Long Beach State University Athletics
LBSU hosts 15th Annual Del Walker Intercollegiate Golf Classic
3/2/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 2, 2011
Del Walker Information in PDF Format
Tournament No. 7
15th Annual Del Walker Intercollegiate Golf Classic
Hosted by Long Beach State
Virginia Country Club, Par-70, 6,633 yards
Long Beach, Calif.
Monday, Mar. 7 - First & Second Rounds, 7 a.m., www.golfstat.com
Tuesday, Mar. 8 - Final Round, 7 a.m., www.golfstat.com
FIRST TEE
The Long Beach State men's golf team returns to action hosting the 15th Annual Del Walker Intercollegiate Golf Classic at Virginia Country Club in Long Beach. The two-day, 54-hole tournament begins on Monday, Mar. 7, with 36 holes and 18 holes on Tuesday, Mar. 8. Both days will begin with at 7 a.m. start as teams will tee off from Nos. 1 and 10 holes. Admission is free for all fans.
DEL WALKER INTERCOLLEGIATE TEAMS
This year's field will feature 10 teams from across the nation: Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, Long Beach State, Louisiana Monroe, Northern Colorado, Santa Clara, UC Riverside, Washington State, Weber State and Wichita State. The Del Walker will also have individuals participating in this year's tournament from Loyola Marymount, UCLA and USC.
FOLLOW THE 49ERS ON GOLFSTAT LIVE
Live action of the 15th Annual Del Walker Intercollegiate Golf Classic from Virginia Country Club will be available on www.golfstat.com.
49ERS FINISH SECOND AT LAST YEAR'S DEL WALKER
LBSU finished in second-place at last year's 14th annual Del Walker Intercollegiate in Long Beach. The 49ers shot a 54-hole total of 1039 (-11) to finish nine strokes behind three-time team champion Colorado State. Former 49er Michael Drake won individual medalist by two shots with an 11-under (199). LBSU won the Del Walker back in 2000 with the University of San Diego, as both the 49ers and Torreros finished with a score of 876.
LBSU FINISHES MIDDLE OF THE PACK AT WYOMING DESERT INTERCOLLEGIATE
The 49ers competed in their second tournament of the spring season, finishing in 11th place at the 20-team Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate in Palm Desert, Calif. LBSU carded rounds of 304-313-297 for a total score of 914 to finish at 50-over par. Texas A&M won the team championship by five-strokes over second-place UNLV with an 879 (+15).
HO, ROY RECORD FIRST TOP-20 FINISH THIS SEASON
Senior Kevin Roy and sophomore Raymond Ho recorded their first top-20 finish this season as both players were the top finishers for the 49ers at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate. Roy shot rounds of 74-79-71, while Ho had rounds of 72-78-74 to finish with a total score of 224 (+8).
49ERS START SPRING WITH BATTLE AT THE BEACH
In last year's inaugural Battle at the Beach tournament, the 49ers finished in ninth-place at 29-over-par. LBSU shot a three-day total of 1094 (358-369-367) to finish one-stroke ahead of Tennessee and two-strokes ahead of Notre Dame. Sophomore Raymond Ho was the top player for the 49ers, finishing tied for 31st at 3-over. UCLA captured the team title (-10) by one-stroke over Arkansas and Washington, while the Razorbacks' David Lingmerth and the Huskies' Chris Williams shared individual medalist honors.
49ERS CONCLUDE FALL SEASON
LBSU concluded the fall season competing in four highly competitive tournaments. The 49ers recorded their highest finish for the season at the 17-team Windon Memorial Classic in Glenview, Ill., tying for 12th-place with Kent State.
HO LEADS THE WAY FOR LBSU
Sophomore Raymond Ho (Cerritos, Calif.) led the 49ers with a stroke average of 74.72 for the fall season. Ho competed in all four tournaments, recording his highest finish at the season opening Windon Memorial, tying for 24th at 6-over.
REESA ON THE SPRING SEASON
"We're pretty excited. The guys look pretty fresh coming off from the off-season. They've done a lot of work in the off-season, physically on their condition and making some small adjustments to their practice, things like that, getting better. So, I'm excited about that. We had a pretty tough schedule this past fall, so it was good experience for the guys to see where we are going to be competing year in and year out and it's good for our program to get the experience of competing with teams from other parts of the country. The spring schedule is little bit lighter as we'll be competing in California for the rest of the season, so it's good the team as they'll be comfortable."
RESSA NAMED HEAD COACH
On July 8, Long Beach State director of athletics Vic Cegles announced that Ryan Ressa has been named the men's head golf coach at LBSU. Ressa joins the 49ers after serving as an assistant at UCLA, Duke, San Diego and Washington State.
RESSA SIGNS TWO TO NATIONAL LETTERS OF INTENT
Long Beach State men's golf coach Ryan Ressa announced the signing of J.J. Holen (Castaic) and Xander Schauffele (San Diego) to National Letters of Intent.
Holen, a 2010 Rolex AJGA All-American (Honorable Mention), recorded 12 top-10 finishes this past year as he won the Golfweek Junior Series at Longbow Golf Course and at the SCPGA Toyota Tour Cup Series Indian Wells. He also placed second at the AJGA Las Vegas Junior Open and fifth at the L.A. City Jr. Championships. Holen helped his team to victory at the Junior America's Cup where he finished in the top-10 and qualified for the U.S. Junior Championship in July. Holen is a two-time defending All-Santa Clarita Valley boys golfer of the year, ranked 46th in the American Junior Golf Association's Polo Golf Rankings. Advanced to the CIF/SCGA Southern California Golf Championship three straight seasons.
Schauffele, ranked 19th in Golfweek's junior class of 2011, recorded seven top-5 finishes in junior events in 2010 and was a runner-up at AJGA's ClubCorp Mission Hills Desert Junior, Toyota Tour Cups at Warner Springs, Bella Collina and at La Purisima. He also placed second at the U.S. Junior Amateur in July, finished in fourth-place at the Junior America's Cup, USGA Boy's Junior Amateur Qualifier and Toyota Tour Cup at the Classic Club.
FOLLOW ON 49ER GOLF ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER
Fans can follow the Long Beach State men's golf team on Twitter at @LB49ermensgolf and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Long-Beach-49er-Mens-Golf/170337326309729
49ER GOLF BLOG
Fans can also follow the 49er men's golf team at http://longbeach49ermensgolf.tumblr.com/
COMING ATTRACTIONS
The 49ers return to action on Monday, Mar. 14, for the San Diego Intercollegiate Classic in San Diego.
