DUPONT, Washington – Junsu Im finished in a four-way tie for third place as the Hawai'i Hilo Men's Golf team got the 2023-24 season tee'd off with a seventh-place finish at the Saint Martin's University Bishop Invitational at The Home Course.
The 2022-23 PacWest Conference Co-Champion and Freshman of the Year got his sophomore campaign off to a good start, finishing Round 1 tied atop the leaderboard at four strokes under before ultimately ending at minus-five. Im tallied seven of his 14 total birdies in the first round.
The Vulcans lineup featured three newcomers with freshman Dysen Park, junior-transfer Dylan Bercan and sophomore-transfer Jacob Torres, in addition to returning fifth-year senior Nicholas Gomez.
Sophomore Jordan Sato competed as an individual.
Hawai'i Hilo finished even-par at the end of Round 1 at a tie for No. 2 but ultimately slid down to a seventh-place finish.
Simon Fraser finished at minus-four to take the top spot, highlighted by a 10-under team score for Round 2.
The Vulcans will continue on in Washington with the Western Washington University Invitational next Monday and Tuesday in Bellingham. Hawai'i Hilo will then close out the fall portion with three events on the Big Island in a tri-match with HPU and Chaminade (Oct. 14-15), the HPU Sharks Shootout (Oct. 23-24) and the Dennis Rose Intercollegiate (Oct. 27-28).
2023 Saint Martin's University Bishop Invitational
| NAME |
PLACE |
SCORE |
RD TOTALS |
NOTES |
| J. Im |
No. T3 |
-5 |
68–71–72 (211) |
14 Birdies |
| D. Park |
No. T25 |
+5 |
73–75–73 (221) |
7 Birdies
1 Eagle |
| D. Bercan |
No. T29 |
+6 |
73–74–75 (222) |
10 Birdies |
| N. Gomez |
No. T47 |
+11 |
74–75–78 (227) |
6 Birdies
1 Eagle |
| J. Torres |
No. 66 |
+18 |
75–77–82 (234) |
7 Birdies |
| *J. Sato |
No. T67 |
+22 |
78–77–83 (238) |
2 Birdies |
| TEAM |
7th of 11 |
+17 |
288–295–298 (881) |
|
*Competed as an Individual
Saint Martin's University Bishop Invitational Team Leaderboard
| TEAM |
TO PAR |
RD SCORES |
TOP FINISHER |
| 1. Simon Fraser |
-4 |
288–278–294 |
7 – J. Bjornson |
| 2. Cal State East Bay |
+2 |
291–283–292 |
2 – E. Hether |
| 3. British Columbia |
+5 |
293–280–296 |
T3 – M. Bickell |
| 4. Saint Martin's |
+7 |
290–289–292 |
1 – M. Turnquist |
| 5. Northwest Nazarene |
+8 |
286–293–293 |
16 – K. Gaff |
| 6. Western Washington |
+11 |
290–287–298 |
T11 – S. King |
| 7. Hawai'i Hilo |
+17 |
288–295–298 |
T3 – J. Im |
| 8. Fraser Valley |
+20 |
292–290–302 |
T3 – J. Jacob |
| 9. HPU |
+28 |
292–294–306 |
T19 – H. Nazir |
| 9. Montana State Billings |
+28 |
294–295–303 |
T19 – C. Garner |
| 11. Victoria B.C. |
+31 |
296–295–304 |
T3 – Z. Ryujin |
| 12. UBC Okanagan |
+32 |
289–293–314 |
T17 – J. Towill |
| 13. Dominican |
+37 |
295–294–312 |
T33 – B. Gould
T33 – M. Mancasola |
