University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers Travel to the Golden State
10/10/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
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The Golden Gophers head west to Fairfax, California, for the Alister Mackenzie Invitational. The tournament, which runs Oct. 12-13, will start with 36 holes on Tuesday and 18 holes on Wednesday. Day 1 tee times will begin at 10:15 a.m. CT, and Day 2 tee times will begin at 9:45 a.m. CT.
This is the third consecutive year Minnesota has played in the Mackenzie. The Gophers were 13th in last year's event and ninth in 2013-14.
The travel squad: Justin Doeden, who has finished 10th and 17th in the Gophers' last two tournaments, will start in the No. 1 spot at the Mackenzie. Jon DuToit, Grady Meyer, Charlie Duensing and Tom Vining are all making the trip for the Gophers.
DuToit turned in a career-best second-place finish last weekend at the Macdonald Cup, and tied for 20th at last year's Mackenzie. He is the only Gopher in this week's lineup to have played in the tournament before.
The field: Host Cal and the Gophers will be joined by Arizona State, BYU, Colorado, Fresno State, Hawai'i, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Diego, San Diego State, San Francisco, San Jose State and UC Davis in the 16-team field.
The course: The Meadow Club will play at a par of 71 and 6,734 yards.
Notes: *Minnesota's lineup has not lacked variety this fall, including the first two spots. Three different Gophers have started in the No. 1 spot (DuToit, Riley Johnson and Doeden twice). A different Gopher has started in the No. 2 position each tournament (Johnson, Vining, Meyer, DuToit).
*Similarly, a different player has led the team each tournament. Vining (as an individual) and Johnson (for the team) were the top two finishers at the Gopher Invitational, while Doeden (Husky Invitational), Rúnar Arnorsson (Husky Individual) and DuToit (MacDonald Cup) have taken turns at the top of the team's results.
