Men’s Golf Opens Spring Season At SMU Invite

Sunday, March 7

Dallas, TX

University of Texas Arlington

First Round

3/6/2021 8:48:00 AM | Men's Golf

LIVE SCORING

By: By: Jason MacBain (@JaBain)

DALLAS – The UT Arlington men's golf team begins its now-abbreviated spring schedule on Sunday when the Mavericks commence the Trinity Forest Invitational hosted by SMU.

The three-day, 54-hole event will start a four-tournament spring slate for the Mavs, who were prepared to begin the docket in mid-February at Houston's All-American Intercollegiate before that event did not take place as scheduled due to the record-breaking winter weather.

This will be UTA's first time competing in the Trinity Forest Invite, which is in its fourth year following the completion of Trinity Forest Golf Club in Southeast Dallas in the fall of 2016.

The winning scores and champions of the first three events were: 2017 – Florida (835, -17); 2018 – Baylor (824, -28) and 2019 – Arizona State (822, -30). Trinity Forest hosted the PGA Tour's AT&T Byron Nelson from 2018-20.

UTA competed in two events in the fall, finishing in 4th and 3rd place, respectively, at Arkansas State and Little Rock's tournaments.

UTA LINEUP THIS WEEK
1) Daniel Cronje
2) Caleb Hicks
3) Kyle Cox
4) Zach Cole
5) Daniel Steinarsson

Below is more information about the tournament, followed by individual player info for UTA's quintet of competitors.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Live Scoring
Tee times, pairings and score updates will be provided all three rounds via Golfstat by clicking here.

Course
Trinity Forest Golf Club – Par 71; 7,330 Yards
Designed By: Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw

Tee Times & Format

18 Holes Each Day, With Teams Going Off No. 1 And No. 10
UTA Is Scheduled For Tee Times On Sunday From 9:15-9:51 AM Off No. 10

Field (14 Teams)
Abilene Christian, Ball State, FAU, Lamar, Little Rock, Louisville, Kansas City, Rice, TCU, Sam Houston, #14 SMU, #18 North Texas, UT Arlington, UTSA

Fans
Per SMU officials (as of Friday), spectators on not permitted on the course.

UTA LINEUP NOTES

Cronje ranks 2nd on the Mavs in scoring average (74.17) through the two fall tournaments and six total rounds.
Hicks carries a 74.33 average, while Cole sits at 74.83.
Cox will be making his 2020-21 season debut.
Freshman Steinarsson will be making his collegiate debut.
Senior Paul Gonzalez will not be in the UTA lineup for the first time in his career.

NEXT ON THE TEE
The Mavs will head to Austin to compete in UT's George Hannon Invitational Mar. 14-16.

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ABOUT TEXAS RANGERS GOLF CLUB
Opened in February of 2019, the state-of-the-art Texas Rangers Golf Club is the new home of UTA's men's and women's golf programs. The world's only Major League Baseball-branded golf course, TRGC is the result of a $24 million renovation and updated routing of the former Chester W. Ditto Golf Course.

The Home of UTA Golf was designed by UTA alumni John Colligan and Trey Kemp of Arlington-based Colligan Golf Design. It features an expansive 23-acre practice area, and a new 33,871-square-foot clubhouse – set to open this spring – will feature a full-service restaurant and bar, covered patio overlooking the golf course, pro shop, locker rooms and numerous rental and event spaces. For more information about TRGC, click here.