Men's Golfer Sturgeon Earns Individual Title at San Diego Invitational
Final round 68 paves the way to his first medalist finish.
 
Junior Grant Sturgeon

Junior Grant Sturgeon

Oct. 31, 2000

MURRIETA, CA -- U of L junior men's golfer Grant Sturgeon fired a final round 68 (-4) to jump over seven golfers and capture his first individual title of his collegiate career at the San Diego Aztec Invitational. Sturgeon's 68 gave him a 54-hole total of 210 (-6) for a two-shot win over a pair of San Diego State golfers.

Host SDSU took team title honors with a 24-shot win over second place Santa Clara and a second SDSU squad.

As a team, the Cardinals finished fourth overall with a three-round score of 873. Sturgeon's effort was backed by strong outings from teammates Geoff Nuwash, Chris Campbell and Dean Halterman. The trio tied for 20th place overall at 221 (+5) as the Cards posted their best team finish of the 2000 fall season.

Sturgeon's victory was the first by a Cardinal since the spring of 1998 when Kris Maffet brought home a Conference USA title.

The Cardinals' trip to San Diego wraps up the fall portion of their '00-01 schedule with four top seven finishes in five autumn competitions. 

            U of L Results


Team	294-291-288 = 873	4th of 14 teams
1.	Grant Sturgeon		72-70-68 = 210
t-20.	Geoff Nuwash		75-74-72 = 221
t-20.	Chris Campbell		73-74-74 = 221
t-20.	Dean Halterman		74-73-74 = 221
64.	Matthew Gade		79-74-81 = 234

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