Third
place finish for 49er golf
By
Karl Peterson
On-line Forty-Niner
Fortunate
scheduling and consistent play allowed the
49er men's golf team to finish third in
the Bill Cullum/Countrywide Home Loans Intercollegiate
Tournament.
The
tournament was held at Wood Ranch Country
Club, only one mile from where the wildfires
have consumed homes and lives this past
weekend in Simi Valley.
"If
the tournament had been held one week later,
it would have been cancelled," head
coach Bob Livingstone said.
It
was a good tournament for The Beach as the
team beat all of its Big West Conference
opponents as well as finishing ahead of
all of the West Region opponents.
Success
against these teams means that the team
can be competitive in the Big West Championships
and NCAA West Regionals next semester.
Brett
Lederer and Ryan Wood finished tied for
16th and tops for the 49ers, shooting 218
in the three-round tournament and 9 strokes
behind the tournament winner, Billy Moon
of CSU Stanislaus.
Livingstone
said he has been pleasantly surprised by
the play of Wood thus far and that if the
freshman from Oceanside were better conditioned
he could have finished better.
Wood
shot under par in the first round Monday
but was tired in the afternoon round and
shot seven strokes higher.
Livingstone
added that Wood is also the least excited
about the team's exercise program.
CSU
Stanislaus and the University of Utah were
the only teams to finish ahead of The Beach
in the tournament, finishing first and second
respectively.
49er
golf will be back in action Nov. 6-7 when
it hosts the Del Walker Intercollegiate
at home course Virginia Country Club.
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