Sunday, October 11, 2009

Cardinal finishes 2nd in the Prestige at PGA West at La Quinta, CA



Stanford finished in 2nd place, 16 shots behind TCU which was led by a sparkling 12-under par tournament by Daniel Jennevret who finished 6 shots ahead of the 2nd place finisher. Washington, UCLA and Southern Cal finished 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively. The tournament was held at the famed Pete Dye-designed Stadium course at PGA West in La Quinta, CA.

The Cardinal was led by sophomore David Chung who tied for 3rd individually with 3-under par rounds of 71-71-70. Sihwan Kim tied for 8th after firing rounds of 68-72-75. Senior Jordan Cox had a solid showing tying for 18th after rounds of 72-74-73 in his first tourney of the year, freshman Andrew Yun tied for 34th with rounds of 73-79-71 while returning All-American Steve Ziegler shot 71-79-74 to tie for 37th.

Four individuals participated as well led by Graham Brockington and frosh Steven Kearney who both were 14-over par at 230 to tie for 57th, frosh Andre DeDecker tied for 66th with a 232 total and sophomore Wilson Bowen finished 78th with a 244 total.

Next up for Stanford will be the Isleworth Collegiate in Windermere, Florida, Oct 23-25 played on Tiger Woods' home course against a field including most of the nation's top teams.

Complete scoring can be found at http:/www.golfstatresults.com.

Stanford brings a full team to the year's 2nd event -- the 5 players whose scores counted for the team competition were Jordan Cox, Sihwan Kim, Steve Ziegler, David Chung and Andrew Yun. Also playing were Graham Brockington, Wilson Bowen and freshmen Steven Kearney and Andre DeDecker. Missing is injured senior captain Joseph Bramlett.

The following press release was issued by UC Davis media relations hosting the event:
The Prestige at PGA WEST
La Quinta, Calif.
Oct. 11-13, 2009

Tournament Dates
Sunday, (Oct. 11), Monday, (Oct. 12), Tuesday, (Oct. 13)

Starting Times
1 p.m., Sunday (shotgun start)
1 p.m., Monday (shotgun start)
8 a.m. Tuesday (shotgun start)

Course
Stadium Course at PGA WEST (La Quinta, Calif.)

Par/Yardage
par 72; 7,026 yards

Tournament Field (16 teams) - Current Golfweek rankings in parentheses
Central Florida (61), Hawai'i (213), Long Beach State (na), Pepperdine (46), Notre Dame (55), Univ. of San Diego (110), Stanford (60), TCU (20) UC Davis (73), UCLA (na), USC (10), Washington (5), Vanderbilt (48).

Format
18 holes each day
Five players per team with lowest four scores counting toward team score

Tournament Website
http://www.prestige-pgawest.com/

Live Scoring
Available at http://www.golfstatresults.com.

Sunday Pairiings
Group 1- UC Davis, Stanford, Central Florida, Vanderbilt
Group 2 - Washington, UCLA, TCU, Notre Dame
Group 3 - USC, San Diego, Long Beach State, Pepperdine
Group 4 - Hawai'i, Stanford B, Individuals (mixed)

Results
Tournament results will be emailed in PDF format to each participating school's media relations contact upon completion of each round. Results will also be available through www.ucdavisaggies.com

Media Relations Contact
Mike Robles, Assistant Athletics Director, Media Relations - UC Davis
(530) 752-3680 - office
merobles@ucdavis.edu - email
(NOTE: There will not be an SID on site this year, however, feel free to contact me if you have any questions).

Past Team Champions and Medalists
2008 - TCU (-3); Johan de Beer, TCU (-6); Nate Pistacchio, UC Davis (-6)
2007 - Charlotte (-10); Clayton Rask, Minnesota (-8); Dan Woltman, Wisconsin (-8)
2006 - Stanford (-15); Zack Miller, Stanford (-9)
2005 - UCLA (-4); Tim Cha, UC Irvine (-3); Danny Zimmerman, Illinois (-3)
2004 - UCLA (+40); Erik Hill, UC Davis (+1)
2003 - UCLA (-5); Colby Beckstrom, TCU (-10)
2002 - TCU (-11); Chris Marshall, Kansas (-9)
2001 - Washington (-20); Dustin Bray, North Carolina (-13); Brock Mackenzie, Washington (-13)
2000 - Northwestern (+15); James Lee, Stanford (E); Michael Beard, Pepperdine (E) - Lee won in playoff

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