CSUN Places 14th at Season Opening Ram Masters at Colorado State

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The CSUN Men's Golf team completed its 2025-26 season opening tournament on Friday (Sept. 12), finishing 14th at Colorado State's Ram Masters Invitational at Fort Collins Country Club.

As a team, CSUN followed up rounds of 292 and 310 on Thursday with a final round 16-over 296 on Friday. With a tournament score of 58-over 898, the Matadors finished 14th in the 16-team field. Long Beach State (840) claimed the team title by two shots over host Colorado State (842). UC San Diego's Davis McDowell claimed individual medalist honors by one shot with a score of 6-under 204.

Sophomore Bryson Barnes was CSUN's low finisher in the event, tying for 53rd at 12-over 222. Barnes, who had four birdies over the first two rounds on Thursday, matched that total in a final round 3-over 73.

Tournament: Ram Masters Invitational
Dates: Sept. 9-10, 2025
Location: Fort Collins, Colo.
Course: Fort Collins C.C. (par-70)
CSUN Place: 14th out of 16 teams (292-310--602, +42)
Team Champion: Long Beach State (283-278-279--840, E)
Individual Champion: Davis McDowell, UC San Diego (65-6970--204, -6)

CSUN SCORES

Junior Liam Judkins, who notched a team-high six birdies on Thursday, added three birdies in the final round to finish the day at 5-over 75 and the tournament in a tie for 63rd at 15-over 225.
Domenic De Luca had his best round of the tournament on Friday, carding three birdies on his way to a 3-over 73. De Luca wound up tied for 73rd at 18-over 228.
Tavin Boman also had three birdies in the final round to finish with a 5-over 75, which left him tied for 78th at 20-over 230.
Sophomore Nick Fry rounded out the CSUN scoring as he is tied for 83rd at 22-over 232 following rounds of 74-83-75.

TEAM SCOREBOARD
1. Long Beach State 283-278-279--840 (E); 2. Colorado State 278-282-282--842 (+2); 3. Utah Tech 286-277-285--848 (+8); 4. Weber State 282-285-287--854 (+14); 5. UC San Diego 278-289-288--855 (+15); 6. Utah Valley 281-285-291--857 (+17); 7. Denver 290-289-285--864 (+24); 7. UC Davis 300-279-287--866 (+26); 9. Sacramento State 289-291-289--868 (+28); 10. Illinois State 297-290-284--871 (+31); 11. Wichita State 294-299-288--881 (+41); 12. UC Santa Barbara 292-298-293--883 (+43); 13. Cal State Fullerton 302-286-301--889 (+49); 14. CSUN 292-310-296--898 (+58); 15. Utah State 300-303-300--903 (+63); 15. Wyoming 302-303-298--903 (+63).

HEAD COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"Obviously not the start to the season I was looking for. We just struggled with our ball-striking, execution, and not hitting enough greens in regulation; it was really a combination of everything. We're a better team than we showed at this event, and the good thing is we've got a lot of time left in the season and plenty of room for improvement."

UP NEXT
CSUN will next compete at Air Force's Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational (Sept. 20-22).

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CSUN Places 14th at Season Opening Ram Masters at Colorado State

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Players Mentioned

Bryson Barnes

Tavin Boman

Domenic De Luca

Nick Fry

Liam Judkins