The Bakersfield College men’s golf team placed fourth out of 16 in the College of the Canyons Invitational played in Simi Valley on March 15.
College of the Canyons placed first with 379 strokes, Ventura College came in second with 397, Allan Hancock College placed third with 401, BC came in fourth with 403, Glendale College and Santa Barbara City College tied for fifth with 411 and Citrus College came in seventh with 423.
Coach Bill Kalivas spoke to what the team needs to improve on after the tournament.
“We are going to have to work on having better course management,” said Kalivas.
He also spoke about another factor his team deals with.
“We have an extremely young team, but we hope to get better each week.”
Rufie Fessler led the team with a 79. Chris McCracken was next with an 80, followed by both Rich Gilkey and Ryan Underhill who tied with an 81, James Phillip with an 82 and Daniel Russell, who has a wrist injury, at an 85.
Kalivas commented on the course at Simi Valley after the tournament.
“The greens were bad and there were swirly winds. It was an extremely difficult course,” said Kalivas.
The BC golf team came in second the week before at the Western State Conference held in Bakersfield.