Utah Golf to Test Mettle at Stanford’s The Goodwin

Dates: March 30-April 1
Location: TPC Harding Park | San Francisco, Calif.
Par/Yardage: Par 70/7,193 Yards
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THIS WEEK
In two of their first three tournaments in the spring, the University of Utah men’s golf team has set a season-best, first by posting their lowest score of the year at the John Burns Intercollegiate, then with their highest finish at the Bandon Dunes Championship. The next chance for the Utes to continue building on their solid spring comes at The Goodwin, a 54-hole tournament hosted by the Stanford Cardinal at TPC Harding Park and it will run from Thursday through Saturday in San Francisco.
 
This will represent the second of three trips to California for Utah in 2022-23, with the last instance being the Pac-12 Championships at the end of April, but it will be the team’s first time competing in The Goodwin since the spring of 2018. The Utes’ best score in that event belonged to Blake Tomlinson, who was 1-over through the final 54 holes and, in a field of over 130 players, including future PGA Tour Champion Collin Morikawa, Tomlinson tied for 59th.
 
The 2022 version of The Goodwin was won by Washington with a score of 22-under, while Nevada’s Peyton Callens posted a mark of 13-under to win the individual title. This year’s competition will mark the 53rd edition of this tournament.
 
THE FIELD
A total of 28 teams will be competing for the tournament championship, including a pair of top 10 squads in the seventh-ranked Cardinal and No. 10 Georgia Tech. Among the teams making up the rest of the field are No. 13 Oklahoma and eight more Pac-12 programs, including the Utes.
 
UTAH’S LINE-UP
Five players will be in Utah’s lineup in San Francisco and that list will consist of Javier Barcos, Braxton Watts, Brandon Robison, Go Nakatsukasa and Martín León.
 
COACHES THOUGHTS: Head Coach Garrett Clegg
“This is going to be a tough week,” said Clegg. “It’s one of the best tournaments we will play in this year. There is a huge field and the golf course is extremely difficult. We will have the same line-up for three straight weeks and I’m excited to see how we can handle this week.” 
 
LAST TIME OUT
Clegg’s crew nearly claimed its first team championship of the season at the Bandon Dunes Championship in Oregon before finishing tied for second, the…