April 15, 2003
MADERA, Calif. - Gonzaga University's Souta Nozaka shot a final-round 72 Tuesday for a 54-hole total of 219 to tie for 10th at the West Coast Conference Men's Golf Championship.
Nozaka was 3-over par for the tournament over the par 72, 7,072 yard Riverbend Golf Club Course. He tied with Santa Clara University's Matt Klenz. Adam Syverson of the Bulldogs finished with a 222 for a four-player logjam at 16th.
Michael Putnam of Pepperdine University fired a final-round 66 to easily take individual honors with a 13-under-par 203 for a 7-stroke victory over Robert Frye of the University of San Francisco. Putnam helped the Waves to the team title with a 6-under-par 858 and a 5-stroke victory over USF. The Bulldogs finished with a 903 to slip to eighth, two strokes behind the University of San Diego. Gonzaga shot a 306 for the final 18 holes.
West Coast Conference Championship
Riverbend Golf Club - Madera, Calif.
Par: 72, Yardage: 7,072
Fin. School Scores 1 Pepperdine Univ. 294 278 286 858 -6 2 San Francisco, U. of 298 282 283 863 -1 3 Santa Clara Univ. 286 289 303 878 +14 4 Saint Mary's (CA) 295 292 296 883 +19 5 Loyola Marymount U. 298 295 293 886 +22 6 Portland, U. of 302 292 298 892 +28 7 San Diego, U. of 307 294 300 901 +37 8 Gonzaga University 300 297 306 903 +39
Individual Results
Fin. Name School Scores 1 Michael Putnam Pepperdine 72 65 66 203 -13 2 Robert Frye USF 72 68 70 210 -6 3 Chaz Inouye Loyola-Mar 73 70 72 215 -1 4 Joe Lanza St. Mary's 72 73 71 216 E Mike McCabe Portland 71 70 75 216 E Kristofer Baptist USF 75 71 70 216 E 7 Randy Creighton Pepperdine 72 72 73 217 +1 8 Michael Nicoletti SantaClara 70 70 78 218 +2 Chris Elliott Pepperdine 75 69 74 218 +2 10 Souta Nozaka Gonzaga U. 70 77 72 219 +3 Matt Klenz SantaClara 70 74 75 219 +3 12 Tyler Pitt USF 77 70 73 220 +4 13 Berry Henson San Diego 77 72 72 221 +5 Justin Ahasic SantaClara 75 73 73 221 +5 Tom Samereaux USF 78 73 70 221 +5 16 Adam Syverson Gonzaga U. 75 72 75 222 +6 Liam Kendregan St. Mary's 75 70 77 222 +6 John Chirila St. Mary's 70 76 76 222 +6 Blake Lugar SantaClara 73 72 77 222 +6 20 Mike Farrell Loyola-Mar 72 75 76 223 +7 Brandon White Pepperdine 75 75 73 223 +7 Tony Peressini Portland 74 75 74 223 +7 23 Brian O'Flaherty Pepperdine 75 72 77 224 +8 24 Brent Jensen St. Mary's 78 73 74 225 +9 Andrew Patterson Loyola-Mar 76 72 77 225 +9 Chris DeMartini SantaClara 73 74 78 225 +9 27 Joe Legacy Loyola-Mar 77 78 71 226 +10 Justin Burwell Portland 79 75 72 226 +10 Tim Cureton San Diego 74 72 80 226 +10 30 Preston Lancaster San Diego 80 74 74 228 +12 Jon Meyer Gonzaga U. 76 72 80 228 +12 32 Luke Easterly Portland 79 74 77 230 +14 33 Doug Nelson Portland 78 73 80 231 +15 Mark Hepler San Diego 77 79 75 231 +15 Mike Chiurco USF 74 76 81 231 +15 36 Dean Delaye Loyola-Mar 78 80 74 232 +16 37 Steven Brooks St. Mary's 78 80 75 233 +17 38 David Isaacson San Diego 79 76 79 234 +18 39 Matt Munroe Gonzaga U. 80 76 79 235 +19 40 Dave Hill Gonzaga U. 79 81 83 243 +27
