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I've been getting some positive feedback on recent efforts to try to highlight non-revenue sports, in particular both Men's and Women's golf. As I don't live in Seattle nor do I have anybody on the staff able to cover non-revenue sports live, I have to depend on press releases and fanshots of other beat reports in order to get the news out. Still, UW has been doing a nice job of getting out press releases on Golf, so I'll try to get in the habit of creating posts with them.
The UW Men's team continues its hot play as it prepares to open up the Redhawk Invite against several other teams from the Pacific Northwest. All-time UW wins leader, CT Pan, will lead the Dawgs in a critical tune up match as the season races towards its conclusion. Pan has already racked up three wins on the season and seven for his UW career.
UW's full press release is as follows. Let's talk Golf in the comments section.
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2015 Redhawk Invitational |
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Dates |
Monday to Tuesday, April 6-7, 2015 |
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Location |
Chambers Bay Golf Club | Par 70 - 7341 Yards | University Place, Wash. | ||
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Host |
Seattle U. | ||
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Format |
Play Five, Score Four | ||
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Field |
No. 10 Washington, Boise State, British Columbia, Cal State Fullerton, Drexel, Fairleigh Dickinson, George Washington, Incarnate Word, Missouri-Kansas City, North Dakota State, Rutgers, Seattle U, Seton Hall, South Dakota State, TCU, Utah, Utah Valley, William & Mary. | ||
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Live Scoring | Twitter | Facebook | ||
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. -- No. 10 Washington is back in action this week at the Redhawk Invitational, played at Chambers Bay, site of the 2015 U.S. Open. The Dawgs will be the top-ranked team in the field as they look for their second win of the season.
The tournament is the two-day, 54-hole competition that begins Monday, April 6 with 36 holes and continues Tuesday, April 7 with an 18-hole final round. It will be contested on the par-70 course at Chambers that will play 7,341 yards. The course is beginning preparations for the U.S. Open and should provide an extreme test for the players this week.
The 10th-ranked Dawgs will face a field that includes Boise State, British Columbia, Cal State Fullerton, Drexel, Fairleigh Dickinson, George Washington, Incarnate Word, Missouri-Kansas City, North Dakota State, Rutgers, Seattle U, Seton Hall, South Dakota State, TCU, Utah, Utah Valley and William & Mary.
The Huskies will once again be led by No. 1-ranked collegiate Cheng-Tsung Pan who is looking for his fourth win of the season. He'll be followed by Corey Pereira, Jonathan Sanders, Frank Garber and Jordan Lu. Chris Babcock will also compete, but will play as an individual.
The Dawgs have played well this spring and look to keep it going with a great opportunity to play a major championship course just two months before the pros compete at the U.S. Open. Washington has finished in the top four at four of five tournaments this spring, including a win and two runner-up finishes.
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Washington Starting Lineup |
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| Cheng-Tsung Pan |
Corey Pereira |
Jonathan Sanders |
Frank Garber |
Jordan Lu |
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Off The Tee |
- This is the 14th season under head coach Matt Thurmond. He has led the Dawgs to seven top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships.
- Senior Cheng-Tsung Pan won double gold for Taiwan at the Asian Games as the top individual, while also helping his country to the victory in the team competition.
- Washington is ranked No. 10 in the nation by Golfstat this week and has one title this year, winning the Lamkin San Diego Invitational
- Pan leads the Dawgs in scoring average with a 69.3. He won for the three times this season and the seven times in his career, including most recently at the Lamkin San Diego Invitational.
- Returning from the team that finished 15th at the NCAA Championships for Washington are Pan, Sanders, Pereira and Babcock who will play as an individual this week.
- The Huskies finished second at both the 2014 Pac-12 Championships and the 2014 NCAA Raleigh Regional.
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About This Week's Tournament |
The Redhawk Invitational will be contested for the second time, once again at Chambers Bay. Last season, UCLA won the title, finishing three strokes ahead of Washington. Grant Forrest of San Diego won the first individual title at 10-under 200. Trevor Simsby finished fifth to lead Washington at 2-under 208.