ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The New Mexico men’s golf team looks to continue its strong play as it travels to the Southern Highlands Collegiate, hosted by the UNLV. The tournament will run Feb. 27-Mar. 1 at the 7,510-yard, par-72 Ocean Course at Southern Highlands Golf Club in Las Vegas.
The tournament will consist of one round per day, Sunday through Tuesday. Live scoring will be available on Golfstat.com.
This year’s tournament features an elite field of 15 schools, including seven ranked in the GolfStat Top 25. The Lobos, ranked No. 29 nationally in the latest GolfStat rankings, will compete against No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 5 Pepperdine, No. 9 Georgia, No. 12 Georgia Tech, No. 15 Texas, No. 19 Illinois, and No. 24 Florida. Host UNLV, Northwestern, San Diego, SMU, TCU, UCLA and USC round out the field.
New Mexico’s lineup for the event is Sam Choi, Brandon Shong, Bastien Amat, Carson Herron and Matthew Watkins.
The Lobos are coming off a victory at the John Burns Intercollegiate in Hawai’I last week, their second win of the season. New Mexico opened the spring schedule in January with a runner-up finish at the Arizona Intercollegiate.