Tournament: CSUSM Fujikura Invitational
Date: Monday, March 9, 2020
Location: Vista, Calif.
Course: Shadowridge (par-72 / 5,951 yards)
CSUSM Finish: 1st out of 14 teams
Individual: CSUSM’s Jaime Jacob (137, -7)
COURSE REPORT: The No. 12/14 Cal State San Marcos women’s golf team dominated the field of 14 at the CSUSM Fujikura Invitational with a 38-stroke victory to capture the Cougars’ fifth tournament title of the 2019-20 season. Jaime Jacob collected her second-consecutive tournament title after carding a 7-under 137.
FIRST TEE •Jacob shot her second lowest two-round total in her collegiate career after turning in an opening-round 68 followed by a 69 in the afternoon.
•Savannah Magallon placed second with an even-par 144 after posting rounds of 71 and 73 on Monday.
•Claire Hogle shot a 73 and 75 to tie for third with a 4-over 148.
•Breann Horn opened the tournament with a 70, but dropped three spots for a share of fifth place after a 79 in the second round to finish with a 5-over 149.
•Lauren Hickam rounded out the CSUSM lineup with a 21-over 165 (83-82).
TEAM SCOREBOARD (Rankings by Golfstat)
1. No. 12/14 Cal State San Marcos 282-296 – 578 (+8); 2. Academy of Art 308-308 – 616 (+40); 3. Holy Names 316-301 – 617 (+41); 4. Tarleton State 313-310 – 623 (+47); 5. Colorado Mesa 310-314 – 624 (+48); 6. Sonoma State 319-307 – 626 (+50); 7. Cal State East Bay 315-312 – 627 (+51); 8. Cal State LA 310-318 – 628 (+52); 9. UNC Pembroke 310-322 – 632 (+56); 10. UT Tyler 316-320 – 636 (+60); 11. Western Washington 323-315 – 638 (+62); 12. Chico State 320-319 – 639 (+63); 13. Point Loma 337-333 – 670 (+94); 14. Southern New Hampshire 338-342 – 680 (+104);
INDIVIDUAL SCOREBOARD
1. Jaime Jacob (CSUSM) 68-69 – 137 (-7); 2. Savannah Magallon (CSUSM) 71-73 – 144 (E); T3. Claire Hogle (CSUSM) 73-75 – 148 (+4); T3. Hannah More (CMU) 76-72 – 148 (E); T5. Breann Horn (CSUSM) 70-79 – 149 (+5); T5. Ebba Wernered (HNU) 78-71 – 149 (+5); T5. Iveta Polsedni (Art U) 77-72 – 149 (+5); T5. Marie Dean (CSULA) 74-75 – 149 (+5); 9. Junie Khaw 75-75 – 150 (+6); 10. Chisay Arai (HNU) 77-74 – 151 (+7); OTHER CSUSM GOLFERS: T39. Mia Hernandez* 78-82 – 160 (+16); T44. Emily Lichty* 79-82 – 161 (+17); T64. Lauren Hickam 83-82 – 165 (+21); 73. Gilda Castellanos* 90-88 – 178 (+34).
INSIDE THE SCORECARD •Due to rain in the forecast for Tuesday, the teams played all 36 holes on Monday.
•Jacob carded a tournament-high nine birdies in the two rounds.
•Four Cougars finished in the top five spots.
•This was Jacob’s 13th collegiate tournament win.
•With her two scores on Monday, Jacob has now accumulated 32 rounds of par or better in her four years at CSUSM.
•Jacob led the field in Par 3 scoring (2.75, -2) and Par 4 scoring (3.90, -2).
•Hogle sat on top of the stat sheet for Par 5 scoring (4.50, -4).
•Magallon was one of two golfers to record an eagle on Monday, taking only two strokes on hole six.
THOUGHTS FROM CSUSM HEAD COACH GREG HUTTON
“After we won last week, I turned to my assistant (Jennifer Johnson) and said that if we play well as a team, we will blow everyone out of the water. We made a statement today, that when this team plays well, we can beat anyone. It was a great team effort. We got to see all eight of our golfers play, and I see this as the beginning of our stretch run. Hats off to Jaime for shooting seven under. I think we tried to wake up the girls last week, and now I feel they are hungry for the respect they deserve.”
UP NEXT
The Cougars will compete in Holy Name’s Mikuni Sushi Shootout March 16-17 at Catta Verdera Country Club in Lincoln, California.
