University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers Hit the Road for California
3/28/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Minneapolis -- The Minnesota men's golf team makes its second trip of the year to the West Coast this weekend for The Goodwin at the Harding Park Golf Course in Palo Alto, Calif., March 29-31.
The Gophers are coming off an 11th-place finish at the Schenkel Invitational. With only two tournaments remaining before the Big Ten Championship, the team is looking for a strong performance. At The Goodwin, Minnesota will have a chance to face fellow Big Ten team Northwestern.
With a field of 25 teams and four individuals, the tournament will tee-off in a double shotgun start. The Gophers will tee-off in the second group at 3:20 p.m. CDT, on the 10th hole.
The Gophers last competed in The Goodwin in 2015, when they finished 17th out of 24 teams. Seniors Rúnar Arnorsson and Riley Johnson were freshmen, finishing second and fourth on the team, respectively.
The field: The Gophers will compete against host-school Stanford, as well as Abilene Christian, Arizona State, BYU, Cal, Cal Poly, Colorado, Nevada, Northern Colorado, Northwestern, Oklahoma, Oregon, Oregon State, San Francisco, San Jose State, SMU, Sonoma State, Stanford, St. Mary's, UC Davis, USC, UNLV, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
Oklahoma (10), California (11), USC (16), Stanford (20), Arizona State (22), UNLV (24) and Oregon (30) are all ranked in Golfweek's top 30 rankings.
The course: Harding Park Golf Course plays at par 72 and is 7,169 yards.
The travel squad: Angus Flanagan, Riley Johnson, Thomas Longbella, Rúnar Arnorsson and Peter Jones will travel to California for the tournament.
Freshman Flanagan has led the team through the past two tournaments, finishing just outside the top 20 at the Tiger Invitational. Flanagan and Johnson tied for 43rd at the Schenkel Invitational, and will play as the Gophers' top two. This will be Jones' first roster appearance of the spring.
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