SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - The San José State men’s golf team is set to host the 79th Western Intercollegiate presented by Titleist, one of collegiate golf’s most prestigious events, from April 13–15 at the renowned Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif.
Live coverage of the tournament will be broadcast nationally on GOLF Channel. Three hours of coverage will be broadcast each day beginning at 4:00 p.m. (PT) on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
Among the 15 participating programs are some of the nation’s top teams, including:
- San José State
- No. 13 Pepperdine
- No. 18 Stanford
- No. 22 Arizona
- No. 24 BYU
- No. 30 USC
- No. 35 San Diego State
- No. 39 Washington
- No. 50 UNLV
- Cal
- Chattanooga
- Hawai‘i
- Oregon
- UC Irvine
- Nihon University (Tokyo, Japan) (Second straight appearance)
The event will also showcase 13 players currently ranked in the Top 100 of the NCAA Division I Men’s Individual Rankings
- No. 4 Henry Takis (San Diego State)
- No. 6 Mahanth Chirravuri (Pepperdine)
- No. 9 Kihei Akina (BYU)
- No. 27 Filip Jakubcik (Arizona, Back-to-Back Champion, 2023, 24)
- No. 29 Willy Walsh (Pepperdine)
- No. 34 Brady Siravo (Pepperdine)
- No. 59 Jaden Dumdumaya (USC)
- No. 62 Jay Leng (Stanford)
- No. 71 Ziqin “Eric” Zhou (Cal)
- No. 87 William Wistrand (Arizona)
- No. 91 Simon Kwon (BYU)
- No. 95 Aiden Krafft (Oregon)
- No. 98 Zach Pollo (Arizona)
Pasatiempo Golf Club will be set up as a par-70, measuring 6,511 yards, offering a challenging test for the field.
The Spartans’ participation is:
Admission is free and open to the public, making it a perfect opportunity for golf fans and the local community to experience high-level collegiate golf. Shuttles will be available from the parking areas.
This year’s field for The Masters includes these 19 Western Intercollegiate alumni:
- Patrick Cantlay (UCLA, Member of the 2011 Champion Team)
- Wyndham Clark (Oregon)
- Bryson DeChambeau (SMU)
- Ethan Fang (Competing as an Amateur; formerly with Cal, now at Oklahoma State)
- Ryan Gerard (North Carolina, Member of the 2018 Champion Team)
- Ben Griffin (North Carolina, Member of the 2018 Champion Team)
- Max Homa (Cal, Member of the 2013 Champion Team)
- Michael Kim (Cal, Member of the 2013 Champion Team)
- Jake Knapp (UCLA)
- Maverick McNealy (Stanford, 2016 Individual Champion and Member of the 2014 and 2016 Champion Teams)
- Collin Morikawa (Cal)
- Jon Rahm (Arizona State)
- Patrick Reed (Augusta)
- Xander Schauffele (San Diego State)
- Scottie Scheffler (Texas, 2015 Individual Champion and Member of the 2015 Champion Team)
- J.J. Spaun (San Diego State)
- Jordan Spieth (Texas, Member of the 2012 Champion Team)
- Mike Weir (BYU)
- Gary Woodland (Kansas)
NEXT UP: Following the Western Intercollegiate, San José State will travel to Tucson, Ariz., to compete in the Mountain West Championship at Tucson National Resort, May 3-5.
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