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Men's
golf hits bottom of the field in Tucson
Fore
• Junior Ryan Panichpakdee shots a
4-over-par 75 in the two-day in the PING-Arizona
Intercollegiate in Tucson. CSULB Sports
Information
Swing
• Sophomore Ryan Wood shots a 3-over-par
in the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate. CSULB
Sports Information
By
Michelle Smith
Online Forty-Niner
Staff Writer
The
Long Beach State men's golf team teed off
the second half of their season at the PING-Arizona
Intercollegiate at the Arizona National
Golf Club in Tucson earlier this week and
landed in the bottom of the drink.
The
tournament began on Monday and after the
end of round one, the 49ers were tied for
15th place.
By
the end of round two Tuesday afternoon,
LBSU dropped to 16th place, leaving them
at the bottom of the scoreboard.
Ryan
Wood led the way for the 49ers and tied
for 46th place in the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate
with a 3-over-par 74. Ryan Panichpakdee
was up in the polls as well, improving from
his first round ranking of 57th to 55th,
with a 4-over-par 75.
The
leader after the first round of play was
Arizona State's Alejandro Canizares with
a 5-under-par 66. His closest competition
was Spencer Levin of New Mexico, who was
six strokes behind him, followed by Henry
Liaw of Arizona in third.
LBSU
finished the tournament in last place at
the end of three rounds of play, with a
combined team score of 907 (312-299-296).
Wood
concluded the tournament tied for 46th place
with a score of 221 (73-74-74) and Panichpakdee
shot a 2-over-par 73 and tied for 56th place
(75-75-73). Junior James Logeman finished
with a 3-over-par 74 and tied for 72nd place
with a final score of 232 (81-77-74). Sohomore
Brett Lederer shot a 4-over-par 75 and tied
for 74th place, and shot 233 (85-73-75).
In
other play, Canizares of ASU won the individual
crown by one-shot over New Mexico's Levin
with an even-par 71 and a total score of
202.
New
Mexico won the team championship with a
total score of 840 (289-280-271) and finished
the invitation with three players in the
top ten.
The
49ers will next play Feb. 25-27 in Waihiawa,
Hawaii at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate
at the Leilehua Golf Course.
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