Beach
takes 13th at Pacific Invitational
By Karl Peterson
On-line Forty-Niner
 The
Long Beach State men’s golf team shot a
disappointing final round of 305 to finish
13th out of 14 teams at the Pacific Invitational
Golf Tournament, played at the Reserve at
Spanos Park Monday and Tuesday in Stockton.
“It was surprising that you can play so
well one day and then play so awful the
next,” LBSU head coach Bob Livingstone said.
Although junior Chris Gilley shot a 49er-best
74 in the final round, he also had a tough
Tuesday falling from first place to 11th
in the individual standings and finishing
five strokes back of the leader.
The individual title was garnered by Coastal
Carolina’s Alvero Velasco who was followed
by Cal State Northridge’s Pete Smith, finishing
one shot back.
UCLA took home the team title in the three-round
tournament, finishing 16 strokes ahead of
second-place Coastal Carolina.
In the tournament, Gilley was followed by
senior Nick Seymour, 43rd, freshman Ryan
Plummer and senior Tyler Mays, who both
tied for 58th, and junior Torey Edwards,
who came in 68th.
The competition was the first time this
season The Beach was able to face Big West
Conference competition.
University of the Pacific, UC Riverside,
Cal State North-ridge and defending conference
champion UC Irvine were all tournament participants.
“Irvine is definitely the team to beat this
year,” Livngstone said. “I was also surprised
with how much better Northridge is.”
Tournament host Pacific finished 11th at
the five-year-old, semi-private, 7,000-yard
golf course that features 360 acres of lakes,
wetlands and working farmland.
The Beach will be competing again Oct. 11
and 12 at the Fresno Lexus Bulldog Classic
at San Joaquin Country Club.
Meanwhile, the 49ers will use the time in
between tournaments to hone some of their
skills individually and to have a qualifying
tournament to see which golfers will be
eligible for future tournaments, Livingstone
said.
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