RENO, Nev. - The University of Nevada men's golf team will travel to Provo, Utah for the Ping Cougar Classic. BYU will host the 18-team tournament held at the par 72, 6,902-yard Riverside Country Club, Friday-Saturday, April 23-24.
The field includes; Nevada, Augusta State, BYU, Boise State, CSU Northridge, Colorado State, Fresno State, Idaho, NMSU, UNLV, Northern Colorado, Pacific, Southern Utah, Utah, Utah State, Utah Valley, Weber State and Wyoming.
Teams will play 36 holes Friday and follow with the final 18 holes Saturday with tee times beginning at 7:00 a.m. Pacific Time both days.
Traveling for the Wolf Pack are seniors Taylor Coffman (San Diego, Calif.), Jared Becher (Reno, Nev.) and Ryan Hallisey (Granite Bay, Calif.), junior Scott Smith (Fallon, Nev.) and senior Travis Esway (Granite Bay, Calif.)
The Cougar Classic marks the final tournament for the men's team before they head to the 2010 Western Athletic Conference Championship.
A recap and results after each day can be found at nevadawolfpack.com
Last Time Out:
The Wolf Pack carded 29-over 669 (284-306-279) to finish in 10th place at the Cowboy Classic hosted by the University of Wyoming and held in Scottsdale, Ariz. at the par 70, 7,133 yard Talking Stick Golf Club April 5-6.
CSU Northridge took the win with a tournament total of one-over 841 (282-284-275), a nine-stroke advantage over second place University of San Diego (281-289-280=850). Western Carolina came in third at 14-over 854 (285-288-281) and Oklahoma (279-290-287) and Colorado (279-295-282) tied for fourth carding 16-over 865.
Senior Taylor Coffman was the top finisher for the Pack, finishing in seventh place. Coffman carded five-under 65 in round one followed by six-over 76 and one-over 71 to end at two-over 212. Senior Jared Becher tied for 44th after carding one-under 69 in the final round for a three round total of nine-over 219 (72-78-69). Senior Ryan Hallisey made a comeback in the third round carding five-under 65 to tie for 48th at ten-over 220 (81-74-65). Junior Scott Smith tied for 72nd at 14-over 224 (72-78-74) and senior Chris Plappert (75-79-78=232) finished in 108th place, respectively.
