April 12, 2015
Santa Cruz, Calif. --- The San José State men's golf team finished in 12th place out of 14 teams at the 69th Western Intercollegiate in Santa Cruz, Calif.
The Spartans were +26 in the final round on Sunday and finished the event shooting 375-373-376-1124 (+74).
Matthew Ashley carded the low round of the day for SJSU, an even-par 70. Cody Blick at +11 for the tournament was the low Spartan with a final score of 77-69-75-221.
Brett Thawley had all three of his rounds counted in the Western, and finished alongside Ashley in 54th place, shooting 73-76-76 (+15).
Landon Polterock, at +18, ended up tied for 67th. Scott Munger and Felix Möesmang each finished at 230 (+20) to tie for 73rd place.
Taylor Bromley shot 75-77-82-234 (+24) to finish tied for 78th alongside Michael Grenz and Henrik Sohlberg who played as individual for the Spartans.
Marcus Potter also competed as an individual and shot 86-86-78-250 (+40).
"Althought the scores make you think we lost some ground, I think the Spartans made progress," said SJSU head coach John Kennaday. "We saw some great things out of our youngsters, and we are looking forward to the conference championship."
Scottie Scheffler became the first Texas Longhorn to take individual medalist honors at the Western Intercollegiate. Scheffler shot 66-68-67-201 (-9) to win by four strokes. He helped Texas to its fifth win, and led them to a third-round record tying 340 (-10) on Sunday. The Longhorns finished at +2 for a 14-shot victory.
San José State concludes the 2014-15 season on May 1-3 at the Mountain West Championship in Tucson, Ariz.
TEAM RESULTS
| 1. | +2 | #3-Texas | 346-366-340-1052 |
| 2. | +16 | #14-Oregon | 361-353-352-1066 |
| 3. | +17 | #13-Stanford | 354-353-360-1067 |
| 4. | +25 | #2-Arizona State | 354-372-349-1075 |
| 5. | +35 | #8-Washington | 355-369-361-1085 |
| 6. | +38 | #11-UCLA | 358-368-362-1088 |
| 7. | +43 | #16-Southern California | 357-370-366-1093 |
| 8. | +47 | Arizona | 365-368-364-1097 |
| 9. | +51 | San Diego State | 370-366-365-1101 |
| 10. | +57 | #22-California | 360-379-368-1107 |
| 11. | +67 | UC Irvine | 378-378-361-1117 |
| 12. | +74 | San José State | 375-373-376-1124 |
| 13. | +80 | UTEP | 377-382-371-1130 |
| 14. | +169 | Hawai'i | 415-409-395-1219 |
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
| 1. | -9 | Scottie Scheffler (Texas) | 66-68-67-201 |
| 2. | -6 | Shotaro Ban (California) | 68-69-67-204 |
| 3. | -4 | #1-Jon Rahm (Arizona State) | 68-70-68-206 |
| T4 | -3 | #5-Maverick McNealy (Stanford) | 68-70-69-207 |
| T4 | -3 | Zach Foushee (Oregon) | 72-70-65-207 |
SJSU RESULTS
| T40 | +11 | Cody Blick | 77-69-75-221 |
| T54 | +15 | Matthew Ashley | 78-77-70-225 |
| T54 | +15 | Brett Thawley | 73-76-76-225 |
| T67 | +18 | Landon Polterock | 76-74-78-228 |
| T73 | +20 | Scott Munger | 74-79-77-230 |
| T73 | +20 | Felix Möesmang (I) | 73-81-76-230 |
| T78 | +24 | Taylor Bromley | 75-77-82-234 |
| T78 | +24 | Michael Grenz (I) | 71-90-73-234 |
| T78 | +24 | Henrik Sohlberg (I) | 75-77-82-234 |
| 91. | +40 | Marcus Potter (I) | 86-86-78-250 |