Sept. 27, 2008

Albuquerque, New Mexico - The Pacific golf team opened their fall season with an 11th place finish at the William Tucker Invitational, Saturday. The Tigers posted rounds of 302-300-306 at New Mexico's Championship Course. Sophomore Alex Johnson battled back from an opening round 77 to shoot a 74-73 while fellow sophomore Alex Grieb finished with a 77-74.

Johnson's 29th place and Grieb's 37th kept the Tigers around the middle of the pack but sophomore TJ Bordeaux struggled to a 54-hole score of 229 while senior Charlie Van Sicklen shot a 233 and freshman Danny Garcia a 236 for the two-day tournament.

"Unfortunately this was a tough week for the Tigers," said head coach Brandon Goethals. "I can promise you this, if we plan on competing on a national level this is not going to get it done."

The Tigers head straight from Albuquerque to Seattle, Washington for the Husky Invitational on Monday and Tuesday.

11 Pacific, U of +44 F 302 300 306 908 T29 Alex Johnson +8 F 77 74 73 224 T37 Alex Grieb +10 F 75 77 74 226 T57 T.J. Bordeaux +13 F 76 74 79 229 T71 Charles Van Sicklen +17 F 74 79 80 233 T79 Dan Garcia +20 F 78 75 83 236

1 UNLV -12 F -5 277 292 283 852 2 New Mexico -1 F +11 277 287 299 863 3 Pepperdine E F E 286 290 288 864 4 Colorado +4 F +2 289 289 290 868 5 Ohio State Univ. +7 F +10 281 292 298 871 6 Brigham Young Univ. +24 F +9 299 292 297 888 7 Arizona +31 F +14 299 294 302 895 8 Wyoming, U. of +37 F +21 293 299 309 901 9 Utah, Univ. of +40 F +11 304 301 299 904 10 Campbell University +43 F +22 301 296 310 907 11 Pacific, U of +44 F +18 302 300 306 908 12 Texas El Paso, U. of +50 F +23 303 300 311 914 13 Texas State +53 F +20 300 309 308 917 14 Air Force +58 F +27 299 308 315 922 15 Texas-San Antonio +64 F +18 314 308 306 928 16 Hawaii, Univ. of +68 F +28 301 315 316 932