GOLF | Gaels to Play in Alister Mackenzie This Week

Monday, October 7

Meadow Club - Fairfax, Calif.

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Saint Mary's College of California

1st and 2nd Rounds

GOLF | Gaels to Play in Alister Mackenzie This Week

10/7/2019 9:29:00 AM | Men's Golf

Saint Mary's will play in another tournament this week at the Meadow Club in Fairfax.

MORAGA, Calif. — Saint Mary's will travel to Fairfax, Calif. on Monday for a two-day affair at the Alister Mackenzie Invitational hosted by California.

TOURNAMENT INFO
Date: October 7-8, 2019
Host: California
Location: Fairfax, Calif.
Course: The Meadow Club
Par/Yardage: Par-71, 6734 yards
Field: 15 teams
Live Scoring: https://bit.ly/2mYFMw2

THE LINEUP
The lineup for the tournament will be Ash Hakim, Blake Hathcoat, Ryan Grauman, Ethan Farnam, and Michael Slesinski. Competing as an individual will be Evan Peterson.

THE FIELD
A total of 15 teams will be competing in the tournament including the host California, Fresno State, Loyola Marymount, San Diego, Santa Clara, Boise State, Hawaii, Nevada, San Diego State, Saint Mary's, Chattanooga, Long Beach State, Pepperdine, San Jose State, and UC Santa Barbara.

THE COURSE
Designed by Alister Mackenzie and Robert Hunter, the Meadow Club was founded in 1927 and is situated beneath the Mt. Tamalpais surrounded by the Bon Tempe meadow in Marin County. The Meadow Club is open to all levels of play as the first course in America to be designed by Mackenzie.

Saint Mary's will return to the Alister Mackenzie tournament once again as they look to complete for their third straight year. Last year, the Gaels finished the tournament in a sixth place tie with UC Davis with a score of 14-under.

LAST TIME OUT
In the team's most recent tournament at the Inverness Intercollegiate, Saint Mary's placed tied for 10th place at 2-over in the field of 15. Ash Hakim led the Gaels' efforts for the second time this year as he recorded a t-25th finish out of 90 players. Hakim completed the tournament at 6-over while Ethan Ashbrook was close behind with a 7-over finish.

Following the tournament, SMC sent Evan Peterson and Dylan VanderVeer to play as individuals in the Nick Watney Invitational in Fresno, Calif. last week. Peterson represented the Gaels well in the tournament as he placed in the top half of the field with a tied for 16th finish out of 92 competitors with a 5-under par score. VanderVeer completed the invitational with a combined score of 5-over at t-53rd.