LOS ANGELES – The UCLA men’s golf team begins the spring portion of its schedule on Monday, Jan. 30 at the Southwestern Invitational hosted at North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, Calif. Highlights from the three-day, 54-hole stroke play event will be aired on the Golf Channel for each round from 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. PT.
The course is a par 72 with a yardage of 7,017.
Lineup (1-5): Omar Morales, Pablo Ereño, Mason Greene, Alvaro Muller and Kyle An.
Field: No. 4 Arizona State, Georgia, Oregon, No. 14 Pepperdine, No. 19 San Diego State, San Jose State, No. 20 Texas, USC, UCLA, UNLV, Wake Forest and Washington. *
* GolfStat team rankings as of Nov. 15, 2022.
Tournament History
UCLA has been attending the Southwestern Invitational since its beginning in 1978 when Bruin Corey Pavin won the inaugural medal by one stroke (-10, 278). Three Bruins have been crowned as individual champions four times in the event’s 44-year history: Corey Pavin (1978, 1981), Steve Conway (2003) and Patrick Cantlay (2011).
UCLA has captured the team title at the Southwestern Invitational on five occasions (1979, 1981, 1984, 2003 and 2018). UCLA’s 1981 win by 26 strokes is the largest margin of victory in the tournament’s history.
The Bruins have finished seventh in the last two editions of the tournament in 2020 and 2022.
Recapping the Fall Season
Freshman Kyle An had an impressive showing in the first half of his first collegiate season with a team-leading 72.9 stroke average. An went sub-70 in his first collegiate round with a 3-under 67 at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate. He went on to post two top 20 finishes at his next two events at the Folds of Honor Collegiate (t-19th) and Blessings Collegiate Invitational (t-15th).
Sophomore Pablo Ereño is second on the team with a 73.5 scoring average
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