Men’s Golf Right Back To Action This Weekend In California - University of Texas Arlington Athletics

Friday, February 22

Palm Desert, CA

All Day

University of Texas Arlington

First Round

2/21/2019 5:39:00 PM | Men's Golf

LIVE SCORING

By: By: Jason MacBain (@JaBain)

PALM DESERT, Calif. – Just four days after its last competitive round concluded, the UT Arlington men's golf team is back in action this weekend at Wyoming's Desert Intercollegiate at the Classic Club Course Friday through Sunday.

The 54-hole tournament will feature a double-tee start off holes 1 and 10 each day beginning at 7 a.m. local and 9 a.m. Central. Live scoring will be available all tournament long via Golfstat by clicking here. Additionally, updates will be posted on the official Twitter account of the program @UTAMavsGolf.

The Mavs' five-man lineup will feature the following quintet on the par-72, 7305-yard layout:

Paul Gonzalez
Tanner Gore
Kyle Cox
Camilo Avila
Caleb Hicks

That's the same grouping which just teed it up in the All-American Intercollegiate in Houston this past weekend. The final round scheduled for Tuesday was rained out as the Mavericks finished the two-round event in a tie for 13th place – including their 3rd-best 18 of the year in the opening round.

UTA is one of 21 teams in the field this weekend; last year, UTA finished tied for 10th as California ran away with the team title with an incredible 47-under 817 total (275-274-268). The tournament dates back to 2008.

INSIDE THE UTA LINEUP
Sophomore Gonzalez leads the UTA lineup with a stroke average of 73.87. He has posted a team-high-tying four par-or-better rounds in just 15 opportunities this year, and has a team-low round of 68.

Freshman Cox carries a scoring average of 75.56 and a trio of par-or-better performances as he competed in all six of UTA's tournaments – just as Gonzalez, Gore and Hicks have as well.

Gore has a 76.44 average, but has matched Gonzalez with the quartet of par-or-better rounds, including a season-best 69. The senior ranks 11th in program history with 30 par-or-better rounds, is 8th with 278 birdies and 6th with nine eagles.

Freshman Hicks has a 76.81 average, with a low round of 71. Avila, meanwhile, will compete for the second-straight weekend after previously not having competed since the season opener in September. He carries a 78.50 average in just four limited rounds.

NEXT UP
The Mavs will take the entire month of March off from competitive action before returning to the course Apr. 1-2 at Seattle's Redhawk Invitational at famed Chambers Bay.