USC Men’s Golf Back In Action At Inverness Intercollegiate

Men’s Golf | September 23, 2022

The USC men’s golf team, fresh off a pair of medalist honors from the season-opening week of action, returns to the links Monday and Tuesday (Sept. 26-27) at the Inverness Intercollegiate at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.

The Trojans, in their third season under Head Coach J.T. Higgins and assistant coach Matt Walton, opened the 2022-23 season with a second at the Husky Invitational while sophomore Jackson Rivera took first, complemented by senior Jack Boulger’s win at the adjacent Husky Individual Invitational.

Another challenge awaits the Trojans in Ohio against a packed 16-team field featuring host Toledo, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Virginia, Washington, Georgia Tech, Iowa, Louisville, Notre Dame, SMU, South Alabama, Texas Tech, Charlotte, East Tennessee State, Purdue and USC.

Two rounds of play begins Monday at 8:45 a.m. CT with the final round beginning Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. with tee times off 1 and 10. Results will be available at golfstat.com.

STREAMING COVERAGE

A portion of Tuesday’s final round can be viewed here on ESPN+ with a scheduled air time of 12-3 p.m. CT.  In addition, featured holes will be streamed on YouTube here.

LAST TIME AT INVERNESS

The last time USC played at Inverness was in the fall of 2008 and the Trojans finished fourth while Jamie Lovemark and Tim Sluiter tied for 10th. USC won the event to kick off the 2006-07 season with Lovemark — the NCAA champion that season — finishing third.

SEASON-OPENING SUCCESS

Sophomore Jackson Rivera won the Husky Invitational by four strokes while senior Jack Boulger won the Husky Individual Invitational by six — both the first titles of their collegiate careers — while the USC men’s team finished second at the Gold Mountain G.C. in Bremerton, Wash., to kick off the 2022-23 season. USC combined for a three-round 7-over 871 (293-281-297), finishing three strokes back of first-place Washington State and two ahead of third-place and host Washington.

Rivera never wavered during the final round and maintained at least a two-stroke lead throughout Tuesday and finished at 8-under 208 (67-70-71), closing with a birdie on 18. Rivera, who posted a pair of sixth-place finishes and a 10th as a freshman, has four top 10s in his past five starts.

Boulger won going away on Gold Mountain’s Cascade Course at 12-under…