Yellowjacket Golf Takes Tenth at Bakersfield (Mar. 1, 2005)

BAKERSFIELD, CA – The Montana State University-Billings men’s golf team rounded out their season opening tournament finishing tenth after three rounds of play at the Family Motors Invitational hosted by Cal State-Bakersfield Tuesday. 

The Yellowjackets finished with 881 after shooting rounds of 295, 289 and 297 ending the tournament at seventeen over par.  Western Washington led the team competition posting 836 with rounds of 282, 274 and 280 finishing 28 under par.  Host Bakersfield was just five strokes off the pace placing second with rounds totaling 841.  Grand Canyon rounds out the top three teams with 857 shooting rounds of 285, 286 and 286.

Junior Chris Haas (Jr., Bozeman, MT) shot rounds of 75, 69 and 74 to tie for twenty-third with a 218.  Teammate Nicholas Larson (Fr., Riverton, WY) finished his tournament shooting 72, 73 and 73 to tie Haas for twenty-third place.  Chris McConnell (Jr., Lewistown, MT) finished one stroke behind Haas and Larson to tie for twenty-seventh with rounds totaling 219.  Western Washington’s Luke Bennett posted a three-round total of 202 shooting 70, 64 and 68 to win the tournament at fourteen under par.

MSU Billings Individual Scores
T 23     Chris Haas                   75        69        74        218
T 23     Nicholas Larson            72        73        73        218
T 27     Chris McConnell            75        71        73        219
T 63     Zach Abels                  73        79        77        229
74        Bryan Barthelmess        83        76        78        237

Team Standings
Fin.      Top 20 Teams                          Scores
1          Western Washington U.   282      274      280      836
2          CSU-Bakersfield             284      276      281      841
3          Grand Canyon U.            285      286      286      857
4          CSU-Chico                    297      280      286      863
5          CSU-Stanislaus              294      285      286      865
6          CSU-Monterey Bay         291      285      290      866
T7        UC San Diego                298      290      287      875
           CSU-San Bernardino        291      289      295      875
9          Western New Mexico      292      291      295      878
10        MSU Billings                  295      289      297      881
11        St. Martin’s College        306      292      284      882
12        Sonoma State               304      290      305      899
13        CSU-Dominguez Hills       311      308      318      937

Top 10 Individuals
Fin.      Player                           School              Scores
1          Luke Bennett               W. Wash U.     70        64        68      202
2          D.J. Fernando              CSUB              69        67        68     204
3          Josh Immordino            W. Wash U.     68        70        68      206
4          Justin Stover              Gnd. Canyon    67        73        70       210
5          Chris Massoletti           Chico St.         74        69        68      211
6          Bryan Manning             Grd. Canyon    72        68        72       212
            Matt Hollingsead          CSU-Stanis      73        70        69      212
            Eric Justesen              CSU-MB          70        70        72       212
9          Greg Lopez                 CSUB              71        72        70       213
10        Tim Feenstra               W. Wash U.     72        69        73       214    
            Kevin Starr                  CSUB            72        72        70       214