Fresno State Athletics
Bulldog Golfers Head to Stanford
4/9/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 9, 2010
FRESNO, Calif. - The Dogs return to action at the 42nd Annual U.S. Intercollegiate beginning Sunday, April 11 and running through Tuesday, April 13. The Bulldogs have won this prestigious twice previously, 1988 and 1996. The event is held at the Stanford Golf Course, annually rated as one of the 100-best courses in the nation and host of several NCAA championship events. The Dogs are coming off a second-place finish at the Cal Poly Match Play Tournament March 26 and have finished in the Top 10 of every tournament this season. Fresno State is currently ranked 47th in the Golfstat rankings.
The Bulldog lineup: Bhavik Patel, Grant Doverspike, Bryan Hogan, Adam Barkow, Michael Gideon
The Course and Set-up
Course:Stanford Golf Course
Yardage: 6,727 Yards
Par: 70
Format:
Sunday/Monday, April 11 & 12, Tee Time beginning at 9 a.m. off front and back nines; Tuesday, April 13, 7:30 a.m. Shotgun
Live Scoring: www.golfstat.com
2010 Field: The 20-team field features five teams ranked in the top-10 by Golfstat, including in No. 2 Stanford, No. 3 Washington, No. 4 Oregon, No. 6 UCLA and No. 8 Arizona State. Other teams in the field include California, Denver, Fresno State, Hawaii, Lamar, Long Beach State, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Diego State, San Francisco, San Jose State, UC Davis, UC Irvine, USC and Washington State. Six of the nation's top-20 players are also expected to be in the field, including No. 1 Diego Velasquez of Oregon State, No. 3 John Chin of UC Irvine, No. 4 Eugene Wong of Oregon, No. 8 Sihwan Kim of Stanford, No. 17 and defending champion Nick Taylor of Washington and No. 19 Brooks Koepka of Denver. The medalist of this year's U.S. Intercollegiate will earn an automatic exemption into the 2010 Reno-Tahoe Open, which will take place from July 15-18 at the Montreux Golf & Country Club.
"We are Your Team! Fresno State's men's golf team returns to action Sunday at the 42nd Annual U.S. Intercollegiate at Stanford. Follow the results on www.golfstat.com
