GOLF | Gaels Open Season By Hosting SMC Invitational
9/14/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
SEASIDE, Calif. -- The Saint Mary's men's golf team welcomes 15 Division I programs to the Bay Area next week when it hosts the ninth Saint Mary's Invitational Monday and Tuesday at Bayonet & Black Horse Golf Course.
The tournament features a 54-hole format with the low four scores from each team's designated five-player lineup counting toward the team total each round. The teams will play 36 holes on Monday, followed by a final round of 18 holes on Tuesday. Each day of competition will begin with an 8 a.m. shotgun start.
Live tournament coverage will be available via Birdiefire.com. Tee times will be available on Sunday. Fans are encouraged to use and follow Twitter hashtag #2014SMCinv throughout the tournament.
The tournament field includes teams from the five different conferences, including the Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big West, Mountain West and West Coast conferences.
In addition to the host Gaels, the field includes Boise State, Cal Poly, CSU Fullerton, CSU Northridge, Florida Gulf Coast, Fresno State, Kansas State, Long Beach State, Loyola Marymount, Pacific, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara, UC Davis and UC Riverside.
Saint Mary's is expected to feature a lineup that includes senior Tye Gabriel, juniors Jonathan De Los Reyes and Maclayne Marr, sophomore Hunter Rappleye and freshman Perry Cohen. Freshmen Conner Blick, Pavan Sagoo, Roman Aragon and James Trevino will participate in the tournament as individuals and their scores will not count toward the team total.
Past champions of the Saint Mary's Invitational include California, Oregon, Notre Dame, Nevada, San Francisco, Baylor and Xavier. The California Golden Bears won last year's event with a team score of 10-under par. San Diego's Grant Forrest earned medalist honors with a 7-under par 209..
Bayonet Golf Course
Drawing rave reviews for its recent renovation, Bayonet Golf Course has ushered in a new and exciting era for the landmark golf course that overlooks the famed Monterey Peninsula. Bayonet Golf Course, designed in 1954 by General Robert McClure, provides both challenges and inspiration to golfers, and was re-sculpted by award-winning golf course architect Gene Bates. Retaining its classic tree-lined character, while showcasing Bates' elegant bunkering and graceful greens, the new Bayonet offers expanded views of the bay. Although the overall length of Bayonet increased only 16 yards from its original design, the strategic and visual impact created by Bates' bunkering is immeasurable. With 7,104 yards of oak and cypress-lined fairways, and four sets of tees, the course is a par 72, with a slope of 141 and a rating of 74.8 from the championship tee box.
Black Horse Golf Course
Black Horse Golf Course was designed in 1964 by General Edwin Carnes, and includes the most breath-taking views of the Monterey Bay imaginable. The most recent renovations transformed Black Horse GC into a longer, more challenging championship golf course. With long rolling fairways and alluring panoramic views of the Monterey Bay, from the back tees Black Horse is a par 72 layout, measuring 7,024 yards, with a slope of 141 and a rating of 73.7.
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