Monday, April 8, 1996
Bruins unable to repeat scores of Anteater InvitationalBy
Christopher Isidro
Daily Bruin Senior Staff
The UCLA men’s golf team took the stage in their first televised
event of the season. However, it just wasn’t ready for prime
time.
The 46th-ranked Bruins took seventh place at the Western
Intercollegiate, featuring the best teams on the West Coast, in
Santa Cruz this weekend.
Their three-round total of 893 was 35 strokes behind first place
Stanford.
Though the performance at the ESPN-televised event helped
solidify UCLA’s bid to qualify for its first NCAA regional
appearance in three years, it is a disappointing showing
considering the Bruins came off a runner-up finish the week before
in Irvine.
In that event, seniors Mike Miller and Eric Lohman took the top
two places while freshman B.J. Schlagenhauf finished seventh. UCLA
was prevented from taking the title only by poor showings in the
other two positions of the lineup.
UCLA head coach Brad Sherfy predicted a UCLA victory if his team
was able to repeat last week’s scores and had some help in the rest
of the lineup.
This week, he had the help, but did not have the low scores atop
the leader board. Unlike last week’s Anteater Invitational, the
Pasatiempo Golf Course plays short but narrow and troubled the
Bruin golfers.
Five Bruins finished within five strokes of each other, led by
Darren Humphrey’s 222, tying him for 21st place. Lohman and
Schlagenhauf followed last week’s strong showings with 225s and a
tie for 27th place.
Mike Miller, a winner at the Anteater Invitational, was alone in
31st place with his 226 while freshman Brandon DiTullio tied for
32nd with a 227.
UCLA was the model of consistency in each of its individual
rounds as it followed up an opening round score of 297 with a pair
of 298s to finish 41-over-par for the tournament.
While the 6,483-yard, par-71 Pasatiempo Golf Course baffled the
Bruins this weekend, it did surrender several sub-par rounds.
Aaron Oberholser’s 7-under-par 206 was good enough for medalist
honors while the entire Stanford squad fired a 6-over-par in 12
recorded rounds, just enough to edge host San Jose State and
Southern California.
The Western Intercollegiate was the third of four consecutive
weekend events for the Bruins. Next up for UCLA is the U.S.
Intercollegiate followed by a two-week lull prior to the Pacific 10
Championships.
… (Seventh place) is a disappointing showing considering the
Bruins came off a runner-up finish the week before.