Dylan Oyama Season 2023-24

Updated on May 3, 2024

Honors
* 2022-23 Mountain West Freshman of the Year
* 2023 Mountain West Medalist
* 2022-23 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
* 2022-23 Mountain West All-Academic Team

Career Collegiate Low 18: 62 (April 30, 2023)
Career Collegiate Low 54: 197 (April 28-30, 2023)

NCAA Regional
2023: T-39th at Salem (72-71-70--213)
 
Mountain West Championship
2023: 1st (67-68-62--197)

2023-24 (As A Sophomore)
Competed in two events so far, posting a 73.33 stroke average in six rounds.
    Fall: Got a late start to the fall campaign with a minor injury, rebounding to play in the final two events ... Averaged 73.33 for six rounds and two tournaments ... Tied for 68th at 8-over 224 at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate (Sept. 25-26) at 8-over 222 ... Then tied for 34th at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup (Oct. 9-10) at even-par 216, going 75, 68 and 73.

2022-23 (As A Freshman)
Played in the U.S. Amateur in the summer but missed the cut in stroke play at 8-over 149 ... Was one of three Aztecs to play in all 12 tournaments and 36 rounds in the starting lineup ... Recorded a 71.61 stroke average, which ranked third on the team ... Also ranked first on the team with nine even-par rounds, and was third in both rounds in the 60s (8) and rounds below par (14).
    Spring: Was named the Mountain West Freshman of the Year ... Finished third on the team with a 71.93 stroke average in nine tournaments (27 rounds) ... Tied for the team lead with six even-par rounds and was third on rounds below par (10) ... Tied for 42nd at the Southwestern Invitational at 12-over 228 ... Tied for 58th of 126 in the John Burns Intercollegiate at 1-under 215 ... Tied for 59th at the Southern Highlands Collegiate at 7-over 223 ... Tied for 12th out of 95 golfers at the Lamkin San Diego Classic at 3-under 213 ... Tied for 50th at the Arizona N.I.T. at 1-over 217 ... Tied for 16th out of 116 at even-par 216 ... Tied for 55th at the Western Intercollegiate at 10-over 220 ... Captured medalist honors at the Mountain West Championship at 19-under 197 after beating Colorado State's Christoph Bleier in a playoff ... Blitzed the Catalina Course with a 10-under 62, the lowest score in MW Championship history and tied for the lowest in SDSU recorded history ... Facing Bleier, who shot a final-round 63 of his own, in a playoff, Oyama parred the par-4, 470-yard 18th, while Bleier bogeyed it, giving Oyama his first collegiate victory ... Oyama and Bleier's 19-under 197 set a 54-hole championship record by three strokes and matched Alex Kang (2010 Alister MacKenzie Invitational) for the lowest 54-hole score in San Diego State recorded history ... Became the third Aztec to win the MW Championship, joining John Lepak in 2001 and Puwit Anupansuebsai in 2021.
    Fall: Played in all three tournaments in the fall in a starting role ... One of four Aztecs to play all three tournaments ... Ranked third on the team with a 70.67 stroke average ... Led the team in even-par rounds (3), and tied for first in rounds in the 60s (4) and tied for third in rounds below par (4) ... Opened his collegiate career at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate from Sept. 9-11, tying for 44th at 1-under 209 ... Had two under-par rounds to start his career (69-68) before shooting 2-over 72 in the final round ... Tied for 23rd at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate (Sept. 23-24) at 2-over 218 in SDSU's team victory ... Tied for eighth with teammate Shea Lague (among others) at the Wolf Pack Intercollegiate at 7-under 209 ... Went 72, 68 and 69 for the tourney.

OYAMA'S SDSU SCORECARD

Fall 2023William H. Tucker Intercollegiate..76-71-77--224 (T-68th)Jackson T. Stephens Cup............75-68-73--216 (T-34th)Spring 2023Southwestern Invitational..........74-77-77--228 (T-42nd)John Burns Intercollegiate.........74-71-70--215 (T-58th)Southern Highlands Collegiate......77-72-74--223 (T-59th)Lamkin San Diego Classic...........69-72-72--213 (T-12th)Arizona N.I.T......................73-71-73--217 (T-50th)Wyoming Cowboy Classic.............72-74-70--216 (T-16th)Western Intercollegiate............75-70-75--220 (T-55th)Mountain West Championship............67-68-62--197 (1st)NCAA Salem Regional................72-71-70--213 (T-39th)

Fall 2022Maui Jim Individual................69-68-72--209 (T-44th)William H. Tucker Intercollegiate..72-72-74--218 (T-23rd)Wolf Pack Classic..................72-68-69--211 (T-15th)^ - Competed as an individual