April 25, 2006

Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. - The Pacific golf team fired a season-low 292 to finish the Big West Conference Championship in fifth place, Tuesday, April 25. The Tigers shot five over par at Tijeras Creek Golf Club.

Freshman Charles Van Sicklen led Pacific with a three-day score of 74-73-73=220 to finish in a tie for 11th place while sophomore Chris Rosenau carded a final round one-over, 73 at Tijeras Creek's 6,918-yard course.

Junior Thomas Petersson opened the tournament with a 76 and 75 but finished strong Tuesday morning with an even 72 to finish in 21st place. Sophomore A.J. Hohn finished his second round strong, going two-under over the last 16 holes and fired a 76 this morning for the Tigers. Freshman Adam Beckman rounded out Pacific's scoring, rebounding from an opening round 78 to fire a two-over 74.

"To have the last round of our year be the best round of our year is something special," said Pacific head coach Brandon Goethals. "The guys fought hard and finished strong and I'm really proud of that. We're going to take that effort that we showed out there today and build on it for next year."

Cal Poly took the team title, posting a combined 853 during the 54-hole event. Ryan Panichpakdee of Long Beach State rolled to the individual title by shooting a -16, 200.

5th Pacific Tigers 300-294-292=886 +22 11th - Charles Van Sicklen 74-73-73=220 +4
15th - Chris Rosenau 74-74-73=221 +5
21th - Thomas Petersson 76-75-72=223 +7
23rd - A.J. Hohn 76-72-76=224 +8
27th - Adam Beckman 78-77-74=229 +13

Big West Team Scoring 1 Cal Poly - SLO -11 F -8 282 291 280 853
2 UC-Irvine +5 17 - 18 -4 288 297 - 585
3 Long Beach State +8 F -5 300 289 283 872
4 CSU-Northridge +12 F E 291 297 288 876
5 Pacific +22 F +4 300 294 292 886
6 UC-Santa Barbara +27 F +3 296 304 291 891
7 UC Riverside +35 F +12 294 305 300 899

Big West Individual Scoring 1 1 Ryan Panichpakdee Long Beach State -16 F -10 68 70 62 200
2 T2 Travis Bertoni Cal Poly - SLO -9 F -6 69 72 66 207
3 4 Derek Uyesaka UC-Irvine -2 F E 69 73 72 214
4 T8 Kevin O'Brien Cal Poly - SLO E F -2 69 77 70 216
T5 T13 Kenny Kim UC-Irvine +1 F -3 73 75 69 217
T5 T8 Dave Lewinski Cal Poly - SLO +1 F -1 74 72 71 217
T5 7 Amit Nat CSU-Northridge +1 F E 71 74 72 217
T5 T2 Joe Ryon UC-Santa Barbara +1 F +4 70 71 76 217
9 T21 Erik Jarvey CSU-Northridge +2 F -4 77 73 68 218
10 T5 Doug Miller CSU-Northridge +3 F +3 68 76 75 219