Oct. 14, 2008
Final Tournament Results in PDF Format 
LA QUINTA, Calif. — Paced by an impressive comeback from sophomore Dustin Zhang (Calgary, Alberta/Bishop Carroll), the Notre Dame men’s golf team finished in 10th place at the 16-team Prestige at PGA WEST, which wrapped up Tuesday on the Greg Norman Course (par 72/7,156 yards) at the PGA WEST facility in La Quinta, Calif. The Irish registered a three-round total of 37-over par 901 (307-301-293) to wind up a single shot out of an upper-division finish (and a tie with No. 17 Michigan State), while TCU won the tournament at three-under par 861.
Zhang tied for 35th place in the 84-man event at 12-over par 228 (89-71-68), playing brilliantly to erase all memory of a difficult first round on Monday morning. His final-round 68 also was a career-low, one stroke better than his previous standard that he shot at last year’s Rutgers Invitational (“B” team tournament). All told, Zhang carded 13 birdies, tying for the fourth-highest total in the field. UC Davis’ Nate Pistacchio and TCU’s Johan de Beer shared medalist honors at six-under par 210.
Sophomore Connor Alan-Lee (Solana Beach, Calif./La Jolla Country Day School) endured almost the exact opposite of Zhang’s fortunes at this week’s tournament, although the end result (a 35th-place tie) was the same. Alan-Lee, who began Tuesday’s final round in a tie for sixth place, ended up at 12-over par 228 (73-73-82) following two double bogeys and a triple bogey during his last 18 holes.
Junior Doug Fortner (Tustin, Calif./Foothill) was one stroke behind his teammates in a tie for 38th place at 13-over par 229 (77-78-74). Fortner’s classmate, Carl Santos-Ocampo (Naples, Fla./Community School of Naples), tied for 71st place at 18-over par 234 (797-79-76), while carding an eagle at the par-5, 526-yard second hole on Tuesday (after Fortner did the same during Monday’s opening round). Freshman Tom Usher (Bradford, England/Guiseley School) finished one shot behind Santos-Ocampo in a 73rd-place tie at 19-over par 235 (78-82-75).
Notre Dame will close out the 2008-09 fall schedule on Oct. 27-28 when it travels to the Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., for the UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate Championship.
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The Prestige at PGA WEST
Oct. 13-14, 2008
Greg Norman Course/PGA WEST (La Quinta, Calif.)
Par 72/7,156 yards
FINAL TEAM RESULTS (54 holes): 1. TCU 861 (294-289-278); 2. UC Davis 871 (306-280-285); 3. Stanford 879 (297-292-290); 4. Central Florida 882 (303-295-284); 5. Washington 889 (310-303-276); 6. Pepperdine 896 (300-298-298); 7. California 897 (312-293-292); 8. (tie) Northwestern 900 (308-298-294) and Michigan State 900 (327-290-283); 10. NOTRE DAME 901 (307-301-293); 11. Colorado 905 (306-303-295); 12. Michigan 908 (310-292-306); 13. Kentucky 910 (309-310-291); 14. Florida Southern 912 (302-315-295); 15. Pacific 921 (317-305-299); 16. Rice 926 (322-302-302).
TOP 4 INDIVIDUALS PLUS NOTRE DAME GOLFERS (of 84): 1. (tie) Nate Pistacchio (UCD) 210 (68-71-71) and Johan de Beer (TCU) 210 (72-70-68); 3. David Johnson (UCF) 211 (76-67-68); 4. Andrew Putnam (Pepp) 215 (68-77-70); 35. (tie) Dustin Zhang 228 (89-71-68) and Connor Alan-Lee (ND) 228 (73-73-82); 38. (tie) Doug Fortner (ND) 229 (77-78-74); 71. (tie) Carl Santos-Ocampo (ND) 234 (79-79-76); 73. Tom Usher (ND) 235 (78-82-75).