Mustangs Ready For Clemson Invitational

Clemson Invitational
Cliffs at Keowee – Falls Course // Salem, S.C.
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The SMU men's golf team will play in the third annual Clemson Invitational this weekend. The three-day tournament will run Friday-Sunday at the Cliffs at Keowee Falls Course in Salem, S.C.

THE EVENT: The Clemson Invitational will span three days and feature 54 holes of stroke play. Twelve teams will compete in the event. Teams will play 18 holes a round with tee times beginning each day at 8:50 a.m. from holes one and 10.

EVENT HISTORY: Clemson has won the tournament each of the first two years.

THE COURSE: The Cliffs at Keowee Falls Course is a 7,103-yard track and play at par 72. The course is named for Falls Creek, which winds its way through seven holes. The challenging course consists of 160-acres of undulating terrain with dramatic elevation changes, tree-lined fairways, streams, ponds and lengthy par 3s. The Cliffs at Keowee Falls course is a natural nirvana and nary a home is seen from the course.

THE FIELD: There are 12 teams participating in the 2018 Clemson Invitational: Boston, Clemson, Connecticut, Elon, Furman, George Mason, Navy, Notre Dame, SMU, Winthrop, Wofford, UNC-Wilmington.

REPRESENTING SMU: Competing for the Mustangs will be McClure Meissner, Jackson Markham, Gray Townsend, Clancy Waugh and Daniel Connolly.

Name	Tournaments	Rounds	Average Score
Meissner	8	24	71.67
Markham	7	21	73.24
Townsend	7	21	73.67
Waugh	6	18	75.06
Connolly	7	21	75.33

RESULTS: Live results will be posted on Golfstat.com. Full recaps from each day of competition will be posted on SMUMustangs.com at the end of each round.

LAST TIME ON THE GREEN: SAN FRANCISCO (SMU) – McClure Meissner and Jackson Markham each finished in the top 15 after shooting sub-par rounds on the final day of The Goodwin. The duo led SMU over the weekend and helped the Mustangs finish tied for 12th overall. Meissner fired a 3-under 68 in the final round to finish 14th (-3, 71-71-68) in the 135-player field. Markham finished tied for 15th (-2, 69-72-70) overall after turning in a 1-under 70. SMU finished tied for 12th (+11, 289-289-285—863) after shooting a 1-over par 285 on the final day. The Mustangs finished tied with Nevada.

UP NEXT: SMU will play at the American Athletic Conference Championship. The 2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Golf Championship presented by Visit St. Pete/Clearwater will take place April 22-24 at Innisbrook Golf & Spa Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida.

Noah Goodwin – 2018 SPRING ADDITION: Amateur-standout Noah Goodwin joins the SMU golf team this spring after graduating early from Laurel Springs School. Goodwin completed a stellar junior career by being named Rolex Junior Player of the Year in 2017. He is the fifth male in AJGA history to earn the title in consecutive years. The highlight of his junior career was winning the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. He is one of only three players to win the championship after losing in the final the year before. He represented the United States team in the 2017 Junior Presidents Cup and 2016 Junior Ryder Cup.
World Amateur Ranking: No. 14
AJGA (before SMU): No. 1

FRESHMAN ON TOP:McClure Meissner picked up his third top-20 finish of the season at The Goodwin. The San Antonio, Texas, native has now finished in the top-30 in seven of eight events this year and in the top-25 in five. In 24 rounds, the freshman has averaged a team-leading score of 71.67.

SMU SIGNS FOUR: SMU men's golf and head coach Jason Enloe announce the addition of four talented players to the 2018 squad as Noah Goodwin, Ben Wong, Charles Osbourne and Tyson Dinsmore signed to compete at SMU.

"Coach Chris Parra and myself are extremely pleased with the 2018 class we have put together for the SMU Men's Golf program," SMU head coach Jason Enloe said. "Years of hard work have finally paid off with one of the nation's top overall classes. We believe that these four players, along with our current players, and future players, will serve SMU well as we strive to be one of the top programs in the country. We are honored that these great golfers and young men have chosen our program to help them reach for their goals both on and off the course."

FULL SIGNEE RELEASE

SMU DEDICATES PAYNE STEWART SMU GOLF TRAINING CENTER: SMU Athletics dedicated the new Payne Stewart SMU Golf Training Center at Trinity Forest Golf Club. The facility, among the finest in college golf, was made possible through the support of generous donors Ann Park Roberts Gibbs '66 and James R. Gibbs '66, '70, '72, Carolyn L. Miller and David B. Miller '72, '73 and the David B. Miller Family Foundation, The Dedman Foundation and family, and the Payne Stewart Family Foundation, Inc. Many additional donors also contributed generously to this initiative. The 6,700-square foot facility features team locker rooms, coaches' offices, a conference room, a workout center and kitchen. The center also houses a hitting bay featuring premier equipment, including the Swing Catalyst, which tracks weight shift throughout the swing as well as four video motion-capture cameras and monitors to show swings. A TrackMan system uses dual radar technology to track both club movement and the ball at the moment of impact. This equipment provides the perfect foundation for analysis, enabling the Mustang golfers to use real-time data to improve their games. The Payne Stewart SMU Golf Training Center also includes 70,000 square feet of teeing ground, a 45,000 square-foot putting and chipping green and a challenging nine-hole short course.

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CONNOLLY BRINGS HARDWARE TO DALLAS (Summer Golf): Sophomore Daniel Connolly shot a 5-under par 208 (68-69-71) to win the Northern California Golf Association (NCGA) Amateur Stroke Play Championship at the Poppy Hills Golf Course. Connolly recorded the low-round and was the only player to break par on the opening day, firing a 3-under par 68. The San Francisco native padded his lead and took a five stroke advantage into the final day after a low-round 69 (-2) in round two. Despite a double bogey early in the final round, Connolly rebounded and shot even par (71) to secure the victory.

TOWNSEND NAMED 2016 AAC ALL-CONFERNECE: SMU men's golfer Gray Townsend was named to the All-American Athletic Conference Team. The Winston-Salem, N.C., native tallied three top-25 finishes, including his first collegiate tournament win. At the Marquette Intercollegiate, the junior carded a career-low tournament score of 207, en route to his first career win. At the American Athletic Conference Championship, Townsend fired an even-par 213 to finish tied for third. Townsend played in all 11 tournaments for the Mustangs and averaged a score of 73.88. He tallied nine rounds at par or better this season, with four in the 60s.

TOWNSEND WINS FIRST COLLEGIATE TOURNAMENT: Senior Gray Townsend fired a 2-under 68 in the final round of the 2016 Marquette Intercollegiate to earn his first collegiate tournament win, and record a career-low tournament score of 207. Townsend finished tied with Ryan Lumsden of Northwestern. In the team competition, the SMU men's golf team carded the tournament's low round, 7-under-par (273) in the final round, to finish in fourth place ( 6,846), and earn its first top five finish of the season. All four counting scorers finished even or sub-par. SMU including Townsend, the Mustangs had five top-25 finishes or better, with three finishing top-10.

BAXTER, BUCHANAN WIN U.S. AMATEUR FOUR-BALL TITLE: SMU's Ben Baxter and former SMU golfer 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.

SMU U.S. AMATEUR SUCCESS: Since 1998, four Mustangs have won the U.S. Amateur, more than any collegiate program during that span. Bryson DeChambeau won the 2015 U.S. Amateur to become the fourth SMU winner, joining Kelly Kraft (2011), Colt Knost (2007) and Hank Kuehne (1998).

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.

COACHING STAFF: The men's golf team is led by fourth-year head coach Jason Enloe, an SMU alum who golfed for the Mustangs from 1991-1996. Enloe returned to SMU in 2012 as the assistant coach, after a 14-year professional golf career, playing on the PGA/Nationwide Tour, the Canadian Tour, Golden Bear Your and the Adams Tour. He won the Nationwide's Fort Smith Classic in 2009 and the Pete Dye Classic in 2006. He played on the 1997 U.S. World Amateur Team and has twice reached the latter stages of match play at the U.S. Amateur. Assisting Enloe is Chris Parra, a fourth-year assistant coach. Parra played at SMU from 1996-1998, before going pro in 1999. Following his collegiate career, Parra competed professionally for 14 years until 2014. Parra spent most of his professional career on the Web.com Tour where he played 36 events, garnishing one top-10 finish and four top-25 finishes. His best finish came in 2010, where he finished tied for seventh at the Fort Smith Classic. In 2006, Parra made his first PGA Tour appearance in the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, where he made the cut and finished 72nd overall. Later in his professional career, he played in the LatinoAm and the PGA Canada Tour. At the 2013 U.S. Open Local Sectional Qualifying, Parra carded a 70 to finish tied for second.

SMU LAUNCHES STATE-WIDE BRANDING CAMPAIGN: SMU Athletics and SMU are launching a state-wide branding campaign, featuring billboards, train and bus wraps and airport signage. Nearly 20 billboards will go up across Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Waco, while Dallas public transportation and Love Field will also get SMU branding.

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