Monday, September 26
Meadows of Dan, Va.
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Primland Collegiate Invitational
SMU Set for Primland Collegiate Invitational
Sep 24 | Men's Golf
| SMU at the Primland Collegiate Invitational | |
| Dates |
Sept. 26-27 |
| Location | Highland Course at Primland (Par 72, 7, 053 yards) Meadows of Dan, Va. Course | Weather |
| Field |
Wake Forest (host), Georgia Southern, Kansas State, Loyola (Md.), North Carolina, SMU, North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), Virginia Tech, West Virginia and Penn State |
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The SMU men's golf team returns to action at the Primland Collegiate Invitational, Monday and Tuesday. The two-day event will be held at the Highlands of Primland Golf Course in Meadows of Dan, Va. The 54-hole invitational, hosted by Wake Forest, will begin Monday at 8 a.m. ET/7 CT.
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THE EVENT: The Highlands of Primland Golf Course is a 7,053-yard track, which will play at par 72. The tournament will feature 36 holes on Monday and 18 holes on Tuesday. Round one tees off at 8 a.m. ET/7 CT. Round two will be continuous and follow immediately after round one. Round three tee times are TBA.
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THE FIELD: The 10-team field at the Primland Collegiate Invitational features: Wake Forest (host), Georgia Southern, Kansas State, Loyola (Md.), North Carolina, SMU, North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), Virginia Tech, West Virginia and Penn State.
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REPRESENTING SMU:
Alex Higgs, Sr.
Dillon Baxter, Fr.
Maxime Blandin, Sr.
Daniel Connolly, Fr.
Andrew Buchanan, Sr.
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- Senior Andrew Buchanan competes in his 33rd career event, while fellow senior Alex Higgs competes in his 20th career event.
- Freshmen Daniel Connolly and Dillon Baxter make their second consecutive starts. In their collegiate debuts, Connolly finished tied for 37th, while Baxter, as an individual, finished tied for 22nd.
- Senior Maxime Blandin makes his first tournament appearance since 2014 (the Gifford Collegiate, Nov. 5, 2014). This is Blandin's 11th career event.
LAST TIME OUT: The SMU men's golf team finish tied for 11th at the Gopher Invitational at the Windsong Farm Golf Club. The Mustangs shot a 10-over 294 in the final round to finish 24-over (884). Senior Alex Higgs led SMU with a tied for 19th (+5, 218) finish. In his collegiate debut, freshman Dillon Baxter finished tied for 22nd (230, +14) as an individual.
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2015-16 RECAP: The Mustangs finished top 10 in eight of nine tournaments and was top five in four events, including two victories. SMU closed out the fall with its first victory at the Erin Hills Intercollegiate, before opening the spring season with a win at the Farms Collegiate Invitational.
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BAXTER, BUCHANAN WIN U.S. AMATUER FOUR-BALL TITLE: SMU teammates Ben Baxter and Andrew Buchanan won the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship on May 25 after topping Brandon Cigna and Ben Warnquist, 3-and-2, at the Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y. All square through 11 in the championship match, Baxter gave the SMU duo its first lead, draining a par putt on the 12th to win the hole. The Mustangs capitalized on a missed putt by Warnquist on the 14th to take a 2-up advantage, before stretching the lead to three with a win on 15. On the 16th hole, Buchanan lagged a birdie putt within two feet of the pin, resulting in a victory conceding par.
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SMU U.S. AMATEUR SUCCESS: Since 1998, four Mustangs have won the U.S. Amateur, more than any collegiate program during that span. DeChambeau is the fourth joining the class consisted of Kelly Kraft (2011), Colt Knost (2007) and Hank Kuehne (1998).
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SMU EARNS GCAA ALL-ACADEMIC AWARD: The SMU men's golf team was named a 2016 All-Academic team, as selected by the Golf Coaches Association of America. SMU, which recorded a 3.37 team GPA, is one of 113 Division I teams to earn the honor.
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REMEMBERING PAYNE STEWART: October 25, 2016 marks the 17-year anniversary of the tragic passing of one of SMU's most prominent athletes and one of golf's most charismatic figures, Payne Stewart. The two-time U.S. Open Champion was named as an inductee of the 2015 PGA of America Hall of Fame on Oct. 15.
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TRINITY FOREST: NEW HOME OF SMU GOLF: Scheduled to open in the fall of 2016, Trinity Forest Golf Club will become the new home course for SMU Golf. Trinity Forest will resemble many of the great old courses of the Northeast and Great Britain, featuring a links style course on a rolling meadow with tall native grasses and dramatic bunkering and green complexes. Once complete, Trinity Forest will become the new home of the PGA TOUR's AT&T Byron Nelson Championship as well as an NCAA invitational tournament and additional high-profile professional and amateur events.
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The team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw – Coore & Crenshaw, Inc. – is building both the championship golf course as well as the short course. The design of Trinity Forest will honor classic golf courses with traditional, strategic golf and great artistry as the guiding philosophy.
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Located in the 6,000 acre Great Trinity Forest near the Trinity River Audubon Center about 10 minutes south of downtown Dallas, the 400 acre site will ultimately consist of an 18-hole championship golf course, a world-class practice facility, a clubhouse, a practice academy for SMU's golf teams, a teaching center for The First Tee of Greater Dallas.
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