Tournament: Otter Invitational
Date: Monday, Oct. 16, 2023
Location: Seaside, Calif.
Course: Bayonet Golf Course (par-72 / 6,860 yards)
CSUSM's Place:  5th out of 12 teams (582, 6+)
Team Leader: Cal State Monterey Bay (569, -7)
Top Cougar: T4. Patrick Jaksch (140, -4)
Individual Leader:  CSUMB's W. Berg von Linden & Liam Allder (137, -7)

Live Scoring

COURSE REPORT:  The No. 21 Cal State San Marcos men's golf team sits in fifth place, 13 strokes out of first place with a 6-over 582 at the Otter Invitational hosted by Cal State Monterey Bay in Seaside.

FIRST TEE

• Patrick Jaksch shot an opening round 4-under 68 and followed it with an even-par 72 on day one. He is tied for fourth with a 4-under 140.
• Arman Rahgozar moved up six spots in the second round and sits in a tie for 12th with a 1-under 143 (74-69).
• Cutter Ayres is in a five-way tie for 21st place with a 3-over 147 (73-74).
• Jason McElroy rounds out CSUSM's five with an 8-over 152 (74-78).
• Gavin McCormick, CSUSM's top individual, is in 39th place with a 7-over 151 (77-74).
   

TEAM SCOREBOARD
1. Cal State Monterey Bay 289-280 – 569 (-7); 2. Cal State East Bay 290-283 – 573 (-3); 3. Colorado State-Pueblo 288-291 – 579 (+3); 4. Chico State 292-289 – 581 (+5); 5. Cal State San Marcos 289-293 – 582 (+6); 6. Colorado School of Mines 284-301 – 585 (+9); 7. Stanislaus State 304-288 – 592 (+16); 8. Cal State San Bernardino 302-294 – 596 (+20); 9. Simon Fraser 304-293 – 597 (+21); 10. Dominican 308-296 – 604 (+28); 11. Academy of Art 309-300 – 609 (+33); 12. Cal State Dominguez Hills 308-306 – 614 (+38).  

INDIVIDUAL SCOREBOARD
T1. W. Berg Von Linden (CSUMB) 72-65 – 137 (-7); T1. Liam Allder (CSUMB) 69-68 – 137 (-7); 3. Naoki Easterday (Chico) 69-69 – 138 (-6); T4. Patrick Jaksch (CSUSM) 68-72 – 140 (-4); T4. Jamie Roberts (CSUP) 68-72 – 140 (-4); T6. Chris Chomyn (Stan State) 73-68 – 141 (-3); T6. Ethan Adam (Mines) 68-73 – 141 (-3); T8. Tommy Kimberling (CSUMB)(i) 74-68 – 142 (-2); T8. Cooper Groshart (CSUEB) 73-69 – 142 (-2); T8. Dakota Ochoa (Chico) 71-71 – 142 (-2); T8. Melker Backstrom (CSUEB) 70-72 – 142 (-2); OTHER CSUSM SCORERS: T12. Arman Rahgozar 74-69 – 143 (-1); T21. Cutter Ayres 73-74 – 147 (+3); 39. Gavin McCormick (i) 77-74 – 151 (+7); T40. Jason McElroy 74-78 – 152 (+8); T44. Vinny Bengston (i) 75-78 – 153 (+9); T54. Nick Mouser (i) 77-79 – 156 (+12); T63. Aiden Canada 79-80 – 159 (+15)

INSIDE THE SCORECARD

• CSUSM is second with 41 birdies and third in Par 4 scoring (4.16, +16).
• Jaksch tallied 12 birdies in the first two rounds, ranking second in the field.  
• In the second round, Rahgozar eagled hole one while Nick Mouser eagled the 18th hole.
   

UP NEXT
The Cougars will conclude the Otter Invitational on Tuesday, Oct. 17 with a shotgun start beginning at 8 a.m. and will play alongside Chico State and Colorado School of Mines.