Gonzaga Men Struggle In WCC Golf

April 14, 2003

MADERA, Calif. - Gonzaga University found itself in seventh place after 36 holes of the West Coast Conference Men's Golf Championship on Monday, but the Bulldogs are only four strokes out of fifth heading into Tuesday's final 36 holes.

The Bulldogs stood at 597 after rounds of 300 and 297, but Gonzaga was just three strokes behind the University of Portland at 594 and four back of Loyola Marymount University at 593. Pepperdine University has a 36-hole total of 572 for a 3-stroke lead over Santa Clara University and an 8-stroke advantage over the University of San Francisco.

Souta Nozaka and Adam Syverson were the top Bulldog individuals on Monday, both shooting 147 for a 6-player logjam at 15th. Nozaka toured the par 72, 7,072-yard Riverbend Golf Club in 70-77 while Syverson came home with rounds of 75-72.

Michael Putnam of Pepperdine shot a 147 with rounds of 72-65 for a 3-stroke lead over Robert Frye of USF and Michael Nicoletti of Santa Clara University.

West Coast Conference Championship
Riverbend Golf Club - Madera, Calif.
Par: 72; Yardage: 7072


Teams Scores1 Pepperdine University        294 278 - 5722 Santa Clara University       286 289 - 5753 University of San Francisco  298 282 - 5804 Saint Mary's College         295 292 - 5875 Loyola Marymount University  298 295 - 5936 University of Portland       302 292 - 5947 Gonzaga University           300 297 - 5978 University of San Diego      307 294 - 601

Top 15 Players


1 Michael Putnam, Pepp    72 65 - 1372 Robert Frye, USF        72 68 - 140  Michael Nicoletti, SCU  70 70 - 1404 Mike McCabe, Por        71 70 - 1415 Chaz Inouye, LMU        73 70  -1436 Randy Creighton, Pepp   72 72 - 144  Matt Klenz, SCU         70 74 - 144  Chris Elliott, Pepp     75 69 - 1449 Joe Lanza, SMC          72 73 - 145  Liam Kendregan, SMC     75 70 - 145  Blake Lugar, SCU        73 72 - 14512 Tim Cureton, USD       74 72 - 146   Kristofer Baptist, USF 75 71 - 146   John Chirila, SMC      70 76 - 14615 Souta Nozaka, Gon      70 77 - 147   Tyler Pitt, USF        77 70 - 147   Adam Syverson, Gon     75 72 - 147   Brian O'Flaherty, Pepp 75 72 - 147   Mike Farrell, LMU      72 75 - 147   Chris DeMartini, SCU   73 74 - 147

Other Gonzaga Results

T21 Jon Meyer    76 72 - 148T36 Matt Munroe  80 76 - 156 40 Dave Hill    79 81 - 160

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