Tournament: Otter Invitational
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024
Location: Seaside, California
Course: Bayonet Golf Course (par-72 / 7,104 yards)
CSUSM's Place: T8th out of 19 teams (897, +33)
Team Winner: Cal State East Bay (593, +17)
Individual Winner: Santa Clara's Jack Hayden (211, -5)
Top Cougar: T17. Jason McElroy (219, +3)

COURSE REPORT:  The Cal State San Marcos men's golf team moved up three spots for a share of eighth place at Cal State Monterey Bay's Otter Invitational on Tuesday afternoon at Bayonet Golf Course in Seaside.

FIRST TEE

• Jason McElroy jumped up 25 spots on the leaderboard to tie for 17th place with a 3-over 219 (74-76-69).
• After posting back-to-back 76s, Patrick Jaksch posted an even-par 72 on Tuesday to take 33rd place with an 8-over 224 (76-76-72).
• Greg Mouser tied for 39th with a 10-over 226 (78-73-75) while his brother Nick Mouser, who played as an independent, tied for 70th with a 16-over 232 (81-76-75).
• Aiden Canada tied for 74th with a 17-over 233 (81-77-75) and Gavin McCormick tied for 81st with a 20-overr 236 (77-76-83).
   

TEAM SCOREBOARD
1. Cal State East Bay 283-296-289 – 868 (+4); 2. Cal State Monterey Bay 297-295-279 – 871 (+7); 3. Chico State 291-295-288 – 874 (+10); 4. Sonoma State 293-296-289 – 878 (+14); 5. Colorado School of Mines 297-294-294 – 885 (+21); T6. Colorado State Pueblo 289-306-293 – 888 (+24); T6. Western New Mexico 299-298-291 – 888 (+24); T8. Cal State San Marcos 305-301-291 – 897 (+33); T8. West Texas A&M 311-292-294 – 897 (+33); 10. Fort Lewis 296-312-291 – 899 (+35); 11. Stanislaus State 305-300-296 – 901 (+37); 12. Academy of Art 307-296-300 – 903 (+39); 13. Cal State San Bernardino 311-302-294 – 907 (+43); 14. Cal State Dominguez Hills 312-301-300 - 913 (+49); 15. Cal State Monterey Bay (B) 306-301-310 – 917 (+53); 16. Jessup 314-312-303 – 929 (+65); 17. Westmont 317-307-306 – 930 (+66); 18. Spring Hill 316-313-307 – 936 (+72); 19. Dominican 319-320-307 – 946 (+82).
 
INDIVIDUAL SCOREBOARD
1. Jack Hayden* (Santa Clara)77-65-69 – 211 (-5); T2. Marius Doosiere (CSUP) 72-73-67 – 212 (-4); T2. Victor Estas (WTAMU) 76-68-68 – 212 (-4); T2. Ananjan Kaushik (CSUEB) 70-72-70 – 212 (-4); 5. Aarroon Lee (CSUEB) 67-73-74 – 214 (-2); T6. Simon Bjorken (CSUMB) 76-72-68 – 216 (E); T6. Max Kaesebier (WNMU) 75-71-70 – 216 (E); T6. Colin Huang (SSU) 73-72-71 – 216 (E); T6.Giulio Zanichelli (ART U) 72-73-71 – 216 (E); T6. Travis Miller (Chico) 72-73-71 – 216 (E); T6. W. Berg Von Linden (CSUMB) 70-74-72 – 216 (E); T6. Alexander LemMon (Chico) 69-74-73 – 216 (E); T6. Jonah Camarrillo (CSUDH) 72-69-75 – 216 (E); CSUSM SCORERS: T17. Jason McElroy 74-76-69 – 219 (+3); 33. Patrick Jaksch 76-76-72 – 224 (+8); T39. Greg Mouser 78-73-75 – 226 (+10); T70 Nick Mouser 81-76-75 – 232 (+16); T74. Aiden Canada 81-77-75 – 233 (+17); T81. Gavin McCormick 77-76-83 – 236 (+20)

INSIDE THE SCORECARD

• Cal State East Bay (868, +4) won the tournament by three strokes over host Cal State Monterey (871, +7).
• Playing as an individual, Jack Hayden of Santa Clara was crowned the individual medalist by winning by one stroke with a 5-under 211.
• Jason McElroy tallied 38 pars, the third most in the tournament.
• Patrick Jaksch collected an eagle on the 18th hole of his third round.  
   

UP NEXT
The Cougars will head to Hawaii next week for the HPU Sharks Shootout (Oct. 21-22) and Dennis Rose Invitational (Oct. 25-26).