Pinckney has career-best finish as men's golf takes sixth

<p><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/photos/schools/asu/sports/m-golf/auto_pdf/… style="color: #444444;">Final results in PDF format</span></strong></a><a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html&quot; target="_new"><span style="color: #444444;"><img src="http://grfx.cstv.com/graphics/icon-acrosmall.gif&quot; border="0" alt="Get Acrobat Reader" width="9" height="10"></span></a></p><separator></separator><p>&nbsp;</p><separator></separator><p>Arizona native <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/pinckney_scott00.html"><… style="color: #444444;">Scott Pinckney</span></a> had a career-best second-place finish to lead the Arizona State men's golf team to sixth place at the 2011 USC Collegiate Invitational. The Sun Devils recorded a 17-over par 869 (292-292-285) at the two-day. 54-hole event held at North Ranch C.C. in Westlake Village, Calif.</p><separator></separator><p>Pinckney, who is from Anthem, carded a 4-under par 67 on the final 18 holes after shooting an even par 71 in the first two rounds and ended with a 4-under par 209 (71-71-67). He has placed in the top-10 in all three of ASU's spring 2011 tournaments, tying for sixth at the <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/recaps/020511aac.html"><span style="color: #444444;">Amer Ari Invitational </span></a>and tying for 10th at the <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/recaps/021511aac.html"><span style="color: #444444;">Battle at the Beach </span></a>.</p><separator></separator><p>The 7:30 a.m. (PT) start was delayed for the second day in a row due to morning frost on the course, forcing golfers to complete the second half of the second round and play the third round.</p><separator></separator><p>Senior <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/buran_thomas00.html"><sp… style="color: #444444;">Thomas Buran</span></a> shot an even par 71 in the second round and a 3-over par 74 in the third round to tie for 35th with a 7-over par 220 (75-71-74). Junior <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/francis_philip00.html"><… style="color: #444444;">Philip Francis</span></a> finished with an 8-over par 221 (74-78-69) and tied for 40th following a 2-under par 69 in the final round and a 7-over par 78 in the second round.</p><separator></separator><p>Senior <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/zetterwall_oscar00.html"… style="color: #444444;">Oscar Zetterwall</span></a> recorded a 9-over par 222 (72-75-75) after collecting a 4-over par 75 in both the second and third rounds and tied for 44th. Senior <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/kennegard_jesper00.html"… style="color: #444444;">Jesper Kennegard</span></a> shot a 4-over par 75 in the second round and a 6-over par 77 in the third round, putting him at 15-over par 228 (76-75-77).</p><separator></separator><p>San Diego State won the team title with a 2-under par 850 (282-279-289), followed by a trio of Pac-10 squads. UCLA, the runner-up, collected an even par 852 (280-286-286), Oregon shot a 9-over par 861 (282-288-291) to take third and Stanford placed fourth with an 11-over par 863 (285-289-289). USC finished in eighth, while California and Washington took ninth and 12th, respectively.</p><separator></separator><p>ASU will take the course again March 11-13 for the Southern Highlands Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev. <!-- STORY AD BEGINS HERE --></p>