Vanderbilt Fifth, Snedeker Third at The Prestige 11/5/02

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Vanderbilt men's golf team ended its fall season finishing fifth with a 16-over-par score of 880 at The Prestige in La Quinta, Calif. Texas Christian claimed the team title with an 11-under-par score of 853 and Kansas' Chris Marshall took the top individual spot with a nine-under-par score of 207 on the par-72, 6,841-yard La Quinta Mountain Course.

The Commodores finished the first round in seventh place after shooting a seven-over-par 295 and were forced to halt their second round Monday because of darkness. After completing a team round of 291 in the second 18 holes, Vanderbilt finished the tournament with a final round six-over-par 294.

Individually, senior Brandt Snedeker's attempt to capture four consecutive tournament titles came up four strokes short as he finished in third place with a five-under-par score of 211. Previously, the Nashville native had won the Mason Rudolph Championship, Gary Koch Intercollegiate and the Tennessee Tournament of Champions.

Snedeker completes the fall with a 68.79 stroke average after finishing in the 60s in nine of his last 11 rounds and ending the fall with 13 of his 14 rounds below par. In his five fall tournaments, Snedeker recorded three first-place finishes, one second-place finish and one third-place finish.

Senior Craig Dunlap concluded his most successful semester as a Commodore, finishing in a tie for 28th place with a six-over-par 222. Sophomores Lance Goodson and Ben McClung both tied for 48th place with scores of 11-over-par 227. Rounding out the Commodore team was sophomore Mark Donnell, who finished tied for 56th place with a 13-over-par 229.

Vanderbilt completed the five-tournament fall schedule with top-seven finishes in each event, including the tournament title at the Mason Rudolph Championship. In 14 team rounds this fall, the Commodores compiled a 287 team stroke average and finished below par as a team in three of the five events.

The next action for the Commodores will come February 8-9 when they travel to Gainesville, Fla., to take part in the Gator Invitational.

Teams
1. TCU 284-287-282=853 -11
2. UC-Irvine 286-296-286=868 +4
3. Pepperdine 299-286-288=873 +9
4. UCLA 292-293-292=877 +13
5. Vanderbilt 295-291-294=880 +16
6. Kansas 300-286-296=882 +18
Washington 292-298-292=882 +18
8. UC-Davis 293-292-301=886 +22
9. San Diego 301-295-295=891 +27
10. Oregon 304-293-297=894 +30
11. Stanford 298-300-301=899 +35
12. University of the Pacific 291-299-311=901 +37
13. Rice 301-300-301=902 +38
Yale 298-313-291=902 +38
15. Colorado 311-292-301=904 +40
16. UC-Santa Barbara 304-310-308=922 +58
17. UC-San Diego 303-303-319=925 +61
18. Air Force 302-317-315=934 +70

Vanderbilt's Individuals
3 Brandt Snedeker 71-69-71=211 -5
T28 Craig Dunlap 78-71-73=222 +6
T48 Lance Goodson 77-77-73=227 +11
T48 Ben McClung 75-74-78=227 +11
T56 Mark Donnell 72-80-77=229 +13

Day 1

Vanderbilt Men's Golf Seventh After First Day at The Prestige 11/4/02

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Vanderbilt men's golf team was in seventh place with a seven-over-par 295 after the first round at The Prestige in La Quinta, Calif. Monday's play was scheduled for two rounds, but darkness halted play with over half the field still needing a few holes to complete the second round.

Texas Christian University fired a 4-under par, 284, and holds a two-stroke lead over UC Irvine (286) following Monday's first round, played on the par-72, 6,841-yard La Quinta Resort Mountain Course.

TCU and UC Irvine were the only two teams in the 18-team field to break par in the morning round. The University of the Pacific, highlighted by first-round leader Matt Hansen's 5-under par, 67, is in third place following a 3-over par, 291. UCLA and Washington are tied for fourth, eights strokes off the lead after both teams shot 4-over par, 292.

UC Davis (293), Vanderbilt (295), Stanford (298), Yale (298) and Pepperdine (299) round out the top 10. Kansas (300), completed its round in 11th, followed by Rice (301), San Diego (301), Air Force (302), UC San Diego (303), Oregon (304), UC Santa Barbara (304) and Colorado (311).

Individually, Hansen's 67 leads TCU's David Schultz by one shot following a 4-under par, 68, by Schultz. Stanford's Jim Seki and UC Irvine's Jay Choe both completed the first round with identical, 3-under par, 69's. There was a five-way tie for fifth at 2-under par, 70, which includes Kansas' Chris Marshall, UC Irvine's Mike Lavery, San Diego's Tim Cureton, UCLA's Spencer Levin and Oregon's Gregg LaVoie.

The Prestige At PGA WEST will begin Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. with the completion of the second round immediately followed by the final 18 holes.