Fourth-Place Cal Poly Nine Shots off Pace in Big West Championship

Sunday, April 30

La Quinta Country Club, La Quinta, Calif.

8 a.m.

Big West Conference Championship

Ben Quick watches his drive at The Preserve.

Ben Quick, shown in tournament earlier this season, carded a 70, including an eagle, in the opening round of the 2023 Big West Conference Men's Golf Championship on Sunday at La Quinta CC.

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Fourth-Place Cal Poly Nine Shots off Pace in Big West Championship

4/30/2023 6:23:00 PM | Men's Golf

FIRST-ROUND RESULTS

LA QUINTA, Calif. -- Graduate student Ben Quick carded a two-under-par 70 and is tied for seventh place, highlighting Cal Poly's performance on the first day of competition in the 2023 Big West Conference Men's Golf Championship on Sunday at the La Quinta Country Club.

Quick eagled the 516-yard par-5 fifth hole and also recorded four birdies, a pair of bogeys and a double-bogey on the 7,056-yard par-72 course.

Mustang teammate Baron Szeto matched par with four birdies, two bogeys and a double-bogey and enters Monday's second round tied for 11th place.

Coach Phil Rowe's Mustangs sit alone in fourth place in the nine-team field with a four-person two-over-par 290 total for 18 holes. Cal State Fullerton, CSUN and Long Beach State all share first place with seven-under-par 281 aggregates, nine shots ahead of Cal Poly.

All five Cal Poly golfers carded birdies in their first six holes of play and all birdied the sixth hole, a 527-yard par-five. That surge helped the Mustangs move from a tie for seventh place into fourth place after six holes of play.

In addition to Quick and Szeto, Cal Poly's other scoring golfers were Joey Zambri and Jackson Parrish, each with 74s, tied for 21st place, and Austin Liu with a 79 for 45th place. There are 45 golfers in the field.

Brandon McDonough and Felix Schrott, both of CSUN, share first place on the individual leaderboard as both checked in with six-under-par rounds of 66. Harry Doig of Cal State Fullerton is third at 67.

Parrish leads the field in par-3 scoring at two under par while Quick is fifth in par-4 scoring at even par. Szeto's four-under-par performance on the par-5 holes is tied for first with six other golfers.

Zambri carded 12 pars, tied for No. 3.

Second round tees off Monday morning starting with the top three teams at 10 a.m. Cal Poly will be in the second group from 10:50 a.m. Tuesday's final round begins at 8:30 a.m.