SAN MARCOS, Calif. –  The Cal State San Marcos men's golf team will wrap up its 2023-24 regular season at the Hanny Invitational this week in Turlock. 

LAST TIME OUT

• Patrick Jaksch was CSUSM's top golfer for the second consecutive tournament, tying for fourth place at the Tim Tierney Pioneer Shootout. 
• As a team, CSUSM took fourth place with a three-round total of 6-under 858.
   

GOLFER OF THE WEEK

• Patrick Jaksch was awarded his second consecutive CCAA Golfer of the Week honor as the conference's top golfer at the Pioneer Shootout. 
• Jaksch boasted the best score in the tournament on par fours at 5-under.
• Jaksch had 13 birdies and two eagles over 36 holes. In round three, Jaksch collected an eagle, a birdie and two pars to post a 2-under 70 and secure fourth place alongside fellow CCAA golfer Tyler Ashman of Chico State.

HANNY STANISLAUS INVITATIONAL

• CSUSM will be making its seventh appearance in the Hanny Invitational this season. 
• Prior to the Hanny Invitational, Stan State hosted the Buzzini Invitational, which the Cougars competed in four times (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006)
• Last season, the Cougars placed eighth out of 15 teams. 
• The Cougars had their most successful finish in 2015 with second place out of 18 teams. 
• Western Washington is the two-time defending champion after winning by 10 strokes over Simon Fraser in 2023 with a 7-over 871. 
• WWU's Jordan Lee, who graduated in last year, was the individual medalist in 2023 with a 4-under 212. 
• CSUSM's top golfer in 2023 at the Hanny Invite was Greg Mouser who shared 10th place after carding a 3-over 219. 

COUGAR OUTLOOK

• With five returners from the 2022-23 team, this year's squad has three new faces with the addition of Aiden Canada, Gavin McCormick and Nick Mouser. 
• The 2022-23 team won five tournaments last season, including making program history with a CCAA Championship Tournament victory. 
• The Cougars saw last season come to an end with an 18th-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.
• In his 13 years as the Cougar men's coach and nine years as the Cougar women's coach, Hutton has led CSUSM to 56 tournament victories (32 women/24 men). 
• The CSUSM women's team was the 2019 NCAA Division II National Championship runner-up, led by National Champion Jaime Jacob.
• The CSUSM men's golfer Matt Pennington was the program's first-ever CCAA Champion and NCAA West/South Central Regional Champion in 2022. 
• 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 and 2023. 
• 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.