LA JOLLA, Calif. — The UC San Diego golf team opened its 2023 fall season Sunday by competing in the first round of the 54th Gene Miranda Falcon Invite.
Air Force is hosting the 24-team, 54-hole tournament Sunday through Tuesday at Eisenhower Golf Club in Colorado Springs.
The Tritons finished 14-over par with a 302 on the par-72, 7,541-yard layout.
Junior
Davis McDowell holds the top spot for the Tritons thus far, sitting in a tie for 16th at even par. McDowell's round consisted of two birdies, two bogeys, and 14 pars.
There are 120 players in the field.
Valparaiso is in first place as the only team that finished under par, carding a 3-under 285. New Mexico State finished even (288), while all other teams shot over-par.
The individual leader is Christoph Bleier of Colorado State, who fired a seven-under 65. He was one of 15 players that finished under par Sunday.
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TRITON RESULTS
16 (tie):
Davis McDowell, even par (72)
58 (tie):
Kyle Dougherty, +4 (76)
72. (tie):
Francis Catalano, +5 (77)
72 (tie):
Nathan Tseng, +5 (77)
72. (tie):
Jerry Wu, +5 (77)
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TRITON TIDBITS
• Five Big West Teams are competing at Air Force including Cal Poly, CSUN, UC Davis, UC Riverside, and UC San Diego.
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Francis Catalano is back on course for the Tritons after missing the 2022-23 season due to injury.
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Nathan Tseng competed in the 2023 U.S. Amateur Championship.
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UP NEXT
The second round gets underway Monday at 7:30 a.m. PT.
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
