September 27, 2014 After a abrupt acquittal aftermost anniversary the Tigers get aback to antagonism as they arch to Fresno, Calif. to booty allotment in the aboriginal annual Nick Watney Invitational hosted by Fresno State. Previously the Fresno State Lexus Classic, the Watney Invitational will be hosted at Sunnyside Country Club from Sept. 29-30.
"I am acutely aflame to get aback on the advance and booty on the acreage in Fresno," said arch drillmaster Chris Hill. "We addressed some holes in our bold over the aftermost two weeks and anchored some issues that we had at Saint Mary's to accessible the year. The guys did an alarming job in convenance refocusing and are accessible to go for Fresno and I anticipate we are activity to be actual competitive."
"Its activity to be a fun clash to be a allotment of and I'm aflame to see what Colten (Passey) can do on the advance in clash comedy as he's authoritative his admission arena as an individual. I'm Looking advanced to seeing how the guys animation aback from two weeks ago and see if they can up their bold already again. We are activity to afresh angular on Matt (Lee) and Byron (Meth) to bolster our comedy and attending to them to abide their able alpha to the division this weekend."
Last time out Pacific accomplished sixth at the Saint Mary's Invitational on Sept. 16. Junior Matt Lee was the brilliant of the clash for Pacific as the second-year Tiger affective a third-place accomplishment afterwards activity -5 overall. As a team, Pacific went into the adviser at +15, finishing aloof abaft Fresno State in their aboriginal appointment of the year with the Bulldogs.
The Sunnyside Country Club advance is accepted for its tree-lined fairways, admirable bunkering and arduous angled grass. The par-72 advance will comedy at 6,950 yards from the championship tees for the week. Arena in the clash for the anniversary are 10 teams, including the Tigers. The teams include: Fresno State (host), Cal Poly, Cal State Bakersfield, Cal State Northridge, Grand Canyon, Santa Clara, Sacramento State, UC Irvine and UC Riverside.
Playing the Nick Watney Invitational for the Tigers will be: Byron Meth, Drew Bender, SeungJae Maeng, Matt Lee, and newcomer Anthony Madrid. In addition, freshman Colten Passey will comedy the clash as an individual. Afterwards Lee's third abode finish, Meth accomplished aloof off the junior's clip to column a seventh abode accomplishment in the aboriginal clash on 2014.
The Fresno State Classic, aforetime alleged the `Fresno State Lexus Classic', was renamed `The Nick Watney Invitational' above-mentioned to the this year's clash afterwards above Fresno State standout and PGA golfer Nick Watney. Watney played at Fresno State from 2000-2003, and was a three-time All-American. Watney was the WAC Freshman of the Year in 2000 and the WAC Player of the Year three after seasons, 2001-03.
Live after-effects for the invitational will be accessible via GolfStatResults.com.
Title : Golf Heads To Fresno For The First Nick Watney Invitational
Description : September 27, 2014 After a abrupt acquittal aftermost anniversary the Tigers get aback to antagonism as they arch to Fresno, Calif. ...