NO. 22 UNLV MEN’S GOLF TO PLAY AT TUCKER INTERCOLLEGIATE
Tournament at UNM Championship Course in Albuquerque, N.M., set for Friday and Saturday
he No. 22 UNLV men’s golf team will return to action this weekend as it competes at the 58th Annual William H. Tucker Intercollegiate at the UNM Championship Course (par 72, 7,562 yards) in Albuquerque, N.M.
The two-day, 54-hole stroke-play tournament hosted by New Mexico, will have two rounds (36 holes) on Friday, Sept. 27, with a 7:45 a.m. MT shotgun start/continuous play, and will conclude with a final round of 18 holes on Saturday, Sept. 28, also with a 7:45 a.m. MT shotgun start.
Competing for the Rebels will be junior Kurt Kitayama, sophomore AJ McInerney, sophomore Zane Thomas, freshman Taylor Montgomery and junior Carl Jonson, while freshman Redford Bobbitt will compete as an individual.
The Rebels are coming off stroke-play and match-play victories at their season opener, which was earlier this month at the Carmel Cup in Pebble Beach, Calif. Thomas finished second during the stroke-play portion of the event, three shots back, while Kitayama, McInerney and Montgomery were all a shot back of Thomas in a tie for third place.
The Tucker Intercollegiate will have a field of 16 teams: Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Colorado, Colorado State, Minnesota, New Mexico, New Mexico State, San Diego State, USC, TCU, UNLV, UT Arlington, UTSA, Wichita State and Wyoming.
Live scoring will be available courtesy of Golfstat with a link found at UNLVRebels.com or by clicking here.
New Mexico is the defending Tucker team champion as the Lobos recorded a 29-shot victory at the 2012 event. UNM’s Gavin Green earned medalist honors last year by a stroke at 7-under 209. UNLV did not compete at last year’s Tucker Intercollegiate.