Fresno State Athletics
Dogs Swing Into America's Finest City
3/11/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 11, 2011
FRESNO, Calif. - After a strong final round at the Fresno State Lexus Classic, the Bulldogs look to build on the momentum as they head south to compete in the San Diego Intercollegiate Classic held at San Diego Country Club. Returning champion, and co-host, No. 19 San Diego needs to hold off an expanded field, which used to only consist of five schools from the San Diego area, if they are to repeat. Last year, USD junior Kenneth McCready edged out teammate Jason Shano and PLNU's Oscar Casillas by one shot to take home the title. Fresno State junior Bhavik Patel comes into the tournament as the nation's individual leader in birdies (according to Golfstat.com) with 99 and the Dogs as a team rank third with 368 total birdies.
Lineup: Bhavik Patel, Brian Sunker, Bryan Hogan, Michael Gideon, Brad Wyatt, Nate Jessup
2011 Field: Air Force, CSU San Marcos, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawai'i, Long Beach State, Nevada, Point Loma Nazarene, San Diego State (6), San Diego (19), SMU, Texas Arlington (*Rankings based on golfstat.com)
Course: San Diego Country Club
Yardage: 7,050 Par: 72
Format: Monday - 36 holes (shotgun start); Tuesday - 18 holes (first and tenth tees)
Time: Monday - 8:00 a.m. PST; Tuesday - 7:45 a.m. PST
Live Scoring: www.golfstat.com
Updates: www.gobulldogs.com
Bulldog Top 5 Finishes
- T3 Bhavik Patel - Wolf Pack Classic (71-69--140)
- T4 Bhavik Patel - Topy Cup (67-70-71--208)
- T4 Bhavik Patel - UW Husky Invitational (77-66-69--212)
- 4 Bhavik Patel - UOP Invitational (68-68-69--205)
- T5 Brian Sunker - UOP Invitational (73-65-68--206)
- T5 Bhavik Patel - USC Collegiate Invitational (71-73-67--211)
Patel's Pace
After nine tournaments Bhavik Patel has a scoring average of 71.31. Patel finished up the 2009-10 season with a scoring average of 71.58 which ranks him fourth in Fresno State's top five single season scoring averages. Patel is in pretty good company as PGA Tour star Nick Watney owned the top three Bulldog season scoring averages.
"We Are Your Team!" The Fresno State men's golf team heads down to "America's Finest City" March 14-15 to compete in the San Diego Intercollegiate Classic at San Diego Country Club.
