Utah Golf Travels to San Francisco for The Goodwin

Thursday, March 29

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The Goodwin

Utah Golf Travels to San Francisco for The Goodwin

3/27/2018 3:03 PM | Men's Golf

Utes to take part in the 54-hole event hosted by Stanford

UTAH MEN'S GOLF at The Goodwin
DATE: Thursday-Saturday, March 29-31, 2018
LOCATION: TPC Harding Park Golf Course | San Francisco, Calif.
LIVE SCORING: GolfStat.com
WEEKLY NOTES: Utah Men's Golf Notes

THIS WEEK
The Utah men's golf team is set to compete at The Goodwin this Thursday through Saturday, March 29-31. Hosted by Stanford, the three-day event will be held at the TPC Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco, Calif.

THE FIELD
Utah will compete in a field of 25 teams this weekend at The Goodwin, which includes seven teams ranked in the top-30 nationally, while 12 teams fall in the top-50, led by No.10 Oklahoma.

Along with Utah and Oklahoma, the field includes Abilene Christian, No. 22 Arizona State, BYU, No. 11 Cal, Cal Poly, Colorado, Minnesota, Nevada, Northern Colorado, Northwestern, No. 30 Oregon, Oregon State, San Francisco, San Jose State, SMU, Sonoma State, No. 20 Stanford, St. Mary's, UC Davis, No. 16 USC, No. 24 UNLV, Washington, and Wyoming.

TOURNAMENT DETAILS
The 25 teams, along with four individuals, will begin play with a double shotgun start each round, beginning with the morning wave on the No.1 and No. 10 tees at 7:30 a.m. PDT, followed by the afternoon wave at 12 p.m./12:25 p.m. PDT.

The Utes will be in the morning wave on Thursday and will tee off on the No. 1 tee beginning at 8:24 a.m. PDT with the rest of the five-man squad to follow. Utah will be paired with Nevada and Minnesota for the first round of action.

UTAH'S LINE-UP
Utah's line-up this week will consist of: Junior Kyler Dunkle, freshman Blake Tomlinson, sophomore Jordan Costello, freshman Tristan Mandur, and freshman Andrew Crockett. This marks Crockett's first event as a Ute.

THE COURSE
TPC Harding Park Golf course opened in July of 1925 and sits along the shores of Lake Merced, in San Francisco's southwest corner. Harding Park began hosting major amateur tournaments soon after opening, most notably, the USGA National Public Links Championship, and the San Francisco City Championship, the oldest consecutively played competition in the world.

In 2002-03, a $16 million restoration to the course began. The championship course maintained the character and integrity of the original layout, but incorporates design elements and infrastructure to accommodate today's players. In 2020, Harding Park will host the PGA Championships, the last of the four major championships.

LIVE SCORING
Live scoring for this week's The Goodwin tournament can be found at www.GolfStat.com or by clicking the "Live Stats" link on the Utah Golf schedule page at www.UtahUtes.com.

LAST TIME OUT
The Utes last competed at the Bandon Dunes Championship, which was hosted by Gonzaga, at the famed Bandon Dunes Resort with action played on the Pacific Dunes Course. Utah placed fourth overall in the 14-team field after registering a three-day score of 8-under par (279-277-288=844) in Bandon, Ore.

Leading the Utes, junior Kyler Dunkle registered three straight rounds under par to record a combined score of 9-under par (65-69-70=204). Dunkle notched his second career top-five finish, placing fourth place overall. Freshman Blake Tomlinson notched his fourth straight top-20 finish, placing in 12^th. Tomlinson finished the 54-hole event with a combined score of 3-under par (71-67-72=210).

AROUND THE GREEN
•Utah led the 14-team field at the Bandon Dunes Championship, registering an average score of 3.05 on par-3's. Utah also finished second in the field with 61 birdies for the three-day event.
•Kyler Dunkle led the field of 84 participants with 20 birdies at the Bandon Dunes Championship. Dunkle also finished fifth in the field with a 4.33 average score on par-5's.

QUOTABLE
"We are thrilled to be returning to action at the Goodwin, hosted by Stanford," said Ute head coach Garrett Clegg. "This tournament will have 25 of the top programs in college golf. It is widely regarded as one of the top tournaments in college golf. This past week was spring break. We spent the second half of the week in St. George preparing for the Goodwin. The golf course, TPC Harding Park is a world class golf course. It will be a challenge for the field and one we are excited to take on."

UP NEXT
The Utes will be back in action at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational on Saturday and Sunday, April 14-15. The two-day event will be held at the Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz.