FULLERTON, Calif. – The Cal State Fullerton men's golf team will conclude its fall schedule playing at the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational beginning on Thursday at Stockton Golf and Country Club. The 16-team tournament will take place over a three-day span as the teams will play 18 holes each day.
THE COURSE: The Stockton Golf and Country Club is par 71 and 6,516 yards. The club was established in 1914 by a group of local citizens. At that time, there were only 12 golf courses in California. For 100 years, Stockton Golf and Country Club has provided the community with a source of recreation and a place of social gathering. Changes and improvements continued over the years, and while our Country Club has grown and matured, it has not lost its' youthful exuberance. The tournament moved to Stockton Golf and Country Club in 2013 after spending seven years at Brookside Country Club. Prior to the tournament being reestablished in 2006, the early connotation of the tournament was held at The Reserve at Spanos Park.
THE FIELD: Competing alongside the Titans will be host Pacific, BYU, CSU Bakersfield, CSUN, Denver, Fresno State, Grand Canyon, Long Beach State, Nevada, Sacramento State, Temple, Texas-Rio Grande Valley, UC Irvine, UC Riverside and Utah Valley.
KEEP ME LIVE!: Live Scoring of the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational will be available on Golfstat.com. Results will also be posted on FullertonTitans.com at the conclusion of the first day, second and at the conclusion of the tournament. A total of three rounds will be played, with 18 holes each day.
LAST TIME AT VISIT STOCKTON PACIFIC INVITATIONAL: Fullerton last competed at the Pacific Invitational in 2009, the program's first year of competition after being reinstated. John San Juan shot the only sub-par round for Cal State Fullerton as the Titans finished 12th in a 12-team field at Brookside Country Club on Nov. 5, 2009.
Past Champions:
2014 – Washington State - Hayden Shieh (Santa Clara)
2013 – BYU - Joe Parkinson (BYU)
2012 – Kansas State – Devon Purser (BYU)
2011 – Oregon State – Keven Lucas (Nevada)
2010 – Pacific – TJ Bordeaux (Pacific)
2009 – UC Davis - Tyler Raber (UC Davis)
2008 – Kansas State – Mike Van Sickle (Marquette)
2007 – UNC-Charlotte – Stefan Wiedergruen (UNC-Charlotte)
2006 – BYU – Clay Ogden (BYU)
LAST TIME OUT ON THE LINKS: The Cal State Fullerton men's golf team placed 10th at the 2015 Bill Cullum Invitational at Wood Ranch Golf Club hosted by CSUN on Oct. 20. The Titans finished 34 shots back of champion Loyola Marymount, recording a final score of 12-over-par 876 after the third round mark of 289 which moved Fullerton up one spot in the standings. Junior Matt Murphy's third-round score of 70 (-2) moved him up 12 spots as he tied for 22nd in the standings as the top Titan finisher with a total score of 216 (E).
ROUNDS AT PAR OR BETTER IN 2015-16
Mark Cobey (1)
69 (-2) – 1st Round – Itani Quality Homes Collegiate, Sept. 28, 2015
Jack Ireland (6)
69 (-2) – 1st Round – Itani Quality Homes Collegiate, Sept. 28, 2015
70 (-1) – 3rd Round – Itani Quality Homes Collegiate, Sept. 29, 2015
71 (E) – 2nd Round – Itani Quality Homes Collegiate, Sept. 28, 2015
70 (-2) – 1st Round – Southern Dunes Collegiate Invitational, Oct. 3, 2015
71 (-1) – 2nd Round – Southern Dunes Collegiate Invitational, Oct. 3, 2015
72 (E) – 1st Round – Bill Cullum Invitational, Oct. 19, 2015
Mark Jensma (4)
68 (-3) –2nd Round – Itani Quality Homes Collegiate, Sept. 28, 2015
69 (-2) – 3rd Round – Itani Quality Homes Collegiate, Sept. 29, 2015
70 (-2) – 1st Round – Southern Dunes Collegiate Invitational, Oct. 3, 2015
70 (-2) – 3rd Round – Bill Cullum Invitational, Oct. 21, 2015
Nico Mendoza (1)
70 (-2) – 1st Round – Bill Cullum Invitational, Oct. 19, 2015
Matt Murphy (4)
68 (-3) –2nd Round – Itani Quality Homes Collegiate, Sept. 28, 2015
71(E) – 3rd Round – Itani Quality Homes Collegiate, Sept. 29, 2015
72 (E) – 1st Round – Bill Cullum Invitational, Oct. 19, 2015
70 (-2) – 1st Round – Bill Cullum Invitational, Oct. 20, 2015
Matt Wilson (2)
70 (-1) –2nd Round – Itani Quality Homes Collegiate, Sept. 28, 2015
69 (-3) – 1st Round – Southern Dunes Collegiate Invitational, Oct. 3, 2015
2015-16 TAP-INS:
• Fullerton's final score of 843 from the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate on Sept. 29 ranks third all-time at Cal State Fullerton for the program's 54-hole team score.
• Fullerton's third-place finish at the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate in Pullman, Wash., was the best for the program since winning the Big West Championship on April 29, 2014.
• Redshirt senior Mark Jensma was the top Titan finisher, as his total score of 209 (-4) tied for ninth at the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate. For Jensma, the ninth place finish was the best in his Titan career and the second time he has finished in the top-10. In addition, his second round score of 68 and his total score 209 set career bests.
• Freshman Jack Ireland led the Titans with a 15th place finish at the Southern Dunes Collegiate Invitational on Oct. 4. He was the first freshman to lead Cal State Fullerton since Mark Cobey finished as the top Titan – in 41st place overall – at the Sacramento State Intercollegiate on Mar. 10, 2015.
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SEASON SCHEDULE
Cal State Fullerton's 2015-16 campaign features 10 tournaments before the Big West Championship and NCAA Regionals. The Folino Invitational will again highlight the Titans' season as the sixth-annual tournament has become one of the premier collegiate golf destinations and will be hosted at Industry Hills Golf Club in City of Industry, Calif., on Feb. 15-16. Fullerton will also hit the links outside the state of California, visiting Washington and Arizona twice.
