SOMIS, Calif. – The CSUN Men’s Golf team opened the spring portion of the 2025-26 season by finishing fourth at the Bill Cullum Invitational on Tuesday at The Saticoy Club.
The Matadors opened with team rounds of 297-297 on Monday and sat second behind Cal State Fullerton heading into Tuesday’s final round. CSUN then posted a final round 311 to slip into a fourth-place finish. The Titans held off Cal Poly in the final round to win the team title by one shot, while the Mustangs’ Rafael Bobo-Lloret and Utah Tech’s Davis Liechty finished 54 holes tied for first at even-par 216. Liechty went on to claim medalist honors in a one-hole playoff between the two players.
Domenic De Luca was CSUN’s low scorer, tying for 13th at 9-over 225. De Luca was 2-over after two rounds, posting consecutive rounds of 1-over 73 on Monday. De Luca finished with a final round of 7-over 79 to tie for 13th, his first top 20 finish of the season.
Tournament: Bill Cullum Invitational
Dates: Feb. 2-3, 2026
Location: Somis, Calif.
Course: The Saticoy Club (par-72)
CSUN Place: 4th out of 12 teams (297-297-311–905, +41)
Team Champion: Cal State Fullerton (295-303-291–889, +25)
Individual Medalists: Rafael Bobo-Lloret, Cal Poly (73-69-74–216, E), David Liechty, Utah Tech (76-69-71–216, E)
CSUN SCORES
Junior Ethan Posthumus finished just outside the top 20, tying for 22nd at 11-over 227. Posthumus followed up rounds of 77-73 on Monday, with a final round 5-over 77.
Sophomore Bryson Barnes finished a shot back of Posthumus, tying for 24th at 12-over 228 following rounds of 72-77-79. Barnes’ opening round even-par 72 was CSUN’s low for the tournament.
Junior Liam Judkins tied for 31st at 15-over 231 following rounds of 75-80-76 and junior Dillon Jonke rounded out the CSUN scoring, placing 68th at 27-over 243 (90-74-79).
CSUN also had three players competing as individuals as Nick Fry finished 46th at 18-over 234 (76-77-81), Tavin Boman finished 70th at 28-over 244 (79-84-81), and Yuo Torii finished 75th at 33-over 249 (82-82-85).
TEAM SCOREBOARD
1. Cal State Fullerton 295-303-291–889 (+25); 2. Cal Poly 305-287-298–890 (+26); 3. Gonzaga 305-292-299–896 (+32); 4. CSUN 297-297-311–905 (+41); 5. Southern Utah 302-302-303–907 (+43); 6. California Baptist 302-306-300–908 (+44); 7. Seattle 308-300-305–913 (+49); 8. St. John’s 312-311-297–920 (+56); 9. UC Riverside 308-308-305–921 (+57); 10. British Columbia 307-309-306–922 (+58); 11. Weber State 308-305-317–930 (+66); 12. UC Irvine 310-311-314–935 (+71).
HEAD COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
“We had a good field of comparable teams here this week. When you host an event, it’s always tougher to watch your team as closely, but it’s a course we’ve played multiple times. Overall, we finished fourth out of 12. We’re just getting started this spring, so we’ll regroup and get ready for the Wyoming Desert Invitational in a few weeks.”
UP NEXT
CSUN will return to the course in late February, traveling to Palm Desert to compete in the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate at The Classic Club (Feb. 23-25).
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