Men’s Golf Preview: John Burns Intercollegiate (Feb. 21-23)

2019 John Burns Intercollegiate program

Fresno State Men's Golf – Tournament No. 6
Tournament: John Burns Intercollegiate
Format: Stroke play/54 holes/5-count-4
Host: Hawaii
Dates: Feb. 21-23
Golf Course: Wailua Golf Course (par 72, 6,991 yards)
Location: Lihue, Kauai'i
Live scoring: http://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=15747

Fresno State Lineup:

Competing Schools (20):
Host – Hawai'I
Arizona
Arizona State
Brigham Young
CSUN
Duke
Fresno State
Grand Canyon
Long Beach State
New Mexico
North Carolina
Northern Colorado
Saint Mary's
Texas A&M
UC Irvine
UC Santa Barbara
UNLV
UTEP
Virginia
Washington State

Schedule of Events:
Thursday, Feb. 21 – First round; shotgun start at 10 a.m. PT
Friday, Feb. 22 – Second round; shotgun start at 10 a.m. PT
Saturday, Feb. 23 – Final round; shotgun start at 10 a.m. PT

2018 Team Champion: Texas A&M (835, -29)
2018 Individual Champion: Two-time defending champion Chandler Phillips, Texas A&M (203, -13)

Notes:

Fresno State completed its fall action at the Saint Mary's Invitational on Wednesday, Nov. 7.
Fresno State had five golfers competing in the tournament, with two of them having started in each tournament to date in senior Alex Lee and sophomore Michael Cliff.
Lee led the 'Dogs on the scorecard, finishing at 1-under-par 212 in the tournament to tie for 15th place.
The Saint Mary's Invitational was Fresno State's fifth tournament of the season. The Bulldogs' best finish in the fall was sixth out of 12 teams in the home-hosted Nick Watney Invitational.
Last season, the Bulldogs finished 12th out of 20 teams at the John Burns Intercollegiate.
Out of the 20 teams competing this year, 11 are in the Golfstat Top 100, including nine in the top 50 and four in the top 25, led by No. 2 Duke.
Freshman Tommy Stephenson currently leads the Bulldogs in scoring average at 71.83 with the lowest round on the team of 67 and a notable 0.33 average against par. Stephenson's highest tournament finish this season was tying for 15^th at the Nick Watney Invitational.
Stephenson is also ranked No. 8 in the country in birdie conversion at .338.
The weather for the three-day tournament is expected to have a high of 79 degrees and a low of 64 degrees with winds up to 10 mph and a 10 to 20 percent chance of rain each day.

Fall Flashback:

Inverness Intercollegiate (Sept. 24-25)

Team Finish – 11/12 (910), Low Individual – Kevin Huff, T17 (221)

Nick Watney Invitational (Oct. 1-2)

Team Finish – 6/12 (867), Low Individuals – Michael Cliff and Tommy Stephenson, T15 (214)

Alister MacKenzie Invitational (Oct. 8-9)

Team Finish – 13/15 (862), Low Individual – Cody Riecks, T41 (214)

Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational (Oct. 25-27)

Team Finish – 16/16 (871), Low Individual – Alex Lee, T30 (213)

Saint Mary's Invitational (Nov. 5-7)

Team Finish – 13/18 (886), Low Individual – Alex Lee, T15 (212)

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