UCLA men run away with Preserve Golf Club Collegiate title to wrap up fall season

CARMEL, Calif. – The UCLA men’s play squad group its play connected a caller way Tuesday astatine nan Preserve Golf Club Collegiate, surging successful nan last of 3 rounds to a 10-shot triumph complete San Diego State and 11 different squads astatine Preserve Golf Club.

The Bruins entered nan last information trailing San Diego State by a changeable aft nan opening 36-hole time Monday. UCLA mixed to sprout 11 nether successful nan last round, bully for a 23-under 841 full astatine nan hilly Tom Fazio-designed layout astatine nan expansive Santa Lucia Preserve connected nan Monterey Peninsula.

The triumph followed connected nan heels of a second-place decorativeness astatine nan Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational past week. That consequence followed fifth-place and seventh-place finishes to commencement nan season. UCLA coach Armen Kirakossian said Tuesday that his squad had played good capable successful each event, isolated from for struggles to finish.

“Honestly, I deliberation it was conscionable a learning thing,” Kirakossian said. “In Georgia, we really played a awesome last information and conscionable sewage hit by a awesome Duke squad that day.

“We felt for illustration we benignant of sewage complete nan hump of, you know, of getting a lead and past really performing. Then today, I deliberation nan guys astir apt felt very comfortable. And they conscionable went connected and had a awesome last round.”

Senior Pablo Ereno (68-74-66–208) led nan Bruins connected nan individual leaderboard, finishing 1 changeable down Colorado State’s Jay Pabin (69-69-69–207). UCLA elder Omar Morales (68-73-70–211) vanished tied for sixth individually, and Baylor Larrabee (70-70-72–212) vanished ninth.

The precocious finishes person added meaning for Morales and Ereno, who are successful position connected nan PGA Tour University standings to gain position connected nan Korn Ferry Tour.

Morales was successful 5th spot earlier nan Preserve tournament, meaning he was successful position to gain position connected nan Korn Ferry Tour for nan remainder of that tour’s 2025 play aft nan NCAA Championship successful May, and besides nan correct to skip to nan last shape of PGA Tour Q-School for nan adjacent season, among different benefits. The PGA Tour U standings will beryllium updated Wednesday.

Ereno was successful 12th spot connected those standings heading into nan Preserve tournament, which would springiness him position successful May for nan remainder of nan North America Swing of PGA Tour Americas and an exemption into 2nd shape of PGA Tour Q-School. If nan beardown decorativeness Tuesday moves him into nan apical 10, he would beryllium successful position to gain conditional position connected nan Korn Ferry Tour for nan remainder of nan 2025 play aft May, exempt position for nan 2025 North America Swing of PGA Tour Americas and an exemption into 2nd shape of PGA Tour Q-School.

Kirakossian said his players clasp specified opportunities, but for now his squad is thrilled pinch its first triumph of nan autumn season.

“I ever punctual nan guys that you conscionable person sewage to enactment hungry, that wherever you want to beryllium needs to proceed to beryllium successful in nan future, that you’re pushing each azygous time to improve,” nan Bruins coach said. “That doesn’t mean that we won’t observe this 1 connected nan measurement home. It’s a cool measurement to decorativeness nan fall, for sure.

“The unsocial portion is that everyone’s contributing, yet everyone still has worldly that they astir apt want to activity connected for nan spring.”