March 23, 2004
ATLANTA – Nicholas Thompson fired his third straight round of par to help lead Georgia Tech to a third place finish at the 58th annual Western Intercollegiate in Santa Cruz, California.
Tech shot a thirteen-over-par 293 on Tuesday at Pasatiempo Golf Club (6,445 Yards, par 70), to fall to third. The Jackets were tied after the second round for first place with eventual winner Colorado and second place finisher California.
Colorado’s Kane Webber took the individual title by shooting 68 Tuesday to finish at 4-under-par 206, two shots ahead of Long Beach’s Bret Lederer (68 – 208). Only six golfers finished at par or better for 54 holes, including Georgia Tech’s Thompson and Mike Barbosa who finished tied for fourth at even par.
Roberto Castro also cracked the top-10 mark for the Jackets shooting a final day 74 to finish tied for seventh.
Rounding out the scoring for Tech, were Chan Wongluekiet who finished tied for 45th and Kevin Larsen who tied for 74th carding a final round 78.
WESTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE Santa Cruz, Calif. Pasatiempo Golf Course (6,445 yards/Par 70)
FINAL ROUND
TEAM SCORES
1 Colorado 286-276-290-852 2 California 284-278-292-854 3 Georgia Tech 284-278-293-855 4 UC-Riverside 279-287-297-863 5 Long Beach State 288-282-294-864 6 Fresno State 288-286-291-865 7 UTEP 288-291-287-866 8 Kansas 287-286-296-869 Pacific 288-295-286-869 10 Colorado State 290-286-296-872 11 UC-Santa Barbara 292-292-293-877 12 Santa Clara 295-286-299-880 13 San Jose State 300-280-302-882 14 Hawaii 305-305-283-893 15 San Francisco 304-306-308-918
TOP INDIVIDUALS
1 Kane Webber, Colorado 71-67-68-206 2 Bret Lederer, Long Beach 69-71-68-208 3 Peter Tomasulo, California 70-66-73-209 4 Nicholas Thompson, Georgia Tech 70-70-70-210 Martin Laird, Colorado State 72-69-69-210 Mike Barbosa, Georgia Tech 72-67-71-210 7 Matthew Kodama, Hawaii 70-73-69-212 Roberto Castro, Georgia Tech 72-66-74-212 9 Chris Baryla, UTEP 72-71-71-214 Edward McGlasson, Colorado 71-70-73-214 Tyler Hall, Kansas 72-74-68-214 Spencer Paschall, UC-Riverside 67-71-76-214 Dan Buell, Fresno St. 77-73-64-214 14 Torey Edwards, Long Beach 74-66-75-215 Chad Spencer, Fresno St. 70-69-76-215 Jeff Hood, California 66-78-71-215 Jeremy Keller, Long Beach 69-72-74-215 Greg Wells, UC-Santa Barbara 72-73-70-215 19 Eric Riehle, UC-Riverside 69-70-77-216 Michael Wilson, California 71-71-74-216
GEORGIA TECH SCOREST4 Nicholas Thompson 70-70-70-210T4 Mike Barbosa 72-67-71-210T7 Roberto Castro 72-66-74-212T45 Chan Wongluekiet 70-75-78-223T74 Kevin Larsen 77-78-78-233
