Oct. 3, 2000

STOCKTON, Calif. - The Santa Clara men's golf team placed 17th in its first tournament of the season, the Pacific Invitational.

San Diego State won the event with a 19-under-par 845. Individual medalist honors went to California's J.R. Ruda. The Broncos posted a 77-over-par 941 with senior Drew Corwin the top SCU finisher, tying for 67th place with a 14-over 230.

The two-day tournament covered 54 holes. The Reserve is a par-72 layout measuring 7,000 yards.

Santa Clara will be in action again in two weeks, traveling to Thousand Oaks for an Oct. 16-17 Tournament at CS Northridge's Wood Ranch Golf Course.

Pacific Invitational

Stockton, Calif.

Final Results -- October 3


	Team	Score

1.	San Diego State	281-279-285--845

3.	Alabama-Birmingham	283-285-282--850

2.	California	284-282-293--859

5.	San Diego	298-285-291--874

4.	Idaho	291-290-296--877


17.	Santa Clara	314-310-317--941


Individual

	Name	Score 

1.	J.R. Ruda, California	67-69-71--207

2.	Doug McClure, Idaho	68-69-71--208

3.	Graeme McDowell, UAB	69-71-70--210

	Scott Piercy, San Diego State	71-68-71--210

5.	Mike Lavery, UC Irvine	71-68-72--211


Santa Clara Scores

T67.	Drew Corwin	78-76-76--230

T77.	Sandy Horacek	76-78-79--233

87.	Michael Melling	78-75-86--239

88.	Tony Okano	82-81-79--242

89.	Justin Ahasic	82-83-83--248

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