BACK-IN-FORM GRANT FORREST's BIRDIE-BIRDIE FINISH WINS IN CALIFORNIA

             FORREST FIRE ... Grant Forrest in action for San Diego University

FROM THE SAN DIEGO UNIVERSITY WEBSITE
Seaside, California - University of San Diego junior (third) year student  Grant Forrest fired a final round 3-under par 69 to claim medallist honours at the Saint Mary's Invitational with a three-round total 7-under par 209 (71-69-69) over the 7,104yd par-72 Bayonet course.
Forrest, from North Berwick, Scotland, edged out two players from California University  - Michael Weaver (210) and Brandon Hagy (211). 
Forrest and Weaver (70-70) were joint first with 18 holes to play.
Weaver closed with a 70 while Hagy matched Forrest with a final round 69. Forrest closed out the tournament with birdies on 17 (par 3, 225 yards) and 18 (par 5, 527 yards) to secure the win, while Weaver finished with back-to-back pars for a third consecutive round of 70.
Editor's note: Forrest recaptured the form that won him the Scottish amateur title at Royal Dornoch in 2012 with a bag of 16 birdies over the three rounds: Three in Round 1; Seven in Round 2 and Six in Round 3 (at the first, fifth, eighth, 11th, 17th and 18th).
Englishman Seb Crookall-Nixon, a freshman at San Francisco University, was joint third behind Forrest and Weaver with one round to go but dropped to T8 on two-over 218 with a final round of 76 after earlier scores of 74 and 68.  
Another Englishman, Charlie Bull, a student at Akron University, finished T62 on 230 (74-75-81) 
The University of California ran away with the team title at 854 (-10) at the two-day, three-round event being held at the Bayonet and Blackhorse Golf Courses in Seaside. In moving up to third place the Toreros (San Diego) fired a final round team total of 295 to finish third at 886 (+22).
 Oregon finished two strokes better as the runner-up (884), with St. John's (887) and host Saint Mary's (889) rounding out the top-5 in the 17-team field.
USD scoring was rounded out by freshman Alex Chiarella (T25 at 223; 77-72-74), senior Joe Carlson (T55 at 229; 78-73-78), senior Taylor Schmidt (T70 at 232; 78-73-81) and sophomore Skyler Finnell (T70 at 232; 83-75-74). USD freshman Nick Baines, playing as an individual, shot a final round 78 to finish with a three-round total of 244.
The Toreros are off until October 21-22 when they compete in the Bill Cullum Invitational at Wood Ranch Golf Club in Simi Valley, California. Last year the Toreros won the team title