Monday, November 5
Poppy Hills GC - Pebble Beach, Calif.
All Day
Saint Mary's College of California
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1st Round
GOLF | Gaels Host Saint Mary's Invitational Starting Monday
11/3/2018 1:10:00 PM | Men's Golf
Saint Mary's will play at Poppy Hills Golf Course from Monday to Wednesday in their host tournament.
MORAGA, Calif. — In their final tournament of 2018, the Gaels will host the Saint Mary's Invitational from Nov. 5-7 at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach, Calif.
TOURNAMENT INFO
Date: November 5-7, 2018
Host: Saint Mary's College
Location: Pebble Beach, Calif.
Course: Poppy Hills Golf Club
Course Par/Yardage: Par 71 / 6,945 yds
Field: 18 teams, 104 golfers
Live Scoring: http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=16443
THE FIELD
The other 17 teams competing in the tournament will be Arizona, BYU, Colorado State, Fresno State, Nevada, Oregon, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Diego State, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Toledo, UCF, UNC Wilmington, USC, Utah, and Washington State.
In that group, Pepperdine (No. 8), USC (No. 10) and BYU (No. 19) are listed in Golfstat's top-25 rankings while Nevada (No. 36) and UCF (No. 49) also sit in the top-50. Saint Mary's is currently ranked No. 79.
LAST TIME OUT
Saint Mary's participated in the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational from Oct. 25-27 and earned a fifth place finish in the field of 16. Michael Slesinski had one of his best performances yet this season by tying for seventh at 6-under to lead the Gaels. Just finishing outside the top-10 was Ethan Ashbrook who was one stroke back of Slesinski and ending up t-11th.
2017 SAINT MARY'S INVITATIONAL
At last year's tournament, the Gaels finished sixth in the 18-team competition. Ash Hakim had the best performance on Saint Mary's squad by shooting 4-under overall to tie for 14th.
USC won last year's tournament at 28-under and was six strokes ahead of the runner-up, Stanford. The Trojans set the course record for the tournament which was previously held by Oregon at 11-under. USC's Kaito Onishi also tied UCLA's Scott McCarron for the record lowest round score at 63 last year as well.
ABOUT POPPY HILLS GOLF COURSE
Nestled in beautiful Pebble Beach, Poppy Hills will host the Saint Mary's invitational for the fourth consecutive year.
Poppy Hills became the first course to be owned and operated by a golf association in the U.S. when the Northern California Golf Association built it to serve as its headquarters and
tournament home. Opened on June 1, 1986, the Robert Trent Jones Jr. design has since co-hosted the PGA Tour's AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am from 1991 through 2009, as well as the Spalding Pebble Beach Invitational (1989, 1990, 1992 and 1993) and 1991 NCAA Championships.
Poppy Hills underwent an extensive renovation beginning in March of 2013 centered around water conservation, primarily by improving irrigation and drainage. Jones returned to Poppy Hills with his Robert Trent Jones II design firm, this time creating a firm, fast and fun course that unfolds seamlessly through the stunning Del Monte Forest.
Jones reinvented the course architecturally, restoring each hole to its natural elevation along the forest floor, softening doglegs and contours, rebuilding all 18 greens with bentgrass, eliminating rough and introducing native waste areas that reduce irrigated turf by nearly 25%.
The new Poppy Hills reopened April 4, 2014 and currently hosts the Champions Tour's Pure Insurance Championship in conjunction with the First Tee Program.
TOURNAMENT INFO
Date: November 5-7, 2018
Host: Saint Mary's College
Location: Pebble Beach, Calif.
Course: Poppy Hills Golf Club
Course Par/Yardage: Par 71 / 6,945 yds
Field: 18 teams, 104 golfers
Live Scoring: http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=16443
THE FIELD
The other 17 teams competing in the tournament will be Arizona, BYU, Colorado State, Fresno State, Nevada, Oregon, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Diego State, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Toledo, UCF, UNC Wilmington, USC, Utah, and Washington State.
In that group, Pepperdine (No. 8), USC (No. 10) and BYU (No. 19) are listed in Golfstat's top-25 rankings while Nevada (No. 36) and UCF (No. 49) also sit in the top-50. Saint Mary's is currently ranked No. 79.
LAST TIME OUT
Saint Mary's participated in the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational from Oct. 25-27 and earned a fifth place finish in the field of 16. Michael Slesinski had one of his best performances yet this season by tying for seventh at 6-under to lead the Gaels. Just finishing outside the top-10 was Ethan Ashbrook who was one stroke back of Slesinski and ending up t-11th.
2017 SAINT MARY'S INVITATIONAL
At last year's tournament, the Gaels finished sixth in the 18-team competition. Ash Hakim had the best performance on Saint Mary's squad by shooting 4-under overall to tie for 14th.
USC won last year's tournament at 28-under and was six strokes ahead of the runner-up, Stanford. The Trojans set the course record for the tournament which was previously held by Oregon at 11-under. USC's Kaito Onishi also tied UCLA's Scott McCarron for the record lowest round score at 63 last year as well.
ABOUT POPPY HILLS GOLF COURSE
Nestled in beautiful Pebble Beach, Poppy Hills will host the Saint Mary's invitational for the fourth consecutive year.
Poppy Hills became the first course to be owned and operated by a golf association in the U.S. when the Northern California Golf Association built it to serve as its headquarters and
tournament home. Opened on June 1, 1986, the Robert Trent Jones Jr. design has since co-hosted the PGA Tour's AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am from 1991 through 2009, as well as the Spalding Pebble Beach Invitational (1989, 1990, 1992 and 1993) and 1991 NCAA Championships.
Poppy Hills underwent an extensive renovation beginning in March of 2013 centered around water conservation, primarily by improving irrigation and drainage. Jones returned to Poppy Hills with his Robert Trent Jones II design firm, this time creating a firm, fast and fun course that unfolds seamlessly through the stunning Del Monte Forest.
Jones reinvented the course architecturally, restoring each hole to its natural elevation along the forest floor, softening doglegs and contours, rebuilding all 18 greens with bentgrass, eliminating rough and introducing native waste areas that reduce irrigated turf by nearly 25%.
The new Poppy Hills reopened April 4, 2014 and currently hosts the Champions Tour's Pure Insurance Championship in conjunction with the First Tee Program.
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