Men’s Golf Opens Spring Season Monday at Anteater Invitational

Matt McCarty with Rob Miller (courtesy Todd Ackerman)
Matt McCarty with Rob Miller (courtesy Todd Ackerman)

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Santa Clara men's golf opens a busy spring season with the first of seven scheduled tournaments Monday at the UC Irvine Anteater Invitational. The 10-team field will attack the 7,024-yard, par-72 Big Canyon Country Club course over two days.

"This is a good tournament to get back in competitive mode," head coach Rob Miller said. "The events get tougher leading up to a huge event at Stanford in late March."

Led by junior Matt McCarty, the Broncos finished among the top-six in three of their four fall events to earn a ranking of 81 on the Golfstat.com poll. The Broncos are the highest ranked team among the field with UC Santa Barbara (84) and Cal State Fullerton (87) close behind.

Other schools competing include tournament host UC Irvine, Seattle, Grand Canyon, Washington State, Cal Poly, Central Arkansas and Cal State Northridge.

"This is a small event with only 10 teams participating," Miller added. "The guys have been motivated and are working hard to make sure we don't miss a beat."

McCarty topped the squad with a 70.09 stroke average and three top-10 showings in the fall. He'll be joined on the five-player team by senior Derek Ackerman, freshman Konrad Brauckmeyer, sophomore Zack Kaneshiro and junior Will Del Biaggio. Sophomores Berk Harvey and Jack Avrit will compete as individuals.

Along with McCarty and freshman Nordin van Tilburg, Ackerman was the only player to compete in all four fall events compiling a 73.42 stroke average with four sub-par rounds.

Over the next 11 weeks the Broncos will span the state of California along with stops in Arizona and West Lafayette, Ind. The season concludes at the end of April in the WCC Championship.

First round action at the Anteater Invitational will start from the first and 10th tee box beginning at 7:30 a.m. PT. score updates from the track will be available at Golfstat.com.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Name: Anteater Invitational

Dates (Site): Monday-Tuesday, Feb. 11-12 (Newport Beach, Calif.)

Host: UC Irvine

Tournament Field (Rank): Cal Poly (181), Cal State Fullerton (87), Cal State Northridge (209), Central Arkansas (192), Grand Canyon (116), Santa Clara (81), Seattle (101), UC Irvine (176), UC Santa Barbara (84), Washington State (141)

Details: The field will play a total of 54 holes over two days in a five-count-four team scoring format. Monday will consist of 36 holes with start times from the first and 10th tee box between 7:30 and 8:42 a.m. PT. A single 18-hole round will be played on Tuesday with identical start times.

Course: Big Canyon Country Club

Yardage/Par: 7,024 yards / Par 72

Course Website: www.bigcanyoncc.org

Live Scoring: Golfstat.com

 

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