CSUSM Takes Third at CCAA Championships
Tournament: CCAA Championships
Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Location: Santa Rosa, Calif.
Course: Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club (par-72 / 6,666 yards)
CSUSM's Place: 3rd out of 8 teams (854, -10)
Team Winner: Sonoma State (848, -16)
Top Cougar: T7. Patrick Jaksch (212, -4)
Individual Medalist: Cal State Monterey Bay's Simon Bjorken (206, -10)
ELITE 13 AWARD WINNER:
Jason McElroy
COURSE REPORT: The Cal State San Marcos men's golf team captured third place at the CCAA Championships with a 10-under 854 on Wednesday at Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club in Santa Rosa, California.
FIRST TEE
- Patrick Jaksch was CSUSM's top golfer after finishing tied for seventh place with a 2-under 212 (69-71-72).
- Arman Rahgozar, Gavin McCormick and Jason McElroy tied for 11th place with even-pars 214.
- In the final round, Rahgozar matched his second-round score of 2-under 70 while McElroy and McCormick carded even-par 72 and 1-over 73, respectively.
- Aiden Canada ended his first conference championship with an 8-over 222.
TEAM SCOREBOARD
1. Cal State Monterey Bay 291-278-279 – 848 (-16); 2. Sonoma State 289-277-285 – 851 (-13); 3. Cal State San Marcos 279-288-287 – 854 (-10); 4. Cal State East Bay 289-289-278 – 856 (-8); 5. Stanislaus State 292-279-286 – 857 (-7); 6. Chico State 289-282-287 – 858 (-6); 7. Cal State San Bernardino 287-283-290 – 860 (-4); 8. Cal State Dominguez Hills 286-298-287 – 871 (+7).
INDIVIDUAL SCOREBOARD
1. Simon Bjorken (CSUMB) 70-68-68 – 206 (-10); T2. Jonah Camarillo (CSUDH) 68-73-67 – 208 (-8); T2. Wilhelm Berg von Linden (CSUMB) 70-67-71 – 208 (-8); T4. Lucas Happy (SSU) 72-70-69 – 211 (-5); T4. Naoki Easterday (Chico) 71-68-72 – 211 (-5); T4. Chris Chomyn (Stan State) 70-68-73 – 211 (-5); T7. Patrick Jaksch 69-71-72 – 212 (-4); T7. Alexander LemMon (Chico) 71-70-71 – 212 (-4); T7. Ryan Hong (CSUEB) 71-73-68 – 212 (-4); 10. Colin Huang (SSU) 72-67-74 – 213 (-3);
OTHER CSUSM SCORERS: T11. Arman Rahgozar 74-70-70 – 214 (-2); T11. Jason McElroy 69-73-72 – 214 (-2); T11. Gavin McCormick 67-74-73 – 214 (-2);
INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- CSUSM led the field in Par 3 scoring (2.98, -1) and Par 4 scoring (3.99, -1).
- McCormick recorded a tournament-best 2.75 (-3) in Par 3 scoring.
- Cal State Monterey Bay's Simon Bjorken was the CCAA Individual Medalist with a 10-under 206, leading his team to the CCAA title (848, -16)
UP NEXT
The Cougars will find out Friday, April 26 if they will advance to the West Regional Championships held on May 5-7 in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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