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UCLA Travels to Empire State for Hamptons Intercollegiate

UCLA Travels to Empire State for Hamptons Intercollegiate


LOS ANGELES – The UCLA men’s golf team plays its second tournament of the fall season at the Hamptons Intercollegiate at Maidstone Golf Club in East Hampton, N.Y., beginning Monday, Oct. 2.
 
The two-day, 54-hole stroke play event will feature 36 continuous holes on Monday and finish with 18 holes on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Follow along the action at the GolfStat live scoring link.
 
UCLA Lineup: Luke Powell, Luciano Conlan, Kyle An, Mason Greene and Pablo Ereño.
 
UCLA Individual Competitors: Omar Morales.
 
The Field: No. 9 Alabama, Georgetown, Harvard, Howard, Loyola Maryland (host), Penn, Princeton, Ohio State, UCLA, No. 16 Virginia and Yale.
 
Weather Report: Sunny skies, temperature highs in the low 70s.
 
Par and Yardage: Par 72, 6,665 yards.
 
Last Time Out
The Bruins posted a t-6th (-3, 863) finish in their season-opening tournament at the Husky Invitational in Bremerton, Wash. last week. Freshman Luke Powell finished in third place (-10) in his collegiate debut to lead UCLA. Powell shot scores of 70-68-68 and totaled 11 birdies, two eagles and five bogeys over his three rounds. Powell’s performance was the best finish by a non-host school golfer.
 
Freshman Alex Papayoanou and sophomore Kyle An were the Bruins’ next two top scores, both tying for 32nd at 1-under for the tournament.
 
2022-23 In Review
UCLA recorded five top-5 team finishes in Kirakossian’s first year as head coach. The season was highlighted by a t-5th mark at the highly competitive Southwestern Invitational where two Bruins – Pablo Ereño and Omar Morales – finished in the top 20.
 
Morales was the most impressive individual performer in Kirakossian’s debut season. After finishing 89th in his first event of the season, Morales improved each tournament, culminating in the first medal of his collegiate career at the El Macero Classic.
 
Morales led UCLA with a 72.2 scoring average in 22 rounds and three top 20s last season. Ereño ranked second with a 72.3 average in 28 rounds, the most action by a Bruin golfer in 2022-23.
 
The sophomore An notched two top 20s in the his first fall season at the Folds of Honor Collegiate (t-19th, +4) and Blessings Collegiate…

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