The team begins its season tomorrow. Best wishes to them!
Direct link to leaderboard -
https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournament-leaderboard/233463/scoring/team
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Preview article (from a few days ago) -
https://cubuffs.com/news/2024/9/7/mens-golfers-set-to-open-season-in-the-pacific-northwest
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Men's Golfers Set To Open Season In The Pacific Northwest
Edwards Begins His 19th Season As CU’s Head Coach
By: David Plati, SID-Emeritus/Athletic Historian
BOULDER — The University of Colorado men's golf team will open the fall portion of its schedule this Tuesday, heading to the Pacific Northwest to participate in Washington State's Palouse Collegiate.
Two rounds are scheduled for Tuesday and the final 18 on Wednesday at Palouse Ridge Golf Club, a 7,302-yard, par-71 that opened in 2008. It's one of the higher elevation courses outside of the Rocky Mountain region, with an average elevation of 2,600 feet. The weather for the first day of competition should be nice, with a high of 80 degrees forecast, but for the final round, it is expected to warm to just the mid-60s with a 50 percent chance of rain.
Colorado is returning to the Big 12 Conference this season under head coach
Roy Edwards, who begins his 19th season at the reins of the program but made his CU debut in 2006 when the Buffaloes were also a member of the league. There was a 13-year hiatus when Colorado joined the now defunct Pac-12 Conference from 2011-12 through 2023-24.
The Buffaloes were originally set to open the season returning to the Mirabel Maui Jim Invitational in Scottsdale, but it was cancelled earlier this summer, forcing Edwards to find a suitable substitute.
"With the late cancellation of the event at Mirabel, we were scrambling a bit but it opened up an opportunity to play at Washington State," Edwards said. "Palouse Ridge is a great course that I'm confident the team will like. Coach (Dustin) White opened a couple of spots for teams like ours from Mirabel, which was very nice, and the field is good. Our schedule overall is highly-competitive and once again among the best in the country."
In addition to host WSU and the Buffaloes, the 15-team field includes Cal State Northridge, Gonzaga, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon State, Pacific, Sacramento State, UC San Diego, San Jose State, Seattle, Utah, Utah Valley and Wyoming.
Colorado, ranked 25th in Golf Channel's preseason poll, returns eight lettermen from a year ago, including five seniors, just the third known time in program history with that many, the previous times occurring in 1990-91 and 1947-48. This team is one of the most experienced in school history, as the eight have played 567 rounds combined in their CU careers (234 last year).
"Overall, we have an incredibly deep team," Edwards noted. "We would feel very comfortable playing anyone on our roster in the lineup at any time. We played well overall in the spring and it is clear the guys worked hard this summer to get ready. It's a very motivated group led by an absolutely awesome group of seniors.
"Our focus this year is on working hard, competing, smart golf, and believing in ourselves," he added. "If we focus on ourselves at a high level we will maximize our season."
Edwards held six qualifying rounds over the past couple of weeks at various challenging courses around the metro area, and it was extremely competitive from top to bottom among CU's 10-man roster. Earning the top spot was sophomore
Ty Holbrook, who pulled away from the pack and finished 15-under par on those 108 holes. The other four designated scorers will be seniors
Dylan McDermott and
Justin Biwer, junior
Hunter Swanson and sophomore
Brandon Knight; senior
Freddy Eisenbeis will participate as an individual.
CU's 1-2 "senior" punch are among the top ranked amateurs in the United States and the world, as in the WAGR rankings of September 4, McDermott is 110th (but the 57th American) and Biwer 185th (No. 91 from the U.S.). At present, the two rank first and second at CU in all-time career stroke average, with Biwer (71.26) a bit ahead of McDermott (71.41); both have played well over the 75 rounds to qualify for the list (111 and 106, respectively).
This is the first time the Buffaloes will play in Washington State's home event, and one of the rare times Colorado's first tournament of the season isn't in the state, or nearby in New Mexico or Wyoming. The 756 miles between Boulder and Pullman will be the fifth-longest road trip to open a season in CU history; the 999 miles to South Bend on two occasions (2004, 2022) to play in Notre Dame's meet, followed by 949 miles for San Francisco's Olympic Club tourney in 2008 and then 933 miles to Pebble Beach for St. Mary's home meet in 2007.
Colorado will be paired with Gonzaga, Oregon State and Utah for the first two rounds, and will begin play on holes 5 through 8 in a shotgun format at 9:00 a.m. MDT. The final round on Wednesday will commence at 8:45 a.m.
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