Sunday, October 2
Dallas, TX
University of Texas Arlington
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First Round
Men’s Golf Heads To SMU’s Trinity Forest Invitational
10/1/2022 9:45:00 AM | Men's Golf
DALLAS – A quick turnaround to start a busy October commences for the UT Arlington men's golf team as the Mavericks head to SMU's Trinity Forest Invitational Sunday through Tuesday, Oct. 2-4.
The Mavericks opened their season this past Monday and Tuesday in California, and UTA's trek to Trinity Forest Golf Club will be the second of four-straight tournament weeks and first of a quartet of October events.
That stretch will begin with UTA head coach Casey Devoll utilizing the following five-man lineup on the par-72, 7,372-yard layout in southeast Dallas:
UTA LINEUP
1) Hiroki Miya
2) Caleb Hicks
3) Alberto Menacho
4) Daniel Cronje
5) Zak Jones
That same exact quintet teed it up at Fresno State's Nick Watney Invitational earlier this week, and will be looking to improve upon their T-12 finish.
Action gets underway on Sunday with field tee times starting at 8:30 a.m. for the 1st round. Tee times will continue on both Monday and Tuesday at the same time for the 2nd and final round, respectively.
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Abilene Christian, Baylor, FAU, Furman, Houston, Little Rock, Louisiana Tech, Loyola Marymount, Middle Tennessee, New Mexico, North Texas, Sam Houston, SMU, SMU (B), UT Arlington, UTSA, Wichita State
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
This will be UTA's third time participating at the SMU-hosted event. Last year, the Mavs posted a season-best 2nd-place finish. The tournament will take place at the former site of the PGA TOUR's AT&T Byron Nelson from 2018-20. This will be the sixth-consecutive year that SMU will host the tournament, and the Mustangs enter as two-time defending champions on their home soil.
LINEUP INFORMATION
The Mavs will remain in-state and make a trip out east to small-town Gladewater next week, Oct. 10-11, for the Tempest Intercollegiate hosted by LeTourneau University.
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 features 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.
FOLLOW THE MAVS SOCIALLY
For up-to-date news, photos and videos of the UTA men's golf program, follow us on Twitter: @UTAMavsMGolf, Instagram: @UTAMavsMGolf and Facebook: /UTAMavsMGolf.
The Mavericks opened their season this past Monday and Tuesday in California, and UTA's trek to Trinity Forest Golf Club will be the second of four-straight tournament weeks and first of a quartet of October events.
That stretch will begin with UTA head coach Casey Devoll utilizing the following five-man lineup on the par-72, 7,372-yard layout in southeast Dallas:
UTA LINEUP
1) Hiroki Miya
2) Caleb Hicks
3) Alberto Menacho
4) Daniel Cronje
5) Zak Jones
That same exact quintet teed it up at Fresno State's Nick Watney Invitational earlier this week, and will be looking to improve upon their T-12 finish.
Action gets underway on Sunday with field tee times starting at 8:30 a.m. for the 1st round. Tee times will continue on both Monday and Tuesday at the same time for the 2nd and final round, respectively.
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Abilene Christian, Baylor, FAU, Furman, Houston, Little Rock, Louisiana Tech, Loyola Marymount, Middle Tennessee, New Mexico, North Texas, Sam Houston, SMU, SMU (B), UT Arlington, UTSA, Wichita State
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
This will be UTA's third time participating at the SMU-hosted event. Last year, the Mavs posted a season-best 2nd-place finish. The tournament will take place at the former site of the PGA TOUR's AT&T Byron Nelson from 2018-20. This will be the sixth-consecutive year that SMU will host the tournament, and the Mustangs enter as two-time defending champions on their home soil.
LINEUP INFORMATION
- Miya is coming off a solid showing at Fresno State with rounds of 72-70-72: 214 (+1) as the New Zealand native will look to continue his strong play at his debut on the difficult links-style course.
- Hicks will also attempt to continue his strong start to the season after posting a team-best 1-under 212 (69-70-73) at the Nick Watney. Making his third-straight appearance at Trinity Forest, Hicks finished last year's event -3 for a T-10 showing.
- Menacho made noise earlier this week with a hole-in-one in his final round in California to fuel a team-best 69. This will also be the Peru native's first time competing at Trinity Forest, and also will mark the first time in the senior's career that he will be in the team lineup consecutive weeks.
- Cronje will be looking to bounce back from a tough start at Fresno in which he finished at +16, but didn't post any round higher than 77. The South African had a pair of top-10 finishes last year, including leading the Mavs in the conference tournament with a T-8 showing.
- Jones will be looking to do the same as Cronje as both of them qualified for Trinity Forest to get back in the team lineup. He started the year with a +17 outing in California, but all three rounds were in the 70s. In 11 rounds last year, Jones recorded a 73.09 scoring average.
The Mavs will remain in-state and make a trip out east to small-town Gladewater next week, Oct. 10-11, for the Tempest Intercollegiate hosted by LeTourneau University.
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 features 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.
FOLLOW THE MAVS SOCIALLY
For up-to-date news, photos and videos of the UTA men's golf program, follow us on Twitter: @UTAMavsMGolf, Instagram: @UTAMavsMGolf and Facebook: /UTAMavsMGolf.
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