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NEW ORLEANS – The University of New Orleans golf team wraps up its regular season with a trip back to Jonesboro, Ark. for the ASU Spring Invitational on April 13-14. Monday marks the second competitive outing for the Privateers at RidgePointe Country Club this season after playing in the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate in October.
This week's tournament will be the 19th time at RidgePointe Country Club for UNO golf, with the first appearance coming in 1997. The Privateers won the 2006 ASU Indian Classic with a score of 895. Two seasons ago, New Orleans finished with a score of 855 - its lowest team score at RidgePointe Country Club.
Matthew Lotz holds the individual Privateer scoring record at RidgePointe after shooting a 210 earlier this season at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate.
Tom Watson's score of 211 at that same tournament is the second lowest.
The Privateers finished tied for ninth at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate after shooting an 894 six months ago. UNO will send the same starting five it had at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate to the ASU Spring Invitational.
FORMAT
The teams will play 36 holes of golf on Monday and 18 on Tuesday.
Adam Trahan will tee off at 7:45 a.m. Monday and be followed by
Jude Bourque (7:53 a.m.), Lotz (8:01 a.m.),
Max Feistmantl (8:09 a.m.) and Watson (8:17 a.m.). New Orleans is paired with Arkansas State and HCU during the opening round.
The following schools are confirmed to compete in the event:
Arkansas State (hosts), Bradley, Lindenwood, Missouri State, Nicholls, Oral Roberts, Southeastern and Utah Valley. Every school competing this week will send at least one independent golfer as well.
THE LINEUP
1 –
Tom Watson Senior | 72.11 avg. this season
2 –
Max Feistmantl Senior | 74.13 avg. this season
3 –
Matthew Lotz Junior | 73.52 avg. this season
4 –
Jude Bourque Sophomore | 76.33 avg. this season
5 –
Adam Trahan RS Sophomore | 75.72 avg. this season
INDEPENDENT
Taylor Boasberg will play as an independent in Jonesboro. The Jesuit product has played in three tournaments this season with a scoring average of 77.7, a low round of 72 and a low 54-hole score of 224. He has played at RidgePointe Country Club twice in his UNO career, with scores of 221 and 227 last season.
THE COURSE
RidgePointe Country Club – Jonesboro, Ark.
6,565 yards, Par-72
72.4 rating, 132 Slope on Rye Grass.
WEATHER
Monday – high of 83 low of 67, windy and very warm, 25% chance of rain, SSW winds at 18 mph, gusts of 38 mph.
Tuesday – high of 85 low of 70, windy and very warm, 12% chance of rain, SSW winds at 18 mph, gusts of 38 mph.
LAST TIME OUT
Tom Watson picked up his fifth top-20 finish of the season after shooting a 216 at the Golfweek/Stifel Spring Challenge this week. At one point between rounds two and three Watson went 17 straight holes at par or better. The Privateers finished 14
th after shooting an 892.
14 New Orleans, U. of 301, 289, 302 | 892
T18
Tom Watson (1) 74, 68, 74 | 216
T44
Max Feistmantl (3) 74, 73, 75 | 222
T60
Adam Trahan (5) 76, 74, 76 | 226
T71
Jude Bourque (4) 77, 75, 77 | 229
T80
Matthew Lotz (2) 80, 74, 79 | 233
LAST TIME AT RIDGEPOINT COUNTRY CLUB
Tom Watson and
Matthew Lotz finished tied for 15th and 23rd, respectively, leading the University of New Orleans golf team to a ninth-place finish at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate in October.
T9 New Orleans, U. of 300, 296, 298 | 894
T15
Tom Watson 75, 72, 71 | 218
T23
Matthew Lotz 71, 75, 75 | 221
T38
Adam Trahan 75, 73, 77 | 225
T62
Jude Bourque 80, 76, 76 | 232
T67
Max Feistmantl 79, 82, 76 | 237
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