CSUSM Set to Compete at Otter Invitational

Sun, Oct 13, 2024

SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos men's golf team will head to the Monterey Peninsula for Cal State Monterey Bay's Otter Invitational on Oct. 14-15 at Bayonet Golf Course in Seaside, California.

LAST TIME OUT

CSUSM took sixth place at the Bill Cullum Invitational that featured numerous NCAA Division I teams, including host Cal State Northridge.
Gavin McCormick was CSUSM's top golfer with a 15-over 231 to finish in 18th place.

TOURNAMENT 2 \| OTTER INVITATIONAL
Dates	Monday, Oct. 14 (2 rounds) - Tuesday, Oct. 15 (1 round)
Tee Time	8 a.m. (shotgun)
Location	Seaside, Calif.
Course	Bayonet Golf Course (par 72, 7,104 yards)
Live Scoring	GolfStat
CSUSM Team	Gavin McCormick Aiden Canada Jason McElroy Patrick Jaksch Greg Mouser Ind. Nick Mouser
Participating Teams	Academy of Art, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Cal State East Bay, Cal State Monterey Bay, Cal State San Bernardino, Cal State San Marcos, Chico State, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State Pueblo, Dominican, Fort Lewis, Jessup, Springhill, Sonoma State, Stanislaus State, West Texas A&M, Western New Mexico, Westmont

CSUMB OTTER INVITATIONAL

CSUSM will make its ninth consecutive appearance in the Otter Invitational.
The Cougars placed fifth out of 12 teams in 2023 with Patrick Jaksch leading the way for CSUSM with a share of ninth place (1-under 215).
CSUSM's best team finish came in 2019 when the Cougars finished tied for second alongside CSUMB with a 15-over 879. Top-ranked Barry captured the 2019 team title with a 1-over 865.

COUGAR OUTLOOK

With nine returners from the 2023-24 team, this year's squad has only one new face with the addition of Owen Otto.
The 2023-24 team finished in the top 5 in seven of its 11 tournaments last year.
The Cougars saw last season come to an end with a 16th-place finish in the NCAA West/South Central Regional Championship.

THE HUTTON FILE

Head coach Greg Hutton has been at the helm of the men's program since the 2010-11 season and was named the women's head coach in 2014.
Hutton has been named CCAA Coach of the Year a total of seven times, six times on the women's side and one time on the men's side.
The CSUSM men's golfer Matt Pennington was the program's first-ever CCAA Champion and NCAA West/South Central Regional Champion in 2022.
The CSUSM women's team was the 2019 NCAA Division II National Championship runner-up, led by National Champion Jaime Jacob.
In 2023, the CSUSM men's team captured its first-ever CCAA Championship Tournament Title, defeating runner-up Cal State Monterey by one stroke on April 19 at the Victory Club in Riverside.
Under Hutton's leadership, the women's team won CSUSM's first CCAA Championship in school history in 2018 and the Cougars defended their title in 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
In CSUSM's first year of being a full-fledged NCAA Division II member in 2017-18, the Cougar men's and women's golf teams each qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships.