SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos men's golf team will make its fifth appearance in the NCAA West/South Central Super Regionals this week in Riverside at Victoria Club on May 8-10.
LAST TIME OUT
- The Cougars took seventh place at the CCAA Championships on April 23.
- Arman Rahogzar was CSUSM's top golfer with a 6-over 222 (72-77-73) for a share of eighth place.
TOURNAMENT 11 | WEST / SOUTH CENTRAL SUPER REGIONALS | |
Dates | Thursday, May 8 - Saturday, May 10 |
Tee Time | Tee times starting at 9:10 a.m. |
Location | Riverside, Calif. |
Course | Victoria Club - (par 72, 6,557) |
Live Scoring | Scoreboad by clippd |
CSUSM Team | |
Participating Teams | West 1. Cal State East Bay [CCAA Champion] 2. Cal State Monterey Bay 3. Chico State 4. Sonoma State 5. Simon Fraser 6. Stanislaus State 7. Cal State San Bernardino 8. Hawaii Hilo [PacWest Champion] 9. Western Washington 10. Cal State San Marcos South Central |
Participating Individuals | West 1. Jonah Camarillo, CSUDH 2. Ben Mulder, NNU 3. Giulio Zanichelli, ART U 4. Fisher Ransom, HPU South Central |
WEST / SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONALS
- Cal State San Bernardino is the host for this year's NCAA West/South Central Super Regional.
- Host Western New Mexico won the 2024 NCAA Division II West/South Central Super Regional Title with a 2-under 850 (277-289-284)
- Posting a 9-under 204 (72-65-67), Colorado Christian's Dylan Arthur was crowned the West/South Central Regional Champion.
- The Cougars finished in a three-way tie for 16th place last season with a 33-over 885 (296-294-295) and Jason McElroy was CSUSM's top golfer with a share of 34th place after carding a 56-over 218 (72-75-71).
- The top five teams from the West/South Central Super Regional and the top two individuals not on an advancing team qualify to compete in the NCAA Division II Championships from May 19-23 in Palm Springs, Florida, on the PGA National Resort.
COUGAR OUTLOOK
- With nine returners from the 2023-24 team, this year's squad has only one new face with the addition of Owen Otto.
- The 2023-24 team finished in the top 5 in seven of its 11 tournaments last year.
- The Cougars saw last season come to an end with a 16th-place finish in the NCAA West/South Central Regional Championship.
THE HUTTON FILE
- Head coach Greg Hutton has been at the helm of the men's program since the 2010-11 season and was named the women's head coach in 2014.
- Hutton has been named CCAA Coach of the Year a total of seven times, six times on the women's side and one time on the men's side.
- The CSUSM men's golfer Matt Pennington was the program's first-ever CCAA Champion and NCAA West/South Central Regional Champion in 2022.
- The CSUSM women's team was the 2019 NCAA Division II National Championship runner-up, led by National Champion Jaime Jacob.
- In 2023, the CSUSM men's team captured its first-ever CCAA Championship Tournament Title, defeating runner-up Cal State Monterey by one stroke on April 19 at the Victory Club in Riverside.
- Under Hutton's leadership, the women's team won CSUSM's first CCAA Championship in school history in 2018 and the Cougars defended their title in 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
- In CSUSM's first year of being a full-fledged NCAA Division II member in 2017-18, the Cougar men's and women's golf teams each qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships.
- In CSUSM's first year of being a full-fledged NCAA Division II member in 2017-18, the Cougar men's and women's golf teams each qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships.