The University of San Francisco men's golf looks to add to its collection of West Coast Conference Championships when it takes on its rivals at the West Coast Conference Championship this weekend. The three day tournament begins on Thursday at 8:25 a.m. Live results will be available at Golfstat.com.
Tournament Information
Date/Time: Round One – Thu. April 25 – 8:25 a.m. – 18 holes
Round Two – Fri. April 26 – 7:30 a.m. – 18 holes
Round Three – Sat. April 27 – 7:30 a.m. – 18 holes
Site: The Reserve at Spanos Park (Stockton, Calif.)
Live Results: Golfstat.com
The Course
The Reserve at Spanos Park Golf Course is a renowned links-style golf course designed by Andy Raugust. Opened in 1999, the course is a par 72 course. On Thursday's round it will play 7,315 yards, Friday will 7,133 yards and on Saturday the round will be 7,251 yards.
The Field
The WCC boasts two programs ranked in the top-40 in the current Golfstat rankings: No 17 Pepperdine and No. 36 BYU. Saint Mary's (51), the Dons (71) and Santa Clara (84) are in the top-100. Also competing will be San Diego, Loyola Marymount, Pacific, and Gonzaga. Pepperdine was the tournament champion last year and has 19 conference titles. The Dons are second with 11, their last coming in 2011. Since 2010 BYU has two championships and Saint Mary's has three.
The Dons
The Dons are coming off a fourth place finish at the El Macero Classic hosted by UC Davis at the El Macero Country Club. The Dons had two players finish in the top-10 with
Soren Lind and
Tim Widing finishing at a tie for sixth. Sophomore
Toby Briggs finished just outside the top-10 at 14
th. USF will return to their most used lineup which consists of Widing, Lind, Briggs, freshman
Christoffer Palsson and sophomore
Alex Chin.