Jones Paces Linksters at Cal State San Marcos Invite to Open Golf Schedule
February 20, 2007

Complete Results (GolfStat)

Bonsall, CA – Cal State Dominguez Hills junior Zach Jones (Los Alamitos, CA/University of Hawai'i Hilo) shot a 17-over 233 to finish tied for 25th place as the Toros opened their golf season at San Luis Rey Downs, hosted by Cal State San Marcos in Bonsall, California.

Jones fired a 4-over 76 over the first 18 holes, and followed that performance with a sizzling 1-over 73 this morning. In the afternoon session, Jones found the going a bit rougher as he ended the round with an 84, finding himself in a 6-way tie for 25th at the day's end.

UCLA's Chris Heintz took the individual crown by shooting par for the tournament, including a 5-under 67 to begin play, while host Cal State San Marcos took the team title with an aggregate score of 902, 38 shots over par and one stroke better than runner-up Point Loma Nazarene.

As a team, the Toros finished 14th of 14 while UC San Diego, the only other CCAA school to compete in the Invite, finished 29 shots off the lead, good for a 6th place finish.

Other Toro results:

• Miguel Saucedo - T60th, 242 (81, 79, 82)
• Raphael Malabanon - T77th, 248 (83, 85, 80)
• Jeff Ronk - T86th, 258 (91, 85, 82)
• Keith Johnson - 88th, 260 (92, 86, 82)
• Matt Giamberdino - 89th, 264 (89, 84, 91)

The Toros travel to Cal State Bakersfield next week for CSUB's Spring Invitational.