The UCLA men’s golf team battled the winds in Fairfax,
Calif., and still finished tied for second out of 17 teams at the
Mackenzie Invitational.
“The golf course got much more difficult for the last
round,” UCLA head coach O.D. Vincent said. “It was very
windy, and the pins were in very difficult positions.”
The conditions were so bad during the last round at The Meadow
Club Golf Course that 11 of the 17 teams had their worst round of
the tournament by at least 14 strokes.
As a team, the No. 4 Bruins ended up tied with Northwestern at
844 (-8), and three strokes behind first-place Fresno State (841,
-11).
Roy Moon finished second among the 86 individual golfers in the
tournament with a 205, 8-under par performance.
“Moon may have had the best performance of his collegiate
career,” Vincent said. “Especially when you consider
the conditions at the golf course.”
Steve Conway and Travis Johnson both had a round of 66 during
the tournament.
“A 66 in college golf is amazing,” Vincent said.
“Sometimes, a single round can be more important than the
overall result.”
Johnson finished tied for 17th place with a 214 (+1), while
Conway was tied for 23rd (216, +3).
Spencer Levin tied for 19th (215, +2), and John Merrick was 37th
(219, +6).