SAN BERNARDINO – The Chico State men’s golf team tied top-ranked Barry University for second place at the Coyote Classic Tuesday while showing off the depth of its talent. The Wildcats brought along a sixth player, Sylvester Gama, to play as an individual. All Gama did was manhandle the par-70, 6,510-yard layout with three straight sub-par rounds to finish alone in second place at 7-under par.
Lucas Delgado (69-72-69–210) finished tied for fourth at even par. Round one leader Kyle Souza (66-71-74–211) tied for seventh at 1-over. Brandon Harkins (71-72-70–213) tied for 11th in the 80-golfer field at 3-over. Eric Frazzetta (72-76-71–219) tied for 31st at 9-over. And Bobby Bucey (76-81-72–229) finished in a tie for 64th place at 19-over.
Cal State Monterey Bay played the most consistent golf over the three rounds to earn the team title at 8-over par. Third-ranked Chico State and top-ranked Barry were three strokes back at 11-over, three strokes better than fourth-place Sonoma State.
Cal State San Bernardino’s Gene Webster stole the show from Gama with his astounding 14-under par 69-63-64–196. That was seven strokes better than Gama, who himself was well out in front of the rest of the field with his 7-under par 68-69-66–203. Patrick Bauer of Sonoma State, who carded a 1-under for the tournament, was the only other player in the field to go under par.
Chico State, which has finished in the top three in all six of its tournaments this season, won’t be back in action until the Notre Dame de Namur Invitational in Belmont March 22-23. The Wildcats finished third in the 14-team Western Washington Invitational to begin the fall season Sept. 28-29, and followed that up with another third place finish in the 18-team Grand Canyon Fall Invitational Oct. 5-6. They hosted and won the InterWest Wildcat Classic Oct. 12-13 and then won the Sonoma State Invitational Oct. 19-20 to wrap up the fall season. They opened the spring with a third-place finish at the prestigious Golfweek Spring Invitational in Florida Feb. 7-9.
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