THIS WEEK
The Utah men's golf team will play in its first tournament of the decade at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate. This tournament will span three days, Feb. 20-22, and take place at the Wailua Golf Course in Lihue, Hawaii.
THE FIELD
Utah will compete among a field of 21 teams that includes Arizona, BYU, California, Cal State Fullerton, Grand Canyon, Hawaii, Illinois, Long Beach State, New Mexico, North Carolina, Northern Colorado, Saint Mary's, Santa Clara, Texas A&M, UC Irvine, UNC Wilmington, UNLV, UTEP, Virginia, and Washington State.
UTAH'S LINE-UP
The Utes five-man lineup will consist of senior
Mitchell Schow, juniors
Tristan Mandur and
Blake Tomlinson, sophomore
Axel Einarsson, and redshirt freshman
Oscar Maxfield. True freshman
Jesper von Reedtz will be competing in the tournament but only as an individual.
TALKING ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT: Head coach Garrett Clegg
"We are really excited to get the spring season started and we always love competing in Kauai. It will be nice to see how the team is playing after a long break from tournaments"
TOURNMENT DETAILS
The John A. Burns Intercollegiate consists of 54 holes with 18 holes being played each day. The tournament will tee off on Thursday, Feb. 20 and will begin at 11:00 a.m. MT with a shotgun start format.
LAST TIME OUT
On Nov. 4-6 of 2019, the Utes competed in the Saint Mary's Invitational and placed 12
th overall. The tournament was played at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Monterey, Calif and was a par 71. Schow led the Utes finishing 4-under par (209) to tie for 6
th among the field. Tomlinson finished just inside the top-30, tying for 29
th after carding 1-over par (214). Mandur finished tied for 60
th (220) shooting 5-over par and Reedtz shot 13-over par (226) to tie for 75
th.
LIVE SCORING
Live scoring for the John A. Burns Intercollegiate will be available at
www.GolfStat.com or on the GolfStat app.