Baja, Mexico -- The USF men's golf team shot 296 and 310 in the final two 18-hole rounds to rally to a tenth place finish in the first annual Real Del Mar Classic at the Real Del Mar Country Club in Baja California Tuesday.

USF had to recover from a first round 321 on Monday that placed the Dons dead last. USF's second round 296 was the third best round of the second 18 holes and pushed the Dons back into contention.

USF was paced by Tyler Pitt who finished tied for 17th among finishers. Pitt shot 76-78-71 for a 54 hole total of 225, 12 strokes behing medalist Scott Piercy (213) of host San Diego State. Chad Thompson followed with a 230 (T28) with Fernando Gomez (236), Matt Larson (239) and Ryan Wilson (249) completing the Dons' scoring.

Host San Diego State won the event behind Piercy and 2nd place Lars Johansson with a 54-hole total of 874, 16 strokes better than second place San Diego (890).

Final Scores



Real Del Mar Classic   Baja, Mexico
Real Del Mar C.C.


*Par 72   Yardage 6403*


1. San Diego State      290-286-298--874
2. San Diego            297-298-295--890
3. UC Santa Barbara     294-293-306--893
4. Vanderbilt           297-303-294--894
5. Portland             299-297-309--905
6. New Mexico State     304-306-303--913
7. Nevada               306-301-311--918
8. CS Northridge        301-314-307--922
9. Arizona (JV)         303-312-311--926
10. San Francisco       321-296-310--927
11. Sacramento State    306-305-319--930
12. Santa Clara         303-310-318--931
13. Point Loma Nazarene 318-310-311--939
14. Loyola Marymount    313-314-313--940



Individual Leaders

1. Scott Piercy (SDSU)      213
2. Lars Johansson (SDSU)    215
   Cullen Brasfield (USD)   215
4. Ryan Earl (Portland)     217
5. Ryan Nelson (Portland)   218


USF Scores

Tyler Pitt             76-78-71--225
Chad Thompson          78-70-82--230
Fernando Gomez         83-74-79--236
Matt Larson            87-74-78--239
Ryan Wilson            84-80-85--249