Bruins Look to Continue Momentum at Amer Ari Invitational

LOS ANGELES – The UCLA men’s golf team returns to action at the Amer Ari Invitational hosted on Hapuna Golf Course in Waimea, Hawaii. The 54-hole stroke play event begins Thursday, Feb. 8 and will end on Saturday, Feb. 10.
 
The tournament plays a par 72 with a course yardage of 6.895. Each round will begin at 10:30 a.m. (PT).
 
Lineup (1-5): Pablo Ereño, Omar Morales, Mason Greene, Kyle An and Alvaro Muller. Ty Griggs will be competing as an individual.
 
Field: No. 4 Arizona State, No. 1 Auburn, No. 10 Georgia Tech, Hawai’i, Hawai’i-Hilo, No. 5 North Carolina, No. 16 Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Osaka Gakuin, Pacific, No. 14 Pepperdine, San Jose State, No. 6 Stanford, TCU, No. 20 Texas, No. 3 Texas Tech, UC Davis, UCLA and Washington.
 
The field of 20 features nine teams ranked in the top 25 of the latest GolfStat.com poll (Nov. 15, 2022), including four of the top 5 teams in the nation. For the second tournament in a row, the Bruins will battle it out with the two squads from the finals of the 2022 NCAA Championships: Texas and Arizona.
 
Last Time Out
The Bruins posted their best finish of the season last week at the Southwestern Invitational at North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village. A strong day two and day three catapulted UCLA from ninth into a tie for fifth (+16). Sophomore Pablo Ereño tied for ninth (-1) for his first top 10 finish of the season and the second of his career. Ereño shot a 1-under 71 and a 3-under 69 in his first two rounds of the tournament.
 
On day three, senior Mason Greene recorded two eagles in his round of 1-under 71 to follow up his 2-under 70 on day two. It was the first time in his collegiate career that Greene posted back-to-back under par rounds. He tied for 25th (+6) for the best finish of his collegiate career when competing as a member of the starting five.
 
Sophomore Omar Morales also put a double circle on his scorecard with an eagle three on the par-5 15th in the third round. His 2-under 70 performance moved him into the top 20.