Amy Olson Retires
April 25, 2024
SAN DIEGO — Bad start. Fast finish. That describes the way Jack Johnson’s tournament went this week at the San Diego Invitational. If you wanted to nitpick, you could point out that the North Dakota State senior from Chaska did bogey the 18th hole of the final round on Tuesday, but that was after he made six birdies, and the resulting 5-under-par 67 at Torrey Pines North sealed a three-stroke victory for him.
His did not get his opening round on Sunday off to an auspicious start. He bogeyed the 421-yard, par-4 first hole and the 241-yard, par-3 third. Another bogey at the 214-yard, par-3 eighth didn’t help, but then Johnson turned things around.
He birdied the first two of his 13 birdies during the tournament at the ninth and 10th holes and salvaged a 73 from the day. During Monday’s second round, his eagle at the 520-yard, par-5 17th helped to cap off a 68. He made his last birdie at the 17th on Monday, which meant he played the hole in 4 under for the three days.
Johnson ended up with a 54-hole aggregate of 208 (8 under) while claiming his first college victory.
While he was at it, he led the Bison to their second team triumph in a row. They led the 17-team field going into the final round and closed the deal with a 280 total on Monday. Their overall tab of 857 bettered second-place Idaho by nine strokes. Oklahoma Christian was another two behind at 868 in third place. UC Santa Barbara finished fourth at 872.
Three of Johnson’s NDSU teammates placed in the top 10. Ian Simonich, a junior from Moorhead, claimed solo sixth with a final-round 70 and a 215 total.
Two former Maple Grove teammates who are now Bison teammates were right behind him, in a seven-way tie for seventh. Nate Adams, a senior, got there with a 70. Junior Josh Galvin shot 68 and moved up 26 places to join the sevensome at 217, although that 68 didn’t count toward the NDSU team total, because he was playing as an individual only.
In February, the Bison smoked a 16-team field in the Loyola Intercollegiate at Palm Valley Golf Club in Goodyear, Ariz., where they went 40 under par and won by 15 shots. Jake Skarperud, a sophomore from Fargo (Shanley), gave NDSU a sweep in that one, too. He won the individual title with a 65-71-66–202 (14 under).
San Diego Invitational
At Torrey Pines North
Par 72, 7,258 yards
San Diego, Calif.
Final results
1. North Dakota State 293-284-280—857 (-7)
2. Idaho 298-284-284—866
3. Oklahoma Christian 293-291-284—868
4. UC Santa Barbara 299-290-283—872
5. Yale 293-290-292—875
6. UC San Diego 304-296-277—877
7. Lehigh 305-296-280—881
8. Denver 311-290-282—883
T9. Seattle University 304-298-282–-884
T9. Utah State 307-284-293—884
11. Fordham 304-293-294—891
12. Bucknell 305-296-292—893
T13. Southern Utah 312-293-289—894
T13. UC Irvine 305-291-298—894
15. UC Riverside 315-296-293—904
16. Prairie View A&V 317-30-298—915
17. Air Force 309-309-301—919
Individual results
1. Jack Johnson, NDSU 73-68-67—208 (-8)
2. Johannes Hounsgaard, Idaho 72-69-70—211
3. Blake McGovern, UC S. Barbara 72-72-68-212
T4. Exequiel Rodriguez, Okla. Christian 74-71-69—214
T4. Leandro Mihaich, Okla. Christian 72-72-70—214
6. Ian Simonich, NDSU 70-75-70—215
T7. Josh Galvin, NDSU 71-78-67—217 (Ind. only)
T7. Nate Adams, NDSU 74-73-70—217
T24. Brady Arnett, Denver 79-72-69—220
T24. Jake Skaperud, NDSU 76-71-73—220
T46. Gavin Cronkhite, NDSU 77-72-74—223
T88. Aaron Kuznik, Air Force 78-80-78—236
April 25, 2024
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