Dawgs To Finish Fall Season At Gifford Collegiate
October 30, 2015 | Men's Golf
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2015 Gifford Collegiate |
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Monday to Wednesday, November 2-4, 2015 |
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| Gifford Collegiate | La Costa Legends Course | Par 71 - 6,996 | Carlsbad, California | |||
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Play Five, Score Four | ||
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UCLA, Arkansas, Colorado, Harvard, Marquette, Northwestern, Oregon, San Diego State, San Jose State, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas A&M, USF, Washington and Wisconsin. |
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CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Washington finishes off the fall season, beginning on Monday at the Gifford Collegiate hosted by UCLA. The Huskies will face a national field at the La Costa Legends Course in Southern California.
The tournament will consist of three 18-hole days with the final round being played on Wednesday, November 6. The Legends Course will play as a 6,996-yar par-71 for the collegiate players.
Washington will face a strong field that includes eight teams ranked in the top-50 by Golfstat. No. 5 Stanford, No. 25 Texas, A&M, No. 28 UCLA, No. 29 Oregon, No. 38 Tennessee, No. 41 Arkansas, No. 43 San Diego State, No. 48 Northwestern are the ranked squads, while Colorado, Harvard, Marquette, San Jose State, USF and Wisconsin will also compete.
The Huskies will play another new lineup led by senior Jonathan Sanders who will play in the No. 1 spot. Behind Sanders will be Corey Pereira, Carl Yuan, Chris Babcock and Frank Garber. In addition, Matt Marrese will compete as an individual.
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Washington Starting Lineup |
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| Jonathan Sanders | Corey Pereira | Carl Yuan |
Chris Babcock | Frank Garber |
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Off The Tee |
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This is the 15th season under head coach Matt Thurmond. He has led the Dawgs to seven top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships.
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Washington returns five players that have played at the NCAA Championships, including Jonathan Sanders and Corey Pereira who have experience in multiple years.
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Washington was ranked in the first two Golf Coaches of Association polls, but fell out of the ranks since.
- Cheng-Tsung Pan and his Husky record eight tournament wins is gone, but the Dawgs have four other players who have won college tournaments: Corey Pereira, Jonathan Sanders, Frank Garber and Kevin Kwon.
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The Dawgs tied for the win at the season-opening Husky Invitational.
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The Huskies won two tournaments last season, the Lamkpin San Diego Classic and the Redhawk Invitational at Chambers Bay.
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About This Week's Tournament |
This is the 11th Annual Gifford Collegiate hosted by UCLA. Last year, the Bruins won their home tournament played at CordeValle Golf Club with a score of 15-under 1,050. The individual champion was Dylan Wu of Northwestern who played to a score of 9-under 204. Overall, UCLA has five wins at its home tournament, which is the most. USC and Stanford have also won multiple times.
The Huskies did not play in last year's Gifford Collegiate. They last competed in 2013 Gifford at the Pelican Hill North Course, finishing fourth. That year, the Dawgs were led by Trevor Simsby who finished sixth at 2-under. Washington does have an individual champion at the Gifford Collegiate coming in 2008 when Nick Taylor tied Tim Sluiter of USC at 4-under when the tournament was played at CordeValle. Current Husky assistant coach Michael Wilson also won the Gifford back in 2005 when it was also at CordeValle, shooting 10-under for California.
