Gonzaga University
Saint Mary's Invitational
Huus, Azzarito Pace Bulldogs At Saint Mary's Invitational
9/30/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Sept. 30, 2008
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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Gonzaga University's men's golf team finished 16th at the Saint Mary's Invitational, the Bulldogs shooting a final-round 300.
The Bulldogs, 10th following Monday's 36 holes, saw six of the 17 teams shoot even par or better on the final round over the 6,639-yard, par 71 Poppy Hills Golf Course. The Bulldogs shot 296-297-300 for a 54-hole total of 893, one stroke behind the Saint Mary's "B" team - which beat its "A" squad by five strokes,
Sophomore Kyle Huus shot a 74 Tuesday and finished tied for 18th at 217 to lead the Bulldogs, while Jason Azzarito put together a second straight 71 after an opening-round 78 to finish tied for 35th at 220. Huus opened with 72-71 Monday.
"This course is set up well for Kyle because he has such a good short game," Gonzaga head coach Robert Gray said. "He'll definitely be one of our `go to' guys this season."
The University of San Francisco captured the team title at 855, five strokes better than the University of Wisconsin. Medalist honors went to Domingo Jojola of USF who fired rounds of 71-66-70 for 207 and a 1-stroke victory over Bryan Harris of UC Irvine.
Gray is confident his young team - a freshman, two sophomores and two juniors made this trip - will get better.
"We have some young guys who need some experience," head coach Robert Gray said. "We only have two juniors, and we need to find some depth. We need to close the gap."
Junior Derek Cheney's scores weren't reflective of solid golf - 76-79-76 for 213 - but Gray said he struck the ball well.
"In the first round he had two double bogeys, in the second round he had two triple bogeys and today he finished with a double bogey. He hit the ball well, but just had one or two bad holes each round that really impacted his score," Gray said.
Gray said his team will work on "cleaning up some of the little stuff" that can cut strokes off their score.
"We had some guys who maybe didn't make the right decisions in a couple of situations, and those are the things that can make a difference," Gray said. "But we don't have much time (until our next tournament)."
The Bulldogs will be back in action Saturday and Sunday at the Wyoming Desert Classic in Palm Desert, Calif.
