Tournament: Otter Invitational
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023
Location: Seaside, Calif.
Course: Bayonet Golf Course (par-72 / 6,860 yards)
CSUSM's Place:  5th out of 12 teams (869, )
Team Winer: Cal State Monterey Bay (861, -3)
Top Cougar: T9. Patrick Jaksch (215, +1)
Individual Winer:  CSUMB's Liam Allder (210, -4)

COURSE REPORT:  The No. 21 Cal State San Marcos men's golf team finished in fifth place with a 5-over 869 (289-293-287) at the Otter Invitational hosted by Cal State Monterey Bay in Seaside.

FIRST TEE

• Patrick Jaksch collected his first top-10 finish as a Cougar with a share of ninth place after carding a three-round total of 1-under 215 (68-72-75).
• Arman Rahgozar tied for 11th with an even-par 216 (74-69-73).
• Cutter Ayres finished with a 5-over 221 (73-74-74) to tie for 26th place.
• Jason McElroy moved up 11 spots after carding a 1-under 71 on Tuesday for a share of 29th place with a 7-over 223 (74-78-71).
• Playing as an individual, Gavin McCormick also tied for 29th with a 7-over 223 (77-74-72).
   

TEAM SCOREBOARD
1. Cal State Monterey Bay 289-280-292 – 861 (-3); 2. Chico State 292-289-281 – 862 (-2); 3. Cal State East Bay 290-283-291 – 865 (+1); 4. Colorado State-Pueblo 288-291-289 – 868 (+4); 5. Cal State San Marcos 289-293-287 – 869 (+5); 6. Colorado School of Mines 284-301-288 – 873 (+9); 7. Stanislaus State 304-288-302 – 894 (+30); T8. Simon Fraser 304-293-299 – 896 (+32); T8. Cal State San Bernardino 302-294-300 – 896 (+32); 10. Dominican 308-296-304 – 908 (+44); 11. Academy of Art 309-300-309 – 918 (+54); 12. Cal State Dominguez Hills 308-306-312 – 926 (+62).   

INDIVIDUAL SCOREBOARD
T1. Liam Allder (CSUMB) 69-68-73 – 210 (-6); T1. Dakota Ochoa (Chico) 71-71-68 – 219 (-6); T3. Jamie Roberts (CSUP) 68-72-71 – 211 (-5); T3. Naoki Easterday (Chico) 69-69-73 – 211 (-5); T3. W. Berg von Linde (CSUMB) 72-65-74 – 211 (-5); 6. Chris Chomyn (Stan State) 73-68-72 – 213 (-3); T7. Melker Backstrom (CSUEB) 70-73-71 – 214 (-2); T7. Ethan Adam (Mines) 68-73-73 – 214 (-2); T9. Patrick Jaksch (CSUSM) 68-72-75 – 215 (-1); T9. Denby Carswell (SFU) 75-70-70 – 215 (-1);
OTHER CSUSM SCORERS: T11. Arman Rahgozar 74-69-73 – 216 (E); T26. Cutter Ayres 73-74-74 – 221 (+5); T23. Jason McElroy 74-78-71 – 223 (+7); T29. Gavin McCormick (i) 77-74-72 – 223 (+7); T42. Aiden Canada 79-80-69 – 228 (+12); T47. Vinny Bengston (i) 75-78-76 – 229 (+13); T54. Nick Mouser (i) 77-79-76 – 232 (+12);


THOUGHTS FROM HEAD COACH GREG HUTTON
"The men had a great week. All five guys contributed big time. We needed some redemption on this golf course and I believed we accomplished that this week. Proud of Manny and Patrick for both having great weeks, really helping out the team. This was definitely a team effort with Cutter, Jason and Aiden all contributing when we needed it in the final round."

INSIDE THE SCORECARD

• CSUSM is second with 41 birdies and third in Par 4 scoring (4.16, +16).
• Jaksch tallied 12 birdies in the first two rounds, ranking second in the field.  
• After posting an eagle on hole one in the second round, Rahgozar collected his second eagle of the tournament on the ninth hole on Tuesday.
• Ayres also posted an eagle in the final round on the eighteen hole.  
• CSUMB's Liam Allder defeated Chico State's Dakota Ochoa in a playoff with a birdie on the eighth hole.
   

UP NEXT
The Cougars will next head to Hawaii for the HPU Sharks Shootout (Oct. 23-24) and the Dennis Rose Invitational (Oct. 27-28).