BOULDER — The University of Colorado men’s golf team will open the fall portion of its schedule this Thursday, competing in the prestigious Mirabel Maui Jim Intercollegiate in Scottsdale, Ariz.
A full five-man team and two non-scoring individuals will open the season this Friday in the Maui Jim, with temperature forecast each day to be in the 110-degree range, give or take, with no precipitation and minimal winds. Two individuals actually kick off CU’s season in the Colorado State Ram Masters Invitational in Fort Collins on Wednesday and Thursday, where it will be much cooler, in the upper 80s.
The Mirabel Maui Jim will take place on the 7,147-yard, par-71 Mirabel Club course layout, with entrants playing 18 holes Friday through Sunday; the approximately three dozen individuals competing will play separately and just Friday (18 holes) and Saturday (36 holes) at the Legend Trail Golf Club, which will feature a 6,845-yard, par-72 configuration. In the Rams’ meet, Fort Collins Country Club will play to a par-70 covering 7,218-yards.
Colorado is coming off its best season under head coach Roy Edwards, who begins his 18th season at the reins of the program. The Buffaloes finished third in both the Pac-12 Conference and NCAA Central (Norman) Regional and went on to finish 21st in the NCAA Championship Finals.
“The Maui Jim always has a really good field, with a lot of top level teams with some good mid-major programs, definitely a stern test and a good way to start the season,” said CU head coach Roy Edwards. “We’ve got a really strong lineup this year, from one through 10, and that was shown in our qualifying that was very close. It a motivated, deep team with several guys who played a lot of good golf this summer.
“We’re looking to build on what we did last season, and we will do that by competing and believing in ourselves. Really focusing on our short game.
This is just the second time the Buffs will play in the Mirabel Maui Jim Invitational, having played in the shortened 2019-20 season due to COVID. Colorado finished 14th that year, but had a much more inexperienced team that the squad that will travel to Scottsdale this year. The team departs Wednesday afternoon for Arizona.
The field will be solid test of…
A full five-man team and two non-scoring individuals will open the season this Friday in the Maui Jim, with temperature forecast each day to be in the 110-degree range, give or take, with no precipitation and minimal winds. Two individuals actually kick off CU’s season in the Colorado State Ram Masters Invitational in Fort Collins on Wednesday and Thursday, where it will be much cooler, in the upper 80s.
The Mirabel Maui Jim will take place on the 7,147-yard, par-71 Mirabel Club course layout, with entrants playing 18 holes Friday through Sunday; the approximately three dozen individuals competing will play separately and just Friday (18 holes) and Saturday (36 holes) at the Legend Trail Golf Club, which will feature a 6,845-yard, par-72 configuration. In the Rams’ meet, Fort Collins Country Club will play to a par-70 covering 7,218-yards.
Colorado is coming off its best season under head coach Roy Edwards, who begins his 18th season at the reins of the program. The Buffaloes finished third in both the Pac-12 Conference and NCAA Central (Norman) Regional and went on to finish 21st in the NCAA Championship Finals.
“The Maui Jim always has a really good field, with a lot of top level teams with some good mid-major programs, definitely a stern test and a good way to start the season,” said CU head coach Roy Edwards. “We’ve got a really strong lineup this year, from one through 10, and that was shown in our qualifying that was very close. It a motivated, deep team with several guys who played a lot of good golf this summer.
“We’re looking to build on what we did last season, and we will do that by competing and believing in ourselves. Really focusing on our short game.
This is just the second time the Buffs will play in the Mirabel Maui Jim Invitational, having played in the shortened 2019-20 season due to COVID. Colorado finished 14th that year, but had a much more inexperienced team that the squad that will travel to Scottsdale this year. The team departs Wednesday afternoon for Arizona.
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