After winning three tournaments in a row, the inevitable happened Tuesday ï¿½ the UCLA menï¿½s golf team finally lost.

Both the Gold and Blue teams played in tournaments that concluded Tuesday. The Gold team finished tied for fourth in the Ashworth Collegiate Invitational, ending what could have been UCLAï¿½s unprecedented fourth consecutive tournament win. The Blue team came in fifth during the CSU Bakersfield Spring Invitational.

The Gold team faced some of its toughest competition of the year during this tournament as they finished under Pepperdine, USC and Stanford.

The team shot a combined 23-over par to score 875, 14 strokes short of Pepperdineï¿½s tournament-winning 861. USC and Stanford finished second and third respectively.

UCLA sophomore Craig Leslie, who was moved up to the Gold Team prior to this event, shot an impressive 4-over par and was consistent as he shot a 72, 72 and 73 during the three rounds of play.

Leslie ended the tournament tied for 14th place overall and as the top golfer on his team as his teammates struggled to find consistency on the wet course.

The team had some noteworthy individual rounds, but they were sporadically placed between disappointing rounds.

Daniel Im shot a 1-under par 70 in the first round but followed it with a 5-over par 76 in the second and a 2-over par 73 to finish the tournament tied for 19th place.

Similarly, Eric Flores shot his first two rounds over par (with a 4-over 75 and a 3-over 74) before he found his groove and shot a team-best 2-under par 69 on his last round.

Besides the two rounds by Flores and Im, there were no other under-par rounds for the Bruins.

Conditions on Monday were so severe that the second round of golf was canceled as winds blew so hard that balls were rolling on the rain-slicked greens.

Assistant coach Gus Montaï¿½o, who traveled with the Blue team, was irritated by the extreme conditions as it turned a game of skill into a game of luck.

ï¿½It was frustrating because we were on such a good roll,ï¿½ said Montaï¿½o, who cited Mondayï¿½s conditions as the worst he had ever seen during competitive play. ï¿½I wanted to see what our boys could do. The conditions hit (and) it took a lot of skill out of the game. Whoever had the good breaks and made their putts was able to advance.ï¿½

ï¿½To me it wasnï¿½t a true test of golf,ï¿½ Montaï¿½o added. ï¿½It was just a test of survival.ï¿½

The Bruins did not get the lucky breaks they were hoping for and had difficulty with their short game during both rounds.

The Blue and Gold teams hope to learn from their mistakes and put this week behind them as UCLA continues to move toward its goal of winning the NCAA Championship.