{"id":462949,"date":"2026-09-14T00:44:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T00:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/462949\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T00:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T00:44:44","slug":"aztecs-tie-for-10th-at-sahalee-players-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/462949\/","title":{"rendered":"Aztecs Tie for 10th at Sahalee Players Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAMMAMISH, Wash. &#8212; The San Diego State men\u2019s golf team finished in a tie for 10th place at the Sahalee Players Championship, which wrapped up under wet and rainy conditions Sunday Sammamish, Washington. The Aztecs finished at 42-over-par 906 on the par-72, 7,003-yard Sahalee Country Club, including a 15-over 303 in today\u2019s final round.<\/p>\n<p>SDSU, which is receiving votes in the preseason Bushnell\/Golfweek DI Coaches\u2019 Poll, tied with No. 12 Pepperdine at +42, three shots ahead of No. 24 Arizona (+45). No. 3 Oklahoma State completed its wire-to-wire victory with a 4-under 284 to win by 28 strokes at 4-under 860. Top-ranked Florida was second at +24, while host Washington (+26) was third, followed by No. 12 Illinois (+27), Duke (+31), No. 4 Arizona State (+32), No. 8 North Carolina (+32), No. 14 UCLA (+33) and California (+41).<\/p>\n<p>Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/goaztecs.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/player\/harry-takis\" title=\"Harry Takis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Takis<\/a> (Brisbane, Australia) led the way for San Diego State, tying for 14th out of 72 golfers at 6-over 222 following his second straight 73. Starting on the 10th hole, Takis was quickly 4-over through his first six holes, but sank four birdies and a lone bogey the rest of the way.<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/goaztecs.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/player\/beau-sahr\" title=\"Beau Sahr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beau Sahr<\/a> (Eagle, Idaho) tied for 20th at +8 with a 74 on Sunday. Sahr had three bogeys on his front nine with his lone birdie coming on the par-3, 193-yard fifth hole.<\/p>\n<p>Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/goaztecs.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/player\/lequan-wang\" title=\"Lequan Wang\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lequan Wang<\/a> (San Mateo, Calif.\/UC Davis) tied for 37th at +12. Wang carded a 79 today with two birdies.<\/p>\n<p>Freshmen <a href=\"https:\/\/goaztecs.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/player\/miles-kuhl\" title=\"Miles Kuhl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miles Kuhl<\/a> (Boulder, Colo.) and <a href=\"https:\/\/goaztecs.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/player\/brayden-forte\" title=\"Brayden Forte\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brayden Forte<\/a> (Aurora, Colo.) tied for 57th and 59th, respectively, at +19 and +20. Kuhl had a 79 in today\u2019s final round and Forte shot a 78.<\/p>\n<p>Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/goaztecs.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/player\/kai-hirayama\" title=\"Kai Hirayama\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kai Hirayama<\/a> (Arcadia, Calif.) tied for 64th at +22 with a 78 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Washington\u2019s Finn Koelle captured medalist honors at 7-under 209, thanks to a blazing 66 in today\u2019s final round. Four players from the tournament champion Oklahoma State finished among the top 6.<\/p>\n<p>The same six will tee it up for the Aztecs at USD\u2019s Vuori Invitational at nearby Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club. SDSU will tee off from the 10th hole at 8:55 a.m. PT with Long Beach State and Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>Sahalee Players Championship<br \/>Day Two Results &#8211; Sept. 13, 2026<br \/>Sahalee Country Club &#8211; Sammamish, Wash.<br \/>Par 72, 7,003 Yards<\/p>\n<p>Team Standings<br \/>1. No. 3 Oklahoma State\u2026286-290-284\u2014860 (-4)<br \/>2. No. 1 Florida\u2026290-298-300\u2014888 (+24)<br \/>3. Washington\u2026300-302-288\u2014890 (+26)<br \/>4. No. 12 Illinois\u2026290-297-304\u2014891 (+27)<br \/>5. Duke\u2026301-289-305\u2014895 (+31)<br \/>T6. No. 4 Arizona State\u2026295-302-299\u2014896 (+32)<br \/>T6. No. 8 North Carolina\u2026299-297-300\u2014896 (+32)<br \/>8. No. 14 UCLA\u2026301-297-299\u2014897 (+33)<br \/>9. California\u2026304-308-293\u2014905 (+41)<br \/>T10. San Diego State\u2026306-297-303\u2014906 (+42)<br \/>T10. No. 13 Pepperdine\u2026303-299-304\u2014906 (+42)<br \/>12. No. 24 Arizona\u2026301-307-301\u2014909 (+45)<\/p>\n<p>Individual Leaders (Top 6 of 72 players + SDSU)<br \/>1. Finn Koelle (Washington)\u202674-69-66\u2014209 (-7)<br \/>2. Eric Lee (Oklahoma State)\u202670-70-71\u2014211 (-5)<br \/>3. Max Herendeen (Illinois)\u202666-69-78\u2014213 (-3)<br \/>4. Gaven Lane (Oklahoma State)\u202671-74-70\u2014215 (-1)<br \/>T5. Ethan Fang (Oklahoma State)\u202673-74-70\u2014217 (+1)<br \/>T5. Preston Stout (Oklahoma State)\u202672-72-73\u2014217 (+1)<br \/>&#8212;<br \/>T14. <a href=\"https:\/\/goaztecs.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/player\/harry-takis\" title=\"Harry Takis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Takis<\/a> (San Diego State)\u202676-73-73\u2014222 (+6)<br \/>T20. <a href=\"https:\/\/goaztecs.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/player\/beau-sahr\" title=\"Beau Sahr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beau Sahr<\/a> (San Diego State)\u202672-78-74\u2014224 (+8)<br \/>T37. <a href=\"https:\/\/goaztecs.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/player\/lequan-wang\" title=\"Lequan Wang\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lequan Wang<\/a> (San Diego State)\u202680-69-79\u2014228 (+12)<br \/>T57. ^<a href=\"https:\/\/goaztecs.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/player\/miles-kuhl\" title=\"Miles Kuhl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miles Kuhl<\/a> (San Diego State)\u202675-81-79\u2014235 (+19)<br \/>T59. <a href=\"https:\/\/goaztecs.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/player\/brayden-forte\" title=\"Brayden Forte\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brayden Forte<\/a> (San Diego State)\u202678-80-78\u2014236 (+20)<br \/>T64. <a href=\"https:\/\/goaztecs.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/player\/kai-hirayama\" title=\"Kai Hirayama\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kai Hirayama<\/a> (San Diego State)\u2026 83-77-78\u2014238 (+22)<br \/>^ competing as an individual <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAMMAMISH, Wash. &#8212; The San Diego State men\u2019s golf team finished in a tie for 10th place at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-462949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}