April 11, 2006

Scottsdale, Arizona - The Pacific golf team shot a combined 293-295-288 to finish in 16th place at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic, Tuesday, April 11. The Tigers finished their spring regular season with a 54-hole score of 876 at the 21-team tournament.

Spring scoring average leader Chris Rosenau opened the tournament with a two-under 68 Monday morning. The sophomore carded a 74-71 to finish in a tie for 25th place. Rosenau led the 54-hole Cleveland Golf sponsored golf classic with 43 pars.

Sophomore A.J. Hohn placed 60th at Talking Sticks North Course, posting a 76-71-72=219 at the 7,133-yard par 70 course. Freshman Charles Van Sicklen was next for the Tigers, shooting a 221 for a 70th place tie and junior Thomas Petersson carded a 76-75-74 over the two day event. Freshman Adam Beckman shot a 75-75-83=223 for Pacific as well.

"I was proud of Rosenau and Van Sicklen; both guys shot career-lows this week," said head coach Brandon Goethals. "However, we still need to get better as a team. We're going to take what we can from this, come out strong and give it our best at the Big West."

New Mexico State took the team title, shooting a 280-279-277=836. They were led by individual medalist Danny Bowen's five-under 205. Bowen defeated fellow teammate Ben Kreger in a playoff.

The Tigers next tournament is the Big West Conference Championship on April 24-25 at Rancho Santa Margarita, California.

16 Pacific, U. of the 293 295 288 876 T 25 Chris Rosenau 68 74 71 213 T 61 A.J. Hohn 76 71 72 219 T 70 Charlie Van Sicklen 74 76 71 221 T 90 Thomas Petersson 76 75 74 225 104 Adam Beckman 75 75 83 233

Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores 1 New Mexico State U. 280 279 277 836 2 Western Kentucky U. 276 291 272 839 3 Arizona, U. of 285 278 283 846 New Mexico, U. of 282 287 277 846 5 Southern Utah Univ. 285 289 273 847 6 Wyoming, U. of 278 285 286 849 7 Grand Canyon Univ. 283 282 285 850 8 Oklahoma City U. 283 286 284 853 9 North Texas, U. of 287 276 292 855 10 UCLA 287 291 279 857 Texas El Paso, U. of 285 286 286 857 12 Nebraska, U. of 287 286 286 859 13 UC Davis 287 289 287 863 14 Kennesaw St. Univ. 291 284 293 868 15 Campbell University 301 287 282 870 16 Pacific, U. of the 293 295 288 876 17 Utah Valley State 293 296 291 880 18 Utah State Univ. 299 291 292 882 19 Utah, Univ. of 296 299 288 883 20 Air Force Academy 296 304 290 890

Fin. Top 20 Players School Scores ** 1 Danny Bowen N. Mex. St 69 68 68 205 2 Ben Kreger N. Mex. St 67 70 68 205 3 Nick Park Arizona 68 70 69 207 4 Kenny Ebalo So. Utah 69 70 69 208 5 Fredric Sundberg Campbell 71 70 68 209 Louie Bishop UC Davis 67 71 71 209 Charlie Beljan New Mexico 72 69 68 209 Corey Steger Wyoming 70 68 71 209 9 Troy Hawkins W Kentucky 68 72 70 210 Matt McArthur So. Utah 72 71 67 210 11 Robby Shaw W Kentucky 70 74 67 211 Brendon Ehlers Utah State 71 71 69 211 Austin Welch N. Texas 67 73 71 211 Ty Capps Nebraska 72 67 72 211 Dan Saltz New Mexico 69 72 70 211 James Lee UCLA 68 73 70 211 Ben Marsh Arizona 72 68 71 211 18 Nick Drane KennesawSt 71 66 75 212 Colby Lindsay UTEP 72 69 71 212 Brent Long W Kentucky 70 78 64 212