Southern Highlands Collegiate
Southern Highlands Golf Club – Las Vegas, Nev.
Par 72 – 7,510 yards
Feb. 27 - March 1, 2022
Scoring
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In a short turnaround following its ninth-place performance at The Prestige in southern California, the SMU men's golf team resumes its spring campaign on Sunday in Las Vegas as it tees off in the Southern Highlands Collegiate, hosted by UNLV.

Event Info
The Mustangs' sixth appearance at the Southern Highlands Collegiate will be held at the par-72, 7,510-yard Southern Highlands Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. There will be 18 holes of golf each day between Sunday, Feb. 27 and Tuesday, March 1. Live scoring will be available via Golfstat.

The Field
In addition to the Mustangs, the 15-team field includes No. 24 Florida, No. 9 Georgia, No. 12 Georgia Tech, No. 19 Illinois, No. 29 New Mexico, No. 35 Northwestern, No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 5 Pepperdine, No. 65 San Diego, No. 55 TCU, No. 15 Texas, No. 51 UCLA, No. 122 UNLV, and No. 103 USC. SMU currently files in at No. 62. Rankings courtesy of Golfstat.

Mustangs
Ollie Osborne enters day one of the Southern Highlands Collegiate looking to build on the momentum he amassed through the final round of The Prestige. The junior logged two eagles through the first nine holes of the final round of the PGA West tournament, tying the second-best score of the field through the front nine of the third round. Osborne finished the final round with a two-under 69 and tied for 45th in a field of 120 competitors. Osborne's two eagles for SMU tied the most for an individual, and was second only to San Francisco's three throughout the three-day event. The junior finished with the seventh-best individual performance on par fives (-3, 4.67 avg.).

Prescott Butler led scoring for SMU throughout the week at The Prestige, finishing with a team-high 12-over 220, just three strokes shy of the junior's 54-hole best (+9 222, Trinity Forest Invitational, Mar. 7-9, 2021). Three consecutive birdies to open the final round had Butler placed as high as third on the day, before ending the round with a four-over 75 and completing the tournament tied for 12th.

Nathan Petronzio opened the spring season leading the Mustangs efforts at the Southwestern Invitational, carding a one-over 215, good for a 13th-place ranking. An under-four first round propelled Petronzio through the week's competition, keeping him within striking distance of a medal finish. The junior's -10 performance at par-five holes tied for the best in the tournament, hitting par or better on all twelve par-five holes played, including an eagle on a second-round 15th hole. The AAC Freshman of the Year finished at The Prestige tied for 53^rd.

Senior Noah Goodwin finished The Prestige with a 15-over 228, tying for 59^th against the field. The AAC Golfer of the Year opened the spring at the Southwestern Invitational finishing with a three-over 219, and closing the final round tied for 27^th.  

Tee Times
Justin Thompson: 11:30 a.m.; Ollie Osborne: 11:40 a.m.; Prescott Butler: 11:50 a.m.; Nathan Petronzio: 12 p.m.; Noah Goodwin: 12:10 p.m. All times central.

Last Time at the Southern Highlands Collegiate
No. 10 SMU's Mac Meissner shot a 6-under 210 to finish in a tie for fourth and lead the men's golf team at the Southern Highlands Collegiate. The Mustangs finished tied for eighth with Georgia.  

Last Fall
SMU completed a fall season which included its second-consecutive title berth at the Mustangs' own Trinity Forest Invitational in the fall. Goodwin led the way for the Mustangs throughout, hitting a tournament-low 65 in the second round on the way to an individual title at -15 for the event, the second-lowest score of a champion in the event's history. Including Goodwin's medal finish, three Mustangs finished inside of the top 20 (Goodwin 1st, Osborne/Holden Wisener T-5th), while the team totaled nine rounds in the 60's throughout the event.

The Mustangs, whose 2021 season ended with a 17th-place finish in the NCAA Championships, posted four top-three finishes as a team in eight events, including the win at the spring Trinity Forest Invitational. Goodwin, who finished the season setting the program's single season stroke average record (70.00), posted an individual victory at the NCAA Stillwater Regional. The Mustangs finished the year with a total of nine top-five individual finishes among four different players.

Meissner Finishes Fourth To Lead No. 10 Men's Golf at Southern Highlands
Petronzio, Goodwin Lead Mustangs Through Final Round of the Southwestern Invitational