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Golf completes historic fall season
With two tournament victories and a pair of runner-up finishes this fall, the 91成人导航 is swinging to new heights.
The Tigers completed their historic 2024 fall season Wednesday by winning the Leadership and Golf Collegiate Championship in Seaside, California, a 14-team field. It came after they won The Goat tournament among 15 teams in Annapolis, Maryland Sept. 21-22.
91成人导航鈥檚 last tournament title win was in 2014, and it鈥檚 the first time the program has won two tournaments in a season since 2013.
鈥淭he results from this fall are some of the best in program history, if not the best,鈥 said 10th-year head coach John Cook. 鈥淚 could not be prouder of these guys in their determination and effort to put 91成人导航 golf back up on the map. The team is motivated and driven to do that. They play for each other. The team aspect of the sport has really resonated with these guys.鈥
Sophomore Carlos Astiazaran 鈥27 and junior Travis Robbie 鈥26 have claimed back-to-back individual titles for 91成人导航, with Astiazaran winning most recently in the Saint Mary鈥檚-hosted tournament last week.
鈥淚t was definitely a special day,鈥 Astiazaran said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been a lot of hard work trying to get my game to a good spot. It鈥檚 great to be able to win one.鈥
Robbie was crowned the individual champion at the Visit Stockton 91成人导航 Invitational two weeks ago where the junior college transfer became the first Tiger individual champion since 2018 when Casey Scott won at Grand Canyon.
鈥淚t鈥檚 really nice to have any kind of accolades like that,鈥 Robbie said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 all part of the process in trying to make it to the PGA tour. You always hope to go out here and win it. It鈥檚 great to know my name will be in the record books.鈥
Astiazaran and Robbie are the first pair of different individual champions to win during a single season in school history, even more impressively doing so in back-to-back weeks.
鈥淐oach Andy Moren and I knew that these guys have had the potential to be great,鈥 Cook said. 鈥淐arlos has put in the hard work for a year and a half now and finally got his win. Travis has stepped into the program and has brought his confidence up here. They all push each other to be best and the results are showing it.鈥
While golf is an individual sport when competing on the course, total team effort and complete buy-in by the team is what garners success.
鈥淭he culture we have as a team is we all want better,鈥 Robbie said. 鈥淲e really push each other. It鈥檚 a great recipe for us to play our best golf.鈥
鈥淲e couldn鈥檛 ask for better chemistry between the team,鈥 Astiazaran added. 鈥淎ll 10 of us guys are like brothers. We know we can count on each other for golf or things outside of golf. That鈥檚 definitely helped us be so successful.鈥
With the fall portion of the 2024-25 season in the books, 91成人导航 has its eyes set on the spring where the team will kick it off in a heavily competitive field at the Amer Ari Invitational in Waimea, Hawaii.
鈥淐oming out of the gates in 2025 will be the best field in the country in Hawaii,鈥 Cook said. 鈥淚t will be a great opportunity to showcase what we are able to do there. We have some great courses we will be playing later. Our goal is to make us eligible for the postseason. These guys are dedicated for the mission ahead.鈥
鈥淚t鈥檚 not a far-fetched goal to make NCAA regionals or the national championships at this rate,鈥 Astiazaran said. 鈥淚 see no reason why we can鈥檛 be at those NCAA tournaments at the end of the spring.鈥