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GOLF | Gaels Prepare for Visit Stockton Invitational
10/18/2019 2:25:00 PM | Men's Golf
Saint Mary's will send four individuals to the Visit Stockton Invitational on Monday for the three-day tournament in Stockton.
MORAGA, Calif. — Saint Mary's will send four Gaels to Stockton on Monday to compete in the three-day Visit Stockton Invitational.
TOURNAMENT INFO
Date: October 21-23, 2019
Host: Pacific
Location: Stockton, Calif.
Course: The Reserve at Spanos Park
Par/Yardage: Par-72, 7000 yards
Field: 17 teams
Live Scoring: http://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=19228
THE LINEUP
The four players representing the Gaels in the tournament will include Evan Peterson, Ethan Ashbrook, Dylan VanderVeer, and Ronnie Hun who will all compete as individuals.
THE FIELD
In this year's field, 17 teams will be competing with six of the programs inside the top-100 Golfstat rankings. Brigham Young currently rests as the highest ranked team as they are fifth in the nation and will be the only other West Coast Conference team participating in the tournament alongside the Gaels' four individuals.
Rounding out the field is Cal Baptist, CSUN, Fresno State, Grand Canyon, Long Beach State, Nevada, Sacramento State, Saint Mary's, Santa Clara, San Jose State, Seattle, South Dakota, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Washington State, and the host, Pacific.
THE COURSE
The Reserve at Spanos Park is a 18-hole championship course that was designed by Andy Raugust which features seven lakes that come into play on 12 holes. The course is configured to play a long par 72 at 7,000 yards. There will be 18 holes played each day with a 7:45 a.m. tee off time.
Last year, the Gaels earned a fifth place finish in the 16-team field while they were lead by Michael Slesinski who placed tied for seventh out of 90 competitors at 1-over. Ashbrook also had an impressive showing in the tournament as he placed one stroke back of Slesinski and tied for 11th.
LAST TIME OUT
In the team's most recent tournament at the Alister Mackenzie Invitational, Saint Mary's had their best performance of the season so far as they finished the tournament in third place out of 15 teams at 26-under after three rounds. Pepperdine secured the tournament title as they shot 43-under while Cal finished second who shot just one stroke better than SMC.
The Gaels were led by Ethan Farnam who finished fourth in the 84-player field at 14-under and tied for the best result in the final round with a 7-under round score. Blake Hathcoat completed the tournament at 7-under in 12th place alongside Peterson who competed as an individual. Hakim placed tied for 20th in the tournament while Ryan Grauman and Slesinski each finished at 4-over.
TOURNAMENT INFO
Date: October 21-23, 2019
Host: Pacific
Location: Stockton, Calif.
Course: The Reserve at Spanos Park
Par/Yardage: Par-72, 7000 yards
Field: 17 teams
Live Scoring: http://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=19228
THE LINEUP
The four players representing the Gaels in the tournament will include Evan Peterson, Ethan Ashbrook, Dylan VanderVeer, and Ronnie Hun who will all compete as individuals.
THE FIELD
In this year's field, 17 teams will be competing with six of the programs inside the top-100 Golfstat rankings. Brigham Young currently rests as the highest ranked team as they are fifth in the nation and will be the only other West Coast Conference team participating in the tournament alongside the Gaels' four individuals.
Rounding out the field is Cal Baptist, CSUN, Fresno State, Grand Canyon, Long Beach State, Nevada, Sacramento State, Saint Mary's, Santa Clara, San Jose State, Seattle, South Dakota, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Washington State, and the host, Pacific.
THE COURSE
The Reserve at Spanos Park is a 18-hole championship course that was designed by Andy Raugust which features seven lakes that come into play on 12 holes. The course is configured to play a long par 72 at 7,000 yards. There will be 18 holes played each day with a 7:45 a.m. tee off time.
Last year, the Gaels earned a fifth place finish in the 16-team field while they were lead by Michael Slesinski who placed tied for seventh out of 90 competitors at 1-over. Ashbrook also had an impressive showing in the tournament as he placed one stroke back of Slesinski and tied for 11th.
LAST TIME OUT
In the team's most recent tournament at the Alister Mackenzie Invitational, Saint Mary's had their best performance of the season so far as they finished the tournament in third place out of 15 teams at 26-under after three rounds. Pepperdine secured the tournament title as they shot 43-under while Cal finished second who shot just one stroke better than SMC.
The Gaels were led by Ethan Farnam who finished fourth in the 84-player field at 14-under and tied for the best result in the final round with a 7-under round score. Blake Hathcoat completed the tournament at 7-under in 12th place alongside Peterson who competed as an individual. Hakim placed tied for 20th in the tournament while Ryan Grauman and Slesinski each finished at 4-over.
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