March 17, 2013
TUCSON, Ariz. - Long Beach State recorded a team high 298 in the final round of the Don Puckette National Invitational Tournament to finish in 11th place at the Omni Tucson National Golf Club.
LBSU completed the two-day tournament with a 54-hole score at 21-over 885.
Fifth-ranked New Mexico(-20) captured the team title by one shot over No. 18 TCU (-19) in second and eight shots over No. 13 Oklahoma State (-19) in third. Tournament host Arizona placed seventh with an even 864.
Freshman Kevin Lee carded a final round score of 74 to finish at 2-under 218 to tie for 29th. Lee posted two birdies for the round after scoring his first ace in the opening round on the par-3 17th.
Sophomore JJ Holen finished second for the 49ers after recording a 76 to at 6-over to tie for 47th. Senior Raymond Ho finished one stroke behind, shooting a 75 to tie for 51st at 7-over.
For the third consecutive round, senior Philip Chian (+9) recorded a 75 to move up the leaderboard from 62nd to tie for 58th, while younger brother Daniel Chian (+13) recorded his best round of the tournament with a 74 to move up six spots to tie for 73rd.
Julien Brun (-8) of TCU won individual medalist by one stroke over Ben Crancer of Texas A&M.
LBSU returns to action Mar. 23-24, taking part in the Anteater Invitational hosted by UC Irvine at Shady Canyon Golf Club in Irvine.
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| 1 | | -20 | F | -9 | 277 | 288 | 279 | 844 |
| 2 | | -19 | F | -3 | 279 | 281 | 285 | 845 |
| 3 | | -12 | F | +5 | 276 | 283 | 293 | 852 |
| 4 | | -9 | F | -2 | 282 | 287 | 286 | 855 |
| 5 | | -5 | F | -4 | 285 | 290 | 284 | 859 |
| 6 | | -4 | F | +2 | 288 | 282 | 290 | 860 |
| 7 | | E | F | +2 | 277 | 297 | 290 | 864 |
| 8 | | +3 | F | +13 | 279 | 287 | 301 | 867 |
| 9 | | +5 | F | +5 | 287 | 289 | 293 | 869 |
| 10 | | +9 | F | +10 | 283 | 292 | 298 | 873 |
| 11 | | +21 | F | +10 | 297 | 290 | 298 | 885 |
| 12 | | +29 | F | +9 | 298 | 298 | 297 | 893 |
| 13 | | +34 | F | +15 | 295 | 300 | 303 | 898 |
| T14 | | +39 | F | +11 | 302 | 302 | 299 | 903 |
| T14 | | +39 | F | +8 | 305 | 302 | 296 | 903 |
| 16 | | +55 | F | +17 | 305 | 309 | 305 | 919 |
