Former Murrieta Valley Nighthawk and current redshirt junior for the University of San Diego, Harrison Kingsley, won his first tournament as a Torero Tuesday, Sept. 28, taking home the first-place trophy at the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational. The Murrieta native also helped San Diego golf to a fourth place finish out of 17 teams.
Kingsley put together a tournament-record 15-under 201 (67-68-66) to earn the victory at the Colorado National Golf Club (Par 72, 7,705 yards), beating out 99 other golfers for the first-place spot. As a team, the Toreros got out to a one-stroke lead (268) after the event’s first round of play, then shot 291 and 274 to finish in fourth place overall with a 31-under 833. USD has now finished in fourth place in each of its first two tournaments this season (9/24-9/25, William H. Tucker Intercollegiate, 4th of 18), and has had a top five finish from a golfer in both events (Charlie Reiter, 4th).
San Diego is back in action next week in Reno, Nevada, when they compete in the Reno Wolf Pack Classic at Hidden Valley Country Club (Par 72, 7,302 yards).
JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia.com.
