Steven Lam fired a 3-under-par 69 Sunday on a difficult Marshallia Ranch Golf Course, leading SBCC to the top of the leader board after one round of the Santa Barbara Invitational.
Lam, a freshman from Hong Kong, shaved four strokes off his season best. Blake McPherson carded a 76 and Charlie Holyoke 77 for the Vaqueros, who shot 379 as team.
SBCC leads Ventura (396) by 17 shots in the five-team field.
“Marshallia is an extremely tough course and the wind was blowing up to 20 mph,“ said coach Chuck Melendez. “Steven played great and we played pretty well as a team.”
The final round will take place on Monday at La Purisima near Lompoc.
Santa Barbara Invitational
1st round at par-72 Marshallia RanchTeam — 1, SBCC 379. 2, Ventura 396. 3, Hancock 401. 4, Bakersfield 415. 5, Citrus 417.
Medalist — Steven Lam, SBCC, 69.
SBCC scores — Lam 69, Blake McPherson 76, Charlie Holyoke 77, Klas Rockberg 78, Joakim Flinck 79, Johnny Hogan 80.
SBCC individuals –
– Thomas Nelz 78, Brett Patton 80, Eddie Bevilaqua 81.
