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Golfers Ready To Open Spring Season
January 26, 2024 | Men's Golf
One of 13 teams competing in the Southwestern Intercollegiate
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — The University of Colorado men's golf team will open the spring portion of its schedule later this coming Monday here in the Pepperdine's Southwestern Intercollegiate.
The three-day, 54-hole tournament will be staged on the Lakes & Oaks courses at North Ranch Country Club, which boast a 6,800-yard, par-71 configuration. The official practice round is Sunday, but the Buffaloes arrived here late Tuesday to get a few extra rounds of practice in ahead of their first competition since the last week of October.
"Everyone's really excited to get the season started, especially against a top field like what we are going to see at Pepperdine," Colorado head coach Roy Edwards said. The guys worked extremely hard since the end of the fall and through the winter. We are expecting a great spring as we have wonderful group of guys and players."
The initial line-up for the Buffaloes to open the spring will be juniors Justin Biwer, Dylan McDermott and Tucker Clark; sophomore Hunter Swanson and freshman Brandon Knight. The quintet was all among the top five in stroke average for the fall season: Biwer (70.47), Swanson (71.07), McDermott (71.27), Knight (73.60) and Clark (73.92); all but Clark played in all five fall events, while Clark participated in four.
Three Buffaloes enter the spring ranked among the top amateurs in the world, McDermott heading the list at No. 105 (the 57th American). Biwer is ranked No. 220 (114th from the U.S.) and Swanson No. 411 (176th).
The 13-team field includes five from the Pac-12 Conference: CU, California, Southern California, UCLA and Washington (schools that will be competing in three different leagues next year due to realignment; Colorado will return to the Big 12). The remainder of the field includes host Pepperdine, Houston, Ohio State, Nevada-Las Vegas, San Diego State, San Jose State, Texas Tech and Wake Forest.
The Buffaloes will ease into the spring season, not competing again for three weeks until the Wyoming Match Play in Palm Desert (Feb. 19-21), and then in the Lamkin San Diego Classic (March 3-4). After another three weeks pass, CU will play in three tournaments ahead of the final Pac-12 Championships in Carefree, Ariz. (April 26-28).
NOTES: This will be the fifth time CU will participate in the Southwestern, its best finish a third place showing in 1993; Scott Petersen's tie for third that same year is the best Buffalo effort in the event (68-68-86—211) … Biwer and McDermott enter their sixth semester in the program approaching the top spot in three major categories: Biwer is fourth in subpar rounds (50) and rounds of par or better (63), while McDermott is fifth in both (46, 56 respectively); McDermott is fourth in rounds in the 60s (33) and Biwer fifth (27).
"Everyone's really excited to get the season started, especially against a top field like what we are going to see at Pepperdine," Colorado head coach Roy Edwards said. The guys worked extremely hard since the end of the fall and through the winter. We are expecting a great spring as we have wonderful group of guys and players."
The initial line-up for the Buffaloes to open the spring will be juniors Justin Biwer, Dylan McDermott and Tucker Clark; sophomore Hunter Swanson and freshman Brandon Knight. The quintet was all among the top five in stroke average for the fall season: Biwer (70.47), Swanson (71.07), McDermott (71.27), Knight (73.60) and Clark (73.92); all but Clark played in all five fall events, while Clark participated in four.
Three Buffaloes enter the spring ranked among the top amateurs in the world, McDermott heading the list at No. 105 (the 57th American). Biwer is ranked No. 220 (114th from the U.S.) and Swanson No. 411 (176th).
The 13-team field includes five from the Pac-12 Conference: CU, California, Southern California, UCLA and Washington (schools that will be competing in three different leagues next year due to realignment; Colorado will return to the Big 12). The remainder of the field includes host Pepperdine, Houston, Ohio State, Nevada-Las Vegas, San Diego State, San Jose State, Texas Tech and Wake Forest.
The Buffaloes will ease into the spring season, not competing again for three weeks until the Wyoming Match Play in Palm Desert (Feb. 19-21), and then in the Lamkin San Diego Classic (March 3-4). After another three weeks pass, CU will play in three tournaments ahead of the final Pac-12 Championships in Carefree, Ariz. (April 26-28).
NOTES: This will be the fifth time CU will participate in the Southwestern, its best finish a third place showing in 1993; Scott Petersen's tie for third that same year is the best Buffalo effort in the event (68-68-86—211) … Biwer and McDermott enter their sixth semester in the program approaching the top spot in three major categories: Biwer is fourth in subpar rounds (50) and rounds of par or better (63), while McDermott is fifth in both (46, 56 respectively); McDermott is fourth in rounds in the 60s (33) and Biwer fifth (27).
BUFFALO BITS
SWANSON LOW AM IN QUALIFYING FOR PGA'S FARMER'S OPENSwanson carded a 2-under 70 Monday at Bear Creek Golf Course in Murrieta, Calif., in an attempt to qualify for this week's Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines on the PGA Tour. He tied for 18th overall, as the top four earned a spot in the event. But his score was good for low amateur honors of the 10 trying to qualify, with his six birdies tied for the sixth-most among the 65 players vying for a top four finish. He recorded a 3-under 68 in the pre-qualifier at Enagic Golf Club in East Lake. It was the first time the CU sophomore went through the qualifying process for a PGA event.
IVAN SHINES IN GOLFWEEK PLAYER OF YEAR CLASSIC
Steve Ivan ('84) recently tied for fifth in the Golfweek Player of the Year Classic in Orlando. He finished with a 7-over 223 score (74-75-74), six back of medalist Matthew Avril of Vero Beach, Fla. in the Senior Division competition. The course played to tough, birdies were at a premium (he had three), but pars were golden (41 of those).
Ivan has been quite active as a senior, more so than any other Buff alum still competing (1996 U.S. Open champion Steve Jones is coming off knee surgery and was aiming for a March return to the Champions Tour).
Ivan, incidentally, was on the squad the first time the Buffaloes played in the Southwestern in 1982, tying for 23rd.
Ivan has been quite active as a senior, more so than any other Buff alum still competing (1996 U.S. Open champion Steve Jones is coming off knee surgery and was aiming for a March return to the Champions Tour).
Ivan, incidentally, was on the squad the first time the Buffaloes played in the Southwestern in 1982, tying for 23rd.
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