
LBSU Takes Third At Bill Cullum Invitational
10/18/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - The Long Beach State men's golf team posted a 277 in Tuesday's final round of the Bill Cullum Invitational to finish in third-place at Wood Ranch Country Club.
LBSU made an 11-shot improvement from Monday's second round score of 288 to move up one spot in the team standings. The 49ers completed the two-day, 54-hole tournament at 11-under-par 853, finishing four shots behind second-place UC Irvine at 15-under.
Sophomore Hunter Reed led the way for the 49ers, firing a final round 67 to tie for 11th at 5-under 211. After posting a par and an eagle on his first two holes of the round, Reed would record his only bogey of the day on his third hole to go 1-under. He would go onto finish his last 14 holes bogey-free that was highlighted by four birdies and 11 pars to finish the round at 5-under.
Sophomore Andres Gonzales carded a 74, tying for 17th at 2-under 214, while senior Agostino Milazzo (-1), sophomore Patrick Pockels (+2) and redshirt sophomore Joe Fryer (+6) shot rounds of 70. Milazzo tied for 21st, while Pockels tied for 38th and Fryer tied for 56th.
Senior Tanner Dice, who is competed as an individual, carded a 74 to tie for 66th at 9-over.
UC Santa Barbara captured the team title with a 31-under 833 as the Gauchos won by a comfortable 16 shots over the Anteaters.
USC's Jonah Texira, who is competing as an individual, captured individual medalist with a record 14-under 202, winning by two shots over Fidel Concepcion (-12) of Southern Utah.
The 49ers return to action on Thursday, Oct. 27, for the three-day Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational at the Stockton Golf & Country Club.
Bill Cullum Invitational
Oct. 17-18, 2016
Hosted by CSUN
Wood Ranch Country Club (par-72, 6,849-yards)
Simi Valley, Calif.
Team Results (15 teams)
1. UC Santa Barbara, 279-275-279--833 (-31)
2. UC Irvine, 292-276-281--849 (-15)
3. LONG BEACH STATE, 288-288-277--853 (-11)
4. Seattle, 287-290-282--859 (-5)
5. Utah State, 287-282-291--860 (-4)
6. Cal State Fullerton, 296-284-286--866 (+2)
7. Cal Poly, 291-291-289--871 (+7)
Loyola Marymount, 286-291-294--871 (+7)
9. Southern Utah, 290-290-294--874 (+10)
10. CSUN, 288-291-296--875 (+11)
11. Utah, 289-302-288--879 (+15)
12. Weber State, 291-287-302--880 (+16)
13. Pacific, 301-291-296--888 (+24)
14. Cal State Bakersfield, 307-299-297--903 (+39)
15. UC Riverside, 297-306-302--905 (+41)
* Played as an individual