Monday, September 26
Kingsburg, CA
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Men’s Golf Starts 2022-23 Season In California
9/25/2022 9:13:00 AM | Men's Golf
KINGSBURG, Calif. – The UT Arlington men's golf team will kick off its 2022-23 season on Monday and Tuesday at Fresno State's Nick Watney Invitational from Kings River Golf and Country Club.
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UTA head coach Casey Devoll will utilize the following five-man lineup which qualified for the season-opening event through five rounds of preseason scoring:
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1) Hiroki Miya
2) Zak Jones
3) Daniel Cronje
4) Caleb Hicks
5) Alberto Menacho
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The tournament will start Monday, Sept. 26, with 36 holes of continuous action, and is scheduled to conclude Tuesday, Sept. 27, with the final round. Day-one tee times and pairings, when posted, along with live scoring all tournament will available via Golfstat.
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The Mavericks will be teeing off in unfamiliar territory, having never played in the Nick Watney Invitational. This is also the first time in the 58-year history of Fresno State hosting a home tournament that the event will be contested at Kings River Country Club; the tournament was re-named the Nick Watney Invitational in 2014. Additionally, it's the latest start to a season for UTA since 2016.
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LINEUP INFORMATION
With the late start to the season, UTA will be slated with a very busy October with four tournaments. First, the Mavs will head to Dallas for SMU's Trinity Forest Invitational next Sunday-Tuesday, Oct. 2-4.
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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.
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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.
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FOLLOW THE MAVS SOCIALLY
For up-to-date news, photos and videos of the UTA men's golf program, follow us on Twitter:Â @UTAMavsMGolf, Instagram: @UTAMavsMGolf and Facebook: /UTAMavsMGolf.
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UTA head coach Casey Devoll will utilize the following five-man lineup which qualified for the season-opening event through five rounds of preseason scoring:
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1) Hiroki Miya
2) Zak Jones
3) Daniel Cronje
4) Caleb Hicks
5) Alberto Menacho
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The tournament will start Monday, Sept. 26, with 36 holes of continuous action, and is scheduled to conclude Tuesday, Sept. 27, with the final round. Day-one tee times and pairings, when posted, along with live scoring all tournament will available via Golfstat.
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The Mavericks will be teeing off in unfamiliar territory, having never played in the Nick Watney Invitational. This is also the first time in the 58-year history of Fresno State hosting a home tournament that the event will be contested at Kings River Country Club; the tournament was re-named the Nick Watney Invitational in 2014. Additionally, it's the latest start to a season for UTA since 2016.
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LINEUP INFORMATION
- Miya, the New Zealand native, will look to build off the best season of his career in 2021-22 after finishing with an average score of 74.76 and a career-low-tying round of 67. An ankle injury halted the start of the spring season for Miya, but after recovering he posted a career best T-3 at the DBU Patriot Classic.
 - Jones will enter his final year with UTA also coming off a career season which included a career-best round of 69 and a personal-record 54-hole total of 212 (-1). Jones ranked 2nd on the Mavs in average score last year with a 73.09 despite only appearing in five tournaments.
 - Cronje, who competed in seven events last season, posted a career-best T-5 showing at The Big Texan Invitational. He also posted a T-8 at the Sun Belt Championship, which lead the team.
 - Hicks, also entering his final year, will look to continue his strong play after another fantastic campaign in 2021-22. Ranking 2nd on the team in birdies last season, with another repeat performance he could land himself 3rd all-time at UTA as he enters this year with 292 career birdies. Also, Hicks is potentially on track to finish as the all-time leader for rounds played in a career for any UTA player.
 - Menacho – who appeared in a season-high four tournaments a year ago – has only posted one round in the 80s in his career, and the senior will be looking to keep it that way. The Peru native will be competing as part of the team lineup for only the second time in his tenure at UTA, having played as an individual in five tournaments.
With the late start to the season, UTA will be slated with a very busy October with four tournaments. First, the Mavs will head to Dallas for SMU's Trinity Forest Invitational next Sunday-Tuesday, Oct. 2-4.
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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.
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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.
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FOLLOW THE MAVS SOCIALLY
For up-to-date news, photos and videos of the UTA men's golf program, follow us on Twitter:Â @UTAMavsMGolf, Instagram: @UTAMavsMGolf and Facebook: /UTAMavsMGolf.
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