Rain may hurt UCLA’s bid for 1st place in local tournament
By Daily Bruin Staff
March 4, 2001 9:00 p.m.
GOLF PREVIEW SOUTHWESTERN
INTERCOLLIGIATES MONDAY – TUESDAY ALL DAY WESTLAKE
VILLIAGE
By Suzanne Cabral
Daily Bruin Contributor
The forecast of heavy rains this week might put a damper on the
Bruins’ hopes of winning their only local tournament today
and Tuesday, the Southwestern Intercollegiates held at North Ranch
Country Club in Westlake Village. The Ranch is where the Bruins won
their first and only NCAA men’s golf title in 1988.
At last year’s tournament the Bruins finished sixth out of
14 teams with a score of 879. North Ranch is over 6,789 yards long.
Arizona and Brigham Young finished in first and second places,
respectively, and are expected to be the best contenders for No. 1
again this year.
Bruin junior Parker McLachlin tied for eighth place last year,
scoring 2-over par.
Despite the rain, sophomore Travis Johnson has big expectations
for the team’s performance.
“We have enough firepower on our team so that if and when
we want, we can win any tournament we play in,” he said.
The five players going are Johnson, McLachlin, and freshmen John
Merrick, Steve Conway and Roy Moon.
In their last tournament, the TaylorMade Big Island Classic, the
team finished 11th out of 24 teams.
