The Wildcats are starting their spring season at the Southwestern Invitational on Monday. They will be taking on a stacked field with six other teams ranked inside the Top 25 at Sherwood Country Club.
A three day tournament with players playing 18 holes each day. The first day will start at 10am MST and the tee times for the next two days will be determined by previous day standings.
Arizona Lineup
1. Filip Jakubcik
2. Zach Pollo
3. Tianyi Xiong
4. Griffin Rhoads
5. Johnny Walker
The Field
Arizona
California
Chattanooga
Duke
Florida
Pepperdine
San Diego State
San Jose State
Texas
UCLA
UNLV
USC
Vanderbilt
Washington
Heading Into The Tournament
Arizona comes into the spring season ranked 10th in the Golf Coaches Association of America poll. They had a great fall campaign, placing inside the top five in three tournaments which includes a win at the Windon Memorial Classic. A couple changes to the roster this spring semester include: Tiger Christensen turning pro, transfer Connor Hamm (not competing) joining the team and Taishi Moto (academic redshirting) joining the team.
St. Andrews Links Collegiate
The Wildcats had the privilege of playing a couple historic courses at St. Andrews. Zach Pollo claimed the individual title along with three other Wildcats finishing in the top ten. Arizona finished in first place after two days of stroke play, three shots ahead of Northwestern. The two teams would play a match play event to decide the title on the final day at the Old Course with Arizona finishing runner-up.
Windon Memorial Classic
Arizona picked up their first win of the season at the Windon Memorial Classic. As a team, the Wildcats finished 10-under par and won by three shots. Led by Tiger Christensen (-6) and Zach Pollo (-5) who finished in second and third place. Along with Johnny Walker (-2) who finished in eighth, which is his best finish of the season.
The Tindall Tournament
Tiger Christensen had the best finish of the team at 7-under par and tied for sixth. Zach Pollo finished tied for 14th at 4-under par. Overall, the team placed sixth after shooting a combined 9-under after 54 holes.
Sahalee Players Championship
Arizona kicked off their season at Sahalee Country Club and finished in third place. The top Wildcat was Tiger Christensen (-2) finishing tied for fourth. Griffin Rhoads, who was competing as an individual, placed tied for 19th after shooting 2-over par.
