Monday, February 20
Houston, TX
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UTA Men’s Golf To Begin Spring Season In Houston
2/19/2023 1:09:00 PM | Men's Golf
HOUSTON – After a relatively slow start to the fall season, the UT Arlington men's golf team will head to Houston looking to start the spring season fast at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic from Westwood Golf Club Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 20-21.
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UTA LINEUP
1) Hiroki Miya
2) Daniel Cronje
3) Caleb Hicks
4) Zak Jones
5) Alberto Menacho
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Tri-hosted by Rice, Houston and Sam Houston, the 54-hole tournament will begin with 36 holes of continuous action Monday with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Menacho will commence his event on hole 10A, with Hicks and Jones off 11 and Miya and Cronje on 12. Live scoring all tournament will be available via Golfstat.
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PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Rice, Houston, #56 Sam Houston, Abilene Christian, Houston Christian, Incarnate Word, Lamar, Louisiana, #69 ULM, Oral Roberts, Southern Illinois, #49 Southern Miss, Stephen F. Austin, UT Arlington, UT Rio Grande Valley, UTSA.
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TOURNAMENT HISTORY
This will be UTA's sixth appearance at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic, but its first at the par-72, 7,184-yard Westwood GC. Redesigned by Keith Foster in 2002, the Westwood plays off the local geographic terrain with a focus on challenging the golfer every shot.
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LINEUP INFORMATION
This will be the first time in 112 days the Mavericks tee off in a tournament. UTA started the fall season struggling to stay consistent, but quickly regained momentum and placed 3rd in the season finale at Baylor's Bear Brawl on Halloween.
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Miya, now qualifying for his sixth-consecutive tournament, has led the way for the Mavs this year with an average score of 72.43. The New Zealand native will look to continue his strong start as he has finished top 15 in each of his last three events.
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The South African Cronje has been a consistent presence for the Mavs as he is the only player who has not posted a score higher than +6 this year. Cronje is also on pace to finish with career bests in tournaments played (five), average score (74.00) and score to par (2.50).
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Hicks, the fifth year, started the season off on fire by posting a cumulative score of -1 throughout his first six rounds. However, he followed it up with a cumulative +39 through the last eight rounds of the fall campaign. Hicks will be looking to get back to early season form coming off a nearly four-month hiatus from collegiate competition.
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Jones, who capped the fall with a career-best T-3 finish at the Bear Brawl, will try and continue his strong play at a rather tough and demanding Westwood GC. By qualifying for this tournament, Jones has now matched a single-season career high for tournaments played with six.
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Menacho, who has the Mavs lone ace, will also equal his career high for single-season tournaments played as this will be his fourth. The senior from Peru will be teeing it up in his first tournament since Oct. 11 at the Tempest Collegiate.
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NEXT UP
The Mavs will make the road trip to sunny California to participate in the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate from the Classic Club Course in Palm Desert next Wednesday-Friday, Mar. 1-3.
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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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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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UTA LINEUP
1) Hiroki Miya
2) Daniel Cronje
3) Caleb Hicks
4) Zak Jones
5) Alberto Menacho
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Tri-hosted by Rice, Houston and Sam Houston, the 54-hole tournament will begin with 36 holes of continuous action Monday with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Menacho will commence his event on hole 10A, with Hicks and Jones off 11 and Miya and Cronje on 12. Live scoring all tournament will be available via Golfstat.
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PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Rice, Houston, #56 Sam Houston, Abilene Christian, Houston Christian, Incarnate Word, Lamar, Louisiana, #69 ULM, Oral Roberts, Southern Illinois, #49 Southern Miss, Stephen F. Austin, UT Arlington, UT Rio Grande Valley, UTSA.
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TOURNAMENT HISTORY
This will be UTA's sixth appearance at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic, but its first at the par-72, 7,184-yard Westwood GC. Redesigned by Keith Foster in 2002, the Westwood plays off the local geographic terrain with a focus on challenging the golfer every shot.
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LINEUP INFORMATION
This will be the first time in 112 days the Mavericks tee off in a tournament. UTA started the fall season struggling to stay consistent, but quickly regained momentum and placed 3rd in the season finale at Baylor's Bear Brawl on Halloween.
Â
Miya, now qualifying for his sixth-consecutive tournament, has led the way for the Mavs this year with an average score of 72.43. The New Zealand native will look to continue his strong start as he has finished top 15 in each of his last three events.
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The South African Cronje has been a consistent presence for the Mavs as he is the only player who has not posted a score higher than +6 this year. Cronje is also on pace to finish with career bests in tournaments played (five), average score (74.00) and score to par (2.50).
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Hicks, the fifth year, started the season off on fire by posting a cumulative score of -1 throughout his first six rounds. However, he followed it up with a cumulative +39 through the last eight rounds of the fall campaign. Hicks will be looking to get back to early season form coming off a nearly four-month hiatus from collegiate competition.
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Jones, who capped the fall with a career-best T-3 finish at the Bear Brawl, will try and continue his strong play at a rather tough and demanding Westwood GC. By qualifying for this tournament, Jones has now matched a single-season career high for tournaments played with six.
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Menacho, who has the Mavs lone ace, will also equal his career high for single-season tournaments played as this will be his fourth. The senior from Peru will be teeing it up in his first tournament since Oct. 11 at the Tempest Collegiate.
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NEXT UP
The Mavs will make the road trip to sunny California to participate in the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate from the Classic Club Course in Palm Desert next Wednesday-Friday, Mar. 1-3.
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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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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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