RENO, Nev. – The Nevada men's golf team is headed to Arizona and has set its sights on winning its first Mountain West Championship this weekend.
 
The two-day, 54-hole championship begins this Friday, April 30 from OMNI Tucson National's Catalina Course in Tucson, Ariz. This marks the 13th time in the last 14 championships that the Mountain West will host its men's golf championship at this site. The only time in the last 14 championships the event has not been hosted there was during the 2018 season when the 11 teams competed at Gold Mountain GC in Bremerton, Wash.
 
If the Wolf Pack were to win this weekend it would be its first conference title since joining the Mountain West in 2012-13. The Wolf Pack's previous best finish in the MW Championship is third, which it has done twice (2015, 2018). According to Golfstat rankings, Nevada is the fourth-best team in the Mountain West at No. 65, just behind Boise State at No. 60. Two teams in the conference enter the championship ranked in the top 30 in the nation with New Mexico at No. 29 and San Diego State ranked at No. 25.
 
Head coach Jacob Wilner will send the same lineup from the Wolf Pack's regular season finale last week at the PING Cougar Classic. Competing in the championship this week for Nevada will be seniors Sam Harned, Sam Meek and Brendan MacDougall, along with juniors Peyton Callens and Trey Davis. Harned owns the lowest stroke average on the team at 71.5 and has two top 15 finishes this spring, including co-medalist honors at The Goodwin.
 
Live scoring for the entire tournament will be available on Golfstat.com.
 
Mountain West Championship
Date: April 30 - May 1
Course: OMNI Tucson National – Tucson, Ariz.
Par/Yardage: 72/7,194
Host: Mountain West
Field: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, Wyoming
Play: 54 holes of stroke play; 36 holes on Friday, 18 on Saturday
Live scoring: www.golfstat.com
 
LINEUP
1. Sam Harned
2. Sam Meek
3. Brendan MacDougall
4. Peyton Callens
5. Trey Davis
 
2021 Wolf Pack Season Schedule
SPRING SEASON
Feb. 15-17, THE PRESTIGE, T15th out of 24 teams, 287-294-298=879 (+27)
Mar. 8-10, LAMKIN SAN DIEGO CLASSIC, 2^nd out of 20 teams, 286-298-290=871 (+10)
Mar. 20-21, NATIONAL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT, 13^th out of 18 teams, 288-292-290=870 (+6)
Mar. 25-27, THE GOODWIN, 6^th out of 28 teams, 284-287-277=848 (+8)
Apr. 10-12, EL MACERO CLASSIC, 11^th out of 15 teams, 301-281-298=880 (+16)
Apr. 23-24, PING COUGAR CLASSIC, 10^th out of 19 teams, 285-295-277=857 (-7)
Apr. 30-May 1, MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIP, Omni Tucson National, Tucson, Ariz.