Fresno State Athletics
`Dogs Head North for Pacific Invite
10/28/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Oct. 28, 2011
FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno State men's golf team travels up Highway 99 to compete in the Pacific Invitational in Stockton, Calif, their final tournament of the fall season. The tournament is held at the 6,757-yard, par-71 Brookside Country Club. Last year at this tournament, the Bulldogs placed third out of 12 teams and Bhavik Patel and Brian Sunker finished in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
Lineup: 1. Bhavik Patel 2. Rufie Fessler 3. Nate Jessup 4. Brian Sunker 5. Jack Mulroy
Field: Pacific (host), BYU, Cal Poly, Colorado State, Denver, Fresno State, Kansas State, Marquette, Nevada, Oregon State, UC Davis, UNC Charlotte
Course: Brookside Country Club
Yardage: 6,757 Par: 71
Format: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday - 18 Holes (Tee Times)
Time: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday - 8 a.m. PST
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
Updates: gobulldogs.com
Top 10 Finishes
T6 Rufie Fessler - Wolf Pack Classic (73--73)
T7 Bhavik Patel - MacKenzie Invitational (70-63-71--204)
T8 Bhavik Patel - Wolf Pack Classic (74--74)
Patel Named Bulldog Student-Athlete of the Week
Senior Bhavik Patel's performance last week at the Alister MacKenzie Invitional earned him his second Student-Athlete of the Week honor. Patel shot a career low 8-under, 63 during the second round of the tournament in Fairfax, Calif. He also tied current PGA star Nick Watney and Todd Angel for the lowest round during head coach Mike Watney's 34 years at Fresno State.
Patel opened up the tournament with a 1-under, 70 to put him in a tie for 27th after 18 holes. After sinking back-to-back birdies on holes nine and 10, his first two holes of the second round, he followed it with four straight birdies on holes 13 through 16.Patel made the turn at 18 with a 5-under, 31 and promptly made birdie on the 492-yard, par-5 first. He knocked in his eighth and final birdie of the round on the par-4 sixth and parred his final two holes to shoot a bogey-free round. Patel recorded an evenpar, 71 during the final round to place in a tie for seventh at 9-under out of a field of 80 golfers. He carded a total of 14 birdies over the three rounds at the 6,718-yard, par-71 Meadow Club.
Sunker Shines in the Classroom
Along with his success on the greens last year, senior Brian Sunker also excelled in the classroom which led to him being named a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar. To be eligible for the honor, a student-athlete must be a junior or senior academically, compete in at least two full years at the collegiate level, participate in 70-percent of his team's competitive rounds or compete in the NCAA Championships and have a stroke-average under 76.0 in Division I.
"We Are Your Team!" Follow live scoring of the Pacific Invitational at Golfstat.com and check gobulldogs.com for daily recaps.
