STOCKTON, Calif. — UC Santa Barbara Men's Golf finished 10th at the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational, wrapping up its 2026 fall season. The Gauchos totaled 874 over three rounds at The Reserve at Spanos Park. Dylan Ma led Santa Barbara with a fifth-place individual finish at 210 (-6), closing with a two-under 70 after opening with a 5-under 67.
 
FROM HEAD COACH CHRIS MASSOLETTI
"It was a bit of an up and down week for us," said Massoletti. "Our good was good, but the bad was too bad to recover from. We've done a good job for the most part all fall avoiding big numbers, but this week we did not, and that cost us. We'll take some time to evaluate why those happened and work on it over the break. We have a lot of good things to lean on but a lot of work to put in to get to the level I know we're capable of."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Santa Barbara carded rounds of 286, 302 and 286. After round one, UC Santa Barbara was tied for third place, but a tough round two saw them drop to 13^th. A bounce-back round three saw the Gauchos jump and finish in 10^th place.
 
Dylan Ma led Santa Barbara in fifth place at six-under 210, opening with a 67 and closing with a 70. After the first round of play, Dylan Ma had the solo lead. Jack Watters tied for 43rd at four-over 220 after a final-round 70, while Harrison Gahr finished 70th in his first collegiate action at eight-over 224 and Nick Waldock tied for 74th at 10-over 226.
 
Watters' final-round 70 was two-under. Harrison Gahr's total included a one-under 71 in the first round. Nick Waldock finished with a one-under 71 in Round 3.
 
UP NEXT
The Gauchos will now prepare for their spring season, which opens Monday, February 22, at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate in Palm Desert, California. The event will stretch over three days to open the spring season.