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Men's Golf 2/6/2009 12:00:00 AM

UC Davis Finishes 12th At Hawaii-Hilo Invitational

Feb. 6, 2009

Complete Results from Hilo Invitational in PDF Format

KOHALA COAST, Hawaii - - UC Davis shot a team score of 299 on Friday, finishing 12th at the University of Hawaii-Hilo Invitational, as Ramie Sprinkling and Austin Graham posted a pair of top-25 individual placings.

The Aggies, who also shot 299 on Wednesday before firing a 294 on Thursday, completed the 54-hole tournament at 27-over 892. The 17-team, 100-player tournament was played on the par-72, 6,913-yard North Course at Mauna Lani Resort Golf Course.

Sprinkling and Graham - both tournament winners for the Aggies in the fall - paced UC Davis in the individual standings, finishing tied for 22nd and tied for 24th, respectively. Sprinkling had a 3-over 75 for a 4-over 220 while Graham had a team-best 73 on Friday to finish one shot back of his teammate.

Senior Nate Pistacchio shot 76 and tied for 46th at 10-over, freshman Tyler Raber also had a 76 and tied for 50th one shot behind Pistacchio, and Brent Booth carded a 75 to finish tied for 60th at 13-over.

The tournament, which featured 10 of the top 50 ranked teams in the country, was won by USC which trailed Washington after the first round but stormed back to post a 13-under 851 team score and beat the Huskies by 11 shots. Those two teams were the only to break par in the 54-hole event with TCU a distant third at 6-over.

Washington's Nick Taylor earned medalist honors at 6-under 10.

UC Davis was just two strokes behind Florida State and Oklahoma and 18 in front of 13th-place Hawaii-Hilo.

The Aggies will be off until participating in the Fresno State Lexus Classic on Mar. 9-10.

HAWAII-HILO INVITATIONAL

Mauna Lani Resort Golf Course (Kohala Coast, Hawaii)

Par 72, 6,913 yards

Final

TEAM

1. Southern California, 285-284-282-851

2. Washington, 281-292-289-862

3. TCU, 291-297-282-870

4. Stanford, 294-291-287-872

5. Oregon, 287-299-287-873

6. Colorado, 295-289-290-874

7. Arizona State, 296-291-288-875

8. Texas Tech, 291-294-291-876

9. Georgia Tech, 301-295-283-879

T10. Florida State, 311-293-286-890

T10. Oklahoma, 294-303-293-890

12. UC DAVIS, 299-294-299-892

13. Hawaii-Hilo, 300-310-300-910

14. Fresno State, 308-315-300-923

15. Kansas, 309-314-301-924

16. San Francisco, 312-316-300-928

17. Hawaii, 314-328-305-947

INDIVIDUALS

1. Nick Taylor, Washington, 69-71-70-210

UC DAVIS

T22. Rarmie Sprinkling, 73-72-75-220

T24. Austin Graham, 74-74-73-221

T46. Nate Pistacchio, 74-76-76-226

T50. Tyler Raber, 78-73-76-227

T60. Brent Booth, 79-75-75-229

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Players Mentioned

Tyler Raber: 5' 8"; Freshman

Brent Booth: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Austin Graham: 5' 11"; Freshman

Nate Pistacchio: 5' 9"; Junior

Ramie Sprinkling: 6' 1"; Junior

Players Mentioned

Tyler Raber
: 5' 8"; Freshman

Brent Booth
: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Austin Graham
: 5' 11"; Freshman

Nate Pistacchio
: 5' 9"; Junior

Ramie Sprinkling
: 6' 1"; Junior