SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – Lifted by a 13-under in the first round, the San Diego golf team turned in its highest finish in more than four years after carding a 16-under (272-292-281) and placing third at the 2019 Bill Cullum Invitational hosted at the Wood Ranch Golf Club (Par 72, 6,944 yards).
 
Two shots back of second-place Grand Canyon, the Toreros' third-place finish was their best since February 2015 when they placed second at the Aztec Invitational.
 
Sophomore Harrison Kingsley registered another top-10 finish after shooting seven-under 209 (67-71-71) for eighth in the individual standings. It was Kingsley's third consecutive top-10 placing.
 
Junior Donald Kay shot a 68 in the final round to close out in a tie for 19th with a three-under 213 (70-75-68). He was tied with teammate and sophomore Evan Kawai (69-74-70). Senior Yash Majmudar, playing in his first tournament since the first of the season at the Washington Husky Invitational, shot a 72 in each of the final two rounds to complete his tournament with a three-over 219 (75-72-72).
 
"The team played very well in round one with a 13-under," said USD head Chris Riley. "I'm proud of our five-man group this week, including (Majmudar's) consecutive rounds of even par. We still need to clean up our wedge game, but great things are ahead."
 
Freshman Alrik Pan shot a three-under 69 in the first round but finished with a six-over 222 (69-76-77) to round out the five Toreros scoring in the tournament.
 
USD climbed one spot on the final day as it was fourth after the first two rounds. The third-place finish also gives the Toreros two top-four finishes in four tournaments this fall.
 
The Toreros close out their fall portion of the 2019-20 schedule with the Hoakalei Invitational in Eva Beach, Hawaii October 28-30.
 
Team Standings (Final)
1. SDSU, -40 (267-279-278)
2. Grand Canyon, -18 (282-283-281)
3. San Diego, -16 (275-292-281)
4. Utah State, -10 (276-287-291)
5. Weber State, -4 (280-289-291)
6. UC Santa Barbara, -3 (284-293-284)
7. Sacramento State, +6 (285-298-287)
8. UC Irvine, +13 (296-285-296)
9. UC San Diego, +14 (293-298-287)
10. CSU-Northridge, +21 (302-288-295)
T-11. Cal Poly, +22 (295-299-292)
T-11. UC Riverside, +22 (300-293-293)
13. Southern Utah, +31 (292-296-307)
 
Individual Standings (Final)
8. Harrison Kingsley, -7 (67-71-71)
T-19. Evan Kawai, -3 (69-74-70)
T-19. Donald Kay, -3 (70-75-68)
T-42. Yash Majmudar, +3 (75-72-72)
T-55. Alrik Pan, +6 (69-76-77)
72. Remington Hirano, +10 (76-75-75)*
 
*Competing as an individual