UC Irvine Finishes 8th in Rain-Shortened Alister MacKenzie Invitational

Oct. 13, 2009

Team Scores / Individual Scores 

FAIRFAX, Calif. --- The UC Irvine men's golf team finished eighth at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational as Tuesday's final round was washed out due to heavy rain and wind at The Meadow Club in Fairfax.

Host California won the 15-team tournament with a 36-hole score of 23-under par 545. Oregon was second at 550, Colorado third at 555 and UCI shot 565 in Monday's two rounds.

Stephen Hale of Cal was medalist at 10-under 132 on rounds of 68-64 and San Diego State's Johan Carlsson placed second at 133 (68-65).

UCI senior John Chin (70-70) and freshman Jerry He (69-71) tied for 19th place at 2-under 140. Senior Tim Cha was 41st at 144 (68-76), freshman Mickey Chan placed 47th at 146 (76-70) and junior Max Greil finished 67th at 150 (71-79).

Coach Paul Smolinski's Anteaters return to action Oct. 22-23 in the Del Walker Intercollegiate at Virginia Country Club in Long Beach.