Oct. 24, 2009
LAS VEGAS - The UNLV men's golf team, ranked 17th in the nation in the Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches' Poll, Golfweek's poll and by Golfstat's head-to-head rankings, will play its final tournament of the fall season on Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 26-27, at the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate, which will be played at the par 72, 7,074-yard New Mexico State University Golf Course in Las Cruces, N.M.
The tournament will feature 17 teams and include Air Force, Boise State, Idaho, Illinois State, Kansas, Kansas State, Nevada, Reno, Nebraska, host New Mexico State, North Texas, Rhode Island, Santa Clara, Texas State, UNLV, UTEP, Washington State and Western New Mexico. The 54-hole stroke-play tournament will consist of two rounds (36 holes) on Monday, while the final round (18 holes) will be played on Tuesday. Tee times begin each day at 8 am MT.
Scheduled to compete for UNLV will be seniors Brett Kanda and Eddie Olson, sophomores Derek Ernst and Colby Smith, and freshman Kevin Penner. UNLV did not play in last year's Wimberly Intercollegiate, which was won by the host Aggies.
After opening the fall season with a team title at the William H. Tucker Invitational, UNLV has finished third, eighth and third in its next three outings. Live online scoring will not available for this tournament, but results will be posted daily at UNLVRebels.com.
