jose State)…68 (-2)
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T16. Chanachon Chokprajakchat (San Diego State)…70 (E)
T22. Justin Hastings (San Diego State)…71 (+1)
T22. Skyler Ngo (San Diego State)…71 (+1)
T41. Jackson Moss (San Diego State)…73 (+3)
T63. Shea Lague (San Diego State)…75 (+5)
T90. Tyler Kowack (San Diego State)…81 (+11)
* competing as an individual
San Diego State in Ninth at Western Intercollegiate
