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Big upside with the potential of becoming a mainstay in the top five...an excellent putter who is also developing into a solid ball striker...
FALL 2005: Played in six rounds with 76.1 scoring average...
AS A FRESHMAN (2004-05): Hampered by wrist injury late last spring...played 27 rounds with a 75.6 scoring average...best spring finish was a tie for 15th at the Ashworth Invitational with a score of 216 (75-72-69, +3)...fall highlights included a tie for fifth at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational with a team-best 211 (68-72-71, -2)...defeated Oklahoma State's Zack Robinson, 4 and 3 at the 2004 Hooters Collegiate Match Play Championship, held Nov. 14-16 at Mission Inn Resort at Howey-in-the Hills, Fla...
HIGH SCHOOL/AMATEUR: In the summer of 2004 shot 66 in the Long Beach Open qualifying, tying for first...at the Long Beach Open tied for 10th with rounds of 71, 68, 70, 69 for a 277 and was low amateur by nine shots...at the Scratch Players Championship tied for 13th shooting 75, 74, 74, 75 for a 298...tied for 15th at the Southwest Amateur with rounds of 73, 74, 72, 74 for a 293...won the Ventura City Championship at 139 and shot 30 on the back nine at Poppy Hills at the California State Am, which tied the competitive back nine course record (with Mike Weir)...finished 2nd at the 2003 AJGA Arizona (65-69-70 - 204)...placed 6th at the 2003 AJGA Las Vegas (69-72-73 - 214)...posted a 2nd place finish at the Simi Valley City Championship (66-69) and was 2nd at the Aliso Viejo City (72-67)...played in the Pacific View league and was named first-team All-League and All-County all four years...was Pacific View League MVP 2001 and 2003...was Ventura County Star and Los Angeles Daily News Player of the Year in 2002...was named Team MVP in 2000, 2002 and 2003, leading his squad to league titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002...senior scoring average was 71.7...lowest high school round was a 67...was a Camarillo High Scholar-Athlete all four years...was the California State CIF Male Sportsmanship Award Winner in the spring of 2003...competed for the South during the California North/South team matches...was the youngest golfer to qualify and play in the California Men's State Amateur...
PERSONAL: Kyle Christopher Dowden...majoring in interdisciplinary studies...great-grandfather, Al Dowden, was the head swimming and water polo coach at Cal in the early 30s and 40s...father, Bill Dowden, played college basketball and golf at UC Irvine and was also Kyle's club coach...parents are Bill and Donna Dowden...born May 22, 1985 in Camarillo, Calif.
