SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Santa Clara men's golf returns to action Sunday at the 14-team Bandon Dunes Championship. The field will play a single 18-hole round over three days on the 6,633-yard, par-71 Pacific Dunes Course at the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort.
The Broncos are looking to bounce back from a 12th-place finish at the Arizona NIT in their previous event and enter the Bandon Dunes Championship as the No. 51 team in the country in the recent Golfstat.com poll. Clemson (15), Arizona State (22) and Oregon (24) are higher ranked teams that will be competing.
Santa Clara's top three players will all be competing in their eighth tournament of the season, led by senior Hayden Shieh, who tops the club with 71.14 stroke average.
Sophomore Matt McCarty won his first collegiate tournament last month at The Farms and owns an average of 71.29. Junior Derek Ackerman has played all 21 rounds with a 71.67 average.
Will DelBiaggio matched a season-low round of 71 and shot even-par at the Arizona NIT. He qualified for the five-man team along with freshman Jack Avrit. Complete team and individual season stats are viewable by clicking here.
The remaining teams include: Utah (74), UTEP (84), Boise State (106), San Jose State (109), Denver (111), Washington State (116), Gonzaga (136), Southern Utah (162), Seattle (180) and Idaho (222).
First-round action is scheduled to get underway at 8:10 a.m. PT with golfers teeing off on hole No. 1. The Broncos are among the first group to get play started. Live scoring is available at Golfstat.com.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Name: Bandon Dunes Championship
Dates (Site): Sunday-Tuesday, Mar. 11-13 (Bandon, Ore.)
Host: Gonzaga University
Tournament Field (Rank): Arizona State (22), Boise State (106), Clemson (15), Denver (111), Gonzaga (136), Idaho (222), Oregon (24), San Jose State (109), Santa Clara (51), Seattle (180), Southern Utah (162), Utah (74), UTEP (84) and Washington State (116).
Details: The field will play a single 18-hole round on each of the three days with the low four of five scores counting for the team total. Sunday's first-round will tee-off from the first hole at 8:10 a.m. Tuesday's play will start at 8:30 a.m. and final-round action opens with a shotgun start at 8:30.
Course: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort Pacific Dunes Course
Yardage/Par: 6,633 yards / Par 71
Live Scoring: www.Golfstat.com
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