March 29, 2008

San Francisco's men's golf squad will take part in the OGIO-Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Golf Tournament at Rancho San Marcos Golf Course in Santa Barbara, on Monday and Tuesday, Mar. 31-April 1. The tournament, hosted by UC Santa Barbara will be 54 holes, 36 on the first day, and 18 on day two.

In addition to USF and UCSB, the tournament field will include Cal Poly, UC Riverside, Cal State Northridge, Long Beach State, Boise State, Weber State, Idaho State, Loyola Marymount, Sacramento State, and Cal State Bakersfield. A number of schools will have individuals competing as well, including Pepperdine, which will send five individuals.

The teams will play a practice round on Sunday, Mar. 30. The 36 holes on Monday, Mar. 31 will have an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start. The final 18 holes on Tuesday, April 1 will have a split tee start from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Rancho San Marcos is a 6,814-yard, par 71-course.

In 2007, the PCI team title was won by Cal Poly, while the individual title was won by the Mustang's Chris Kirk, who shot a 17-under par 199.

USF'S LAST TIME

USF men's golf shot a final round 302 and claimed 12th place at the 2008 Pinhurst International on March 18, sponsored by Gatorade. The Dons finished at 911 (308, 301, 302) in the elite event under blustery conditions on the par-72 course playing at 7, 035 yards.

After posting a one-under 71 in the final round, Kurt Nino was the top finisher for the Dons, securing a share of 10th place at 223 (78, 74, 71). E.J. Kahn finished in a logjam at 47th place at 230 (73, 82, 75) in the 19-team tournament field. Kahn ranked sixth among tournament leaders with 10 birdies, while Nino carded nine. Conor McElyea paced USF with 33 pars. As a team the Dons rated fourth among tournament leaders in birdies with 36 and were fourth in par-five scoring at two-under.

Indiana won the team event on one-over 865 (286, 292, 287), followed by Eastern Kentucky at 889 (304, 298, 287), Penn State at 895 (312, 294, 289), UNC Greensboro at 897 (305, 305, 287) and Virginia Commonwealth rounded out the top five at 898 (303, 300, 295). Indiana's Seth Brandon captured medalist honors with an even-par 216 (69, 75, 72).