April 17, 2005

STANFORD, CA - Led by senior Jeff Hood's ninth-place individual finish, the University of California men's golf team placed 12th Sunday at the U.S. Intercollegiate, played at the Stanford Golf Course. The Golden Bears finished at 48-over 888 (301-294-293), tying with UC Irvine. The USC men's golf team won the tournament with a six-over 846 (278-284-284). ASU's Pat Moore won the individual title with two-under 208 (71, 70, 67).

Hood, Cal's lone returner from its 2004 National Championship squad, shot a five-over 215 (70-73-72) for his best tournament finish of the 2004-05 season. Bear freshman Michael Jensen tied for 25th place with a 219 (72-75-72, +9), sophomore Brandon Beck shot 226 (80-71-72, T61st, +16), redshirt freshman Kyle Dowden shot 228 (79-75-74, T72nd, +18) and redshirt freshman Jeff Vetterick shot 232 (81-76-75, T83rd, +22).

The Bears will next compete at the Pac-10 Championships, Apr. 25-27 at the Walla Walla Country Club in Walla Walla, Wash.

FINAL RESULTS           U.S. Intercollegiate
                         Stanford G.C.            Stanford, CA
                         Dates: 04/16 - 04/17     (Today:04-17-2005)
                                   Par:        70
                                   Yardage:  6742
      Fin.   School                   Scores
         1   Southern California      278  284  284    846        +6
         2   San Diego State U.       288  291  284    863       +23
         3   Fresno State             284  288  295    867       +27
         4   UCLA                     289  286  293    868       +28
         5   Stanford University      294  291  284    869       +29
         6   Arizona State U.         289  296  287    872       +32
         7   Oregon, U. of            293  291  294    878       +38
             Arizona, U. of           297  288  293    878       +38
         9   San Jose State Univ.     295  289  297    881       +41
        10   Washington, U. of        295  293  294    882       +42
        11   Long Beach State         289  296  302    887       +47
        12   California, U. of        301  294  293    888       +48
             UC-Irvine                295  293  300    888       +48
        14   Oregon State U.          295  298  300    893       +53
        15   Washington State U.      303  295  297    895       +55
        16   Pacific, U. of the       292  304  303    899       +59
        17   Santa Clara Univ.        307  308  297    912       +72
        18   San Francisco, U. of     310  315  318    943      +103

T12th California, U. of 301 294 293 888
T 9 Jeff Hood 70 73 72 215 +5
T 25 Michael Jensen 72 75 72 219 +9
T 61 Brandon Beck 80 71 75 226 +16
T 72 Kyle Dowden 79 75 74 228 +18
T 83 Jeff Vetterick 81 76 75 232 +22