CSU Back In Play At Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic March 7-8

Tournament: Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic
Dates: March 7-8, 2022
Co-Hosts: San Diego & San Diego State
Location: Chula Vista, Calif.
Course: San Diego Country Club
Course Par/Yardage: Par 72 / 7,033 yds
Host Web Site: https://goaztecs.com
Live Scoring: https://csura.ms/3HFxcpv
Tournament Field (16): Colorado State, San Diego, San Diego State, BYU, California, Colorado, Denver, Loyola Marymount, LSU, Nevada, Notre Dame, Sam Houston State, UC Davis, UC San Diego, Washington, Wyoming

Next on the Tee: Colorado State is on the course at the Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic, March 7-8. The two-day, 54-hole tournament, co-hosted by San Diego State University and the University of San Diego, is being played at San Diego Country Club (Par 72 - 7,033 yards) in Chula Vista, Calif.

Fast Five On The Prestige:

This will be the seventh time that CSU has played in the event with its best finish a fifth in 2021.
Of the 16 programs competing, 13 had participants as either a team or individual in the 2021 NCAA Regionals (seven teams, eight schools with individuals), with three teams and an individual rep that advanced to the NCAA Championships.
In the field, 14 teams are ranked in the top 125 nationally according to Golfstat, with four in the top 50, including No. 8 Washington, No. 15 Notre Dame, No. 34 LSU and No. 45 Nevada, .
The Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic has featured many of the world's great players during their collegiate careers including the world's #1 player Jon Rahm and current #7 Xander Schauffele amongst many others.
In its 15th year, the Lamkin Grips SD Classic will be held at San Diego Country Club for the 10th consecutive year and 12th time overall.

CSU History In Lamkin Grips SD Classic
3/14-15/2011     6th/12   373-381-379=1133 (+53)
3/13-14/2017     10th/15                292-283-297=872 (+8)
3/12-13/2018     12th/16                292-286-304=882 (+18)
3/11-12/2019     11th/15                295-300-292=887 (+23)
3/9-10/2020        7th/19   291-289-285=865 (+1)
3/8-10/2021        5th/20   289-300-288=877 (+13)

Lineup for the Lamkin Grips SD Classic: The Rams are in the traditional play-five, count-four event this week at San Diego Country Club. For CSU, the lineup will be:
1.            Davis Bryant
2.            Christoph Bleier
3.            Connor Jones
4.            Rasmus Hjelm
5.            Oscar Teiffel

Last Time Out: With wrapping up the delayed second round and playing the third today, Colorado State finished in a tie for 13th at the 2022 The Prestige Wednesday. The three-day, 54-hole tournament was played at the Greg Norman Course at PGA WEST (Par 71 -7,100 yards) in La Quinta, Calif.
                Under much milder conditions than the first two days, the Rams finished up the second round at 311 and then posted an 11-over 295 in the final 18 to finish at 47-over 899 in a tie with No. 5 and defending national champion Pepperdine, North Texas and No. 44 San Diego State. The Rams earned wins over No. 47 San Francisco and No. 49 UCLA, among others. No. 18 Vanderbilt won the tournament at 16-over 868 with a final round 14-under 270 and was 10 shots clear of No. 48 Oregon at 26-over 878. No. 14 Kansas was third at 29-over 881, with No. 7 Texas Tech in fourth at 33-over 885. Long Beach State and Oregon State tied for fifth at 38-over 890.
                Senior Davis Bryant was the top Ram in a tie for 12th at 7-over 220, his third top-20 of the season and 16th in his 32 career events. Sophomore Gunnar Broin was next in a tie for 68th at 16-over 229, while senior Oscar Teiffel tied for 77th at 17-over 230. Junior Connor Jones tied for 96th at 21-over 234, with sophomore Rasmus Hjelm was disqualified in the second round but rallied to shoot an even-par 71 in the final round, the top CSU score in the last 18.
                In the Prestige Individual event at Coral Mountain Golf Club, freshman Christoph Bleier was the top Ram in a tie for 18th at 6-over 222, while freshman Jay Pabin was 43rd at 15-over 231 and redshirt-freshman Gavin Hagstrom tied for 44th at 17-over 233.

Military Tribute Bag Continues: In 2021-22, CSU is continuing its tradition of honoring those who have served our country through the military. This year, the program is again recognizing U.S. Army veteran Charles W. Williamson III, due to the shortened seasons in 2019-20 and 2020-21.
                Williamson served almost 17 years on active duty before medically retiring as a Sergeant First Class in 2007. He was part of a tank effort in Operation Desert Storm and through his first nine years of service, he was an Armor Crewman and held every position on a tank, including tank commander. During his military career, he also served as a Platoon Sergeant and Head Cadre, the instructor for the Individual Readiness Training for Bosnia rotations. He also served as a recruiter for the Army, retiring as Commander of a six-man recruiting station. From his service, he received numerous awards, bages, ribbons and commendations, including for meritorius service, His daughter Katelyn was a Folds of Honor Scholarship recipient at CSU, earning her degree in bio-medical sciences.
                The bag was carried by the top CSU finisher from the previous tournament during the 2019-20 season. AJ Ott carried it the 2020-21 season due to COVID protocols, taking it all the way to the NCAA Championships as an individual. This year, senior Davis Bryant carried the bag during the fall and Connor Jones had it for The Prestige as CSU's top finisher in the team's last fall event. Bryant will use the bag at the Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic as CSU's leader at The Prestige.
                In 2019-20, the military tribute bag debuted, honoring former golfer and late U.S. Army veteran James "Jerry" Jackson. Jackson had served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, eventually passing away from lasting effects from exposure to Agent Orange from his service.

Bryant, Bleier Earn MW Monthly Awards: Colorado State Davis Bryant and Christoph Bleier have been named Mountain West Golfer and Freshman of the Month, respectively, for September, the league announced today. This is the second conference monthly/weekly award in Bryant's career and the first for Bleier.
                Bryant and Bleier led the Rams to their seventh consecutive Ram Masters Invitational in come-from-behind fashion after weather conditions on the first day led to higher-than-average scores. Bryant tied for runner-up honors in the event for the second time in his career, including a final-round 3-under 67 to help the Rams post a 5-under 275, the only under-par round of the tournament. In his first collegiate event, Bleier also shot a 3-under 67 in the last round to tie Bryant for the low score of the tournament and finish in a tie for sixth in the tournament.

Fast Five On The Rams:

CSU returns to its lineup that played in most of the fall events.
The Rams have had representation in the last four NCAA Regionals competed -- twice by individuals (2017, 2021) and twice with a full team (2018, 2019). The 2020 regionals were not played due to COVID, but CSU was ranked in the top 30 nationally when the season ended early.
The Rams will play in seven different states for their 11 scheduled tournaments this year, with 10 of them in the Mountain or Pacific time zones. The only trip out of those was the third tournament of the year, when CSU competed in the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate.
Davis Bryant is currently second in career scoring at CSU.
Head coach Christian Newton now has 13 tournament victories in his nine-plus years as leader of the Rams.

On the World Stage: Two Rams on the current roster are ranked among the top 400 players in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings, as of March 5. The rankings are based on their average performance in selected counting events over the past two calendar years.
Player WAGR
Christoph Bleier 280
Davis Bryant 320

Newton Named to GCAA National Advisory Board

Head coach Christian Newton was named to the Golf Coaches Association of America National Advisory Board, effective July 1, 2020. This is the first time that a CSU coach has been named to this prestigious position.
Newton was elected by his fellow coaches at the GCAA National Convention in December of 2019 and will become the Third Vice President on July 1, 2020.
It is a 10-year commitment, where every two years he will move up the ranks after each President's term is up. He will become the Second Vice President from 2022-24, First Vice President from 2024-26 before becoming President in 2026-28. Following that, he will serve a two-year stint as the Past President from 2028-30.

Rams on Tour: Former Colorado State standout Martin Laird, a PGA tour veteran, made a statement already in the 2021 season with his fourth career victory on tour, a playoff win at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. This was his second in in the event as he also captured the title in 2009.
                He made the cut in 14 events, with the win and two other top-25 placings as his top finishes. He earned $1.81 million this season after the 2020 season was halted due to the pandemic. In 2021, his efforts during the regular season earned him a spot in the FedExCup Playoffs for the 11th time in 13 seasons.
                This year, he has made the cut in five of seven events and has three top-25 placings.
                For his career, he has surpassed $19.95 million in official PGA Tour winnings and made the cut in almost two-thirds of his 333 PGA Tour starts in his 14-plus years on the top golf tour. Laird was inducted into the CSU Athletic Hall of Fame in the fall of 2017.
                Recent standout Jake Staiano earned a spot on the Korn Ferry Tour this year and made the cut in his first event at the Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard in Columbia in mid-February. He moved up the rankings and will have additional guaranteed starts now due to his result.

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