Fort Lewis College Athletics

Mateo Berastegui at the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational

Brent Seals, West Texas A&M Athletic Communications

Mateo Berastegui reads his putt during the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational at Amarillo Country Club (Oct. 12, 2026)

Berastegui leads Fort Lewis through Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational

10/13/2026 4:31:00 PM

By: Hayden Mangan, Assistant AD-Communications & Fan Engagement

AMARILLO, Texas – The Fort Lewis men's golf team shot a third-round 295 (+11) to tie for 14^th place on an overall score of 899 (+47) at the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational Tuesday afternoon down at Amarillo Country Club.

The Skyhawks dropped one stroke between rounds two (294, +10) and three, but the 15-stroke improvement from round one's 310 (+26) was enough to climb into a tie with Texas A&M International University in the final round, as both sides finished at 899 (+47) overall.

Freshman Mateo Berastegui was Fort Lewis' lone representative inside the top-50 in the 90-player event, with the Brophy College Preparatory graduate out of Phoenix, Ariz., turning in a 75 (+4) after his final trip around the 6,937-yard, par-71 course to capture T-48 on a 219 (+6) total. Berastegui recorded four bogeys or worse on the final day, and made six birdies in the tournament, good for the second-most on the team.

Hutchison Community College held its eight-stroke lead entering the morning to shoot a 278 (-6) and win the tournament by three strokes at 829 (-23) overall. Braden Stokes, a freshman for the University of Texas at Tyler, held on to win individual medalist honors by one stroke on a 203 (-10) with single-round scores of 68 (-3), 67 (-4), and 68 (-3).

Freshman Johnathon Smith, who led the Skyhawks overall with seven birdies for the tournament, shot a 74 (+3), his lowest for the tournament, to hold steady and capture T-67 on a 224 (+11). Sophomore Chase Rogers improved five spots on the leaderboard with a 74 (+4) of his own to take sole possession of 81^st on a 231 (+18) total, while freshman Anderson Helmer took T-86 on a 235 (+22) and sophomore Dallin Stephens 88^th with a 237 (+24).

Up Next
Fort Lewis will close out the fall portion of its 2026-27 schedule in Topeka, Kan., next Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 19-20, at the Washburn Invitational at Topeka Country Club.

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