Men's golf finishes third in USC Invitational

<p><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/photos/schools/asu/sports/m-golf/auto_pdf/… Results in PDF Format</a> <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html&quot; target="_new"><img src="http://grfx.cstv.com/graphics/icon-acrosmall.gif&quot; border="0" alt="Get Acrobat Reader" width="9" height="10"></a></p><separator></separator><p><!-- LINKS TO RELATED PAGES BEGIN --> <!-- LINKS TO RELATED PAGES END --></p><separator></separator><p>The men's golf team finished third at the USC Collegiate Invitational as it shot a 3-under 849, 18 shots behind Oregon which took the crown (279-277-275).</p><separator></separator><p>ASU fired rounds of 282-279-288 and was led by <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/kennegard_jesper00.html"… Kennegard</a>, who tied for eighth with a 3-under 210 (68-68-74). California finished third at 847 (288-280-279).</p><separator></separator><p>Oregon's Eugene Wong won the event with a 10-under 203 (65-69-69).</p><separator></separator><p><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/byrne_james00.html">James Byrne</a> tied for 16th at 1-under 212 (74-69-69), <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/pinckney_scott00.html">S… Pinckney</a> tied for 25th at 1-over 214 (67-70-77), <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/fletcher_spencer00.html"… Fletcher</a> tied for 48th at 7-over 220 (74-72-74) and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/borsheim_knut00.html">Kn… Borsheim</a> finished tied for 60th at 11-over 224 (73-80-71). <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/bierenbroodspot_tristan0… Bierenbroodspot</a>, competing as an individual, shot a 13-over 226 (69-80-77) and tied for 71st.</p><separator></separator><p>The tournament was held at North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, Calif. (par-71/6,869 yards). Fourteen teams were in the field including ASU, BYU, California, Fresno State, Oregon, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Diego State, Stanford, UC Davis, UCLA, Charlotte, USC and San Diego.</p><separator></separator><p>ASU won the team title in 1980, 1983, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2001. Sun Devils David Lee (1979), Dan Forsman (1980), Billy Mayfair (1987), Todd Demsey (1994) and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/casey_paul00.html">Paul Casey</a> (1998) won the individual title. ASU next competes March 12-14 at the Southern Highlands Invitational just outside Las Vegas. The top-10 finish for Kennegard marked his tenth top-10 finish in his career. He also tied for eighth at the Battle of the Beach, ASU's most recent tournament, and has a 72.67 stroke average in six tournaments on the year. His last four rounds have included a 66 and two rounds of 68. This weekend marked his 30th collegiate tournament, and he has a career stroke average of 72.52 in 91 rounds, including 20 roudns in the 60s.</p><separator></separator><!-- STORY AD BEGINS HERE --></p>