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Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2008
Kennewick's Tucker takes 23rd at Pac-10
By Eric Degerman, Herald staff writer
Washington State's Kevin Tucker capped his solid sophomore season today by shooting a 6-over-par 77 to finish 23rd overall at the Pacific-10 Conference Golf Championships in Fairfax, Calif.
Zach Bixler of Washington, a senior from Richland, closed with a 71 to finish tied for 27th.
Tucker, a Kennewick High grad, began the day tied for 11th. He toured historic Meadow Club with a four-round total of 7-over-par 291, which is the 10th-best total at the conference championship in school history. His opening round of 3-under 68 was the third-best single-round score at the conference tournament in school history, and it came on an underrated course.
The great Dr. Alister MacKenzie designed the layout in 1928, his first in the U.S. before two of his more famous architectural works -- Cypress Point and Augusta National.
Tucker played his way to a top-25 finish in six of seven spring tournaments, and his eight top-25 finishes in 2007-08 rank tied for fourth in a single-season all-time at WSU.
"Tucker and (Wenatchee's Nick) Ellis had great seasons and they are only a sophomore and freshman, respectively," WSU coach Walt Williams said in a news release.
Arizona's Creighton Honeck was medalist at 3-under 281, defeating UCLA's Kevin Chappell in a playoff. Arizona State beat USC in a playoff after tying at +15 with totals of 1435.
The Cougars finished in 10th as a team with a score of 1,502 (+82). The Huskies, who took seventh at 1459 (+39), will play host to the NCAA Western Regionals on May 15-17 at Gold Mountain in Bremerton.
However, Washington may not receive a bid to play into the tournament because of its disappointing season.
Bids will be announced Monday.
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