Santa Rosa Wins Big 8 Tourney #1, FLC Takes 3rd

February 4, 2015

The FLC men's golf team opened the Big 8 Conference season at the Stanford Invitational Tournament on Monday. The Falcons took third place with a team score of 396, just one stroke behind second-place Sierra. The Falcons were led freshman Chad Vander Dussen's 76 and sophomore Greg French's 79. However, with the other four Falcons shooting in the 80's, they were not going to catch eventual team champion Santa Rosa.

"Too many missed putts and penalty strokes," replied coach Barry Zarecky when asked what caused the inflated scores. "We should never have four players in the 80's. We need all six to shoot in the 70's to realistically have a chance."

Team Scores FLC Individuals

Santa Rosa 381 Chad Vander Dussen 76

Sierra 395 Greg French 79

Folsom Lake 396 Nick Yell 80

Delta 405 Patrick Kelly 80

American River 409 Matt Shirley 81

Modesto 424 Tyson Tavalero 81

Napa Valley inc.

The Falcons have a practice match today at Rancho Murieta against Delta and Modesto and another practice match next Tuesday at Spring Creek (Modesto) before playing Big 8 Tournament #2 in Stockton on Thursday.

Next week's sports schedule:

Tues. 2/10 M Golf at Spring Creek (practice match); 12 noon

Thur. 2/12 M Golf at Van Buskirk (Stockton) Big 8 Tourn. #2; 12 noon