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NM STATE FAVORITE TO WIN 2017 WAC WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Three-time defending champion NM State was selected as the favorite to win the 2017 Western Athletic Conference women's golf title in a vote of the league's head coaches, who could not vote for their own team. The Aggies, who won last year's title by 16 strokes and the 2015 title by 34 strokes, received all six possible first-place votes for 36 points. Seattle U was selected second with 30 points while UMKC picked up the remaining first-place vote to take third with 26 points. Utah Valley was selected fourth with 19 points to edge out UTRGV, who is fifth, by one point. CSU Bakersfield was selected sixth, followed by Chicago State in seventh. The 2017 WAC Women's Golf Championship tees off April 19 at Indian Hills Country Club in Mission Hills, Kan.
ON THE TEE
For the men, it's the last week of the regular season and six teams will play in one final tournament before heading to Mesa, Ariz. for the 2017 WAC Men's Golf Championship at Longbow Golf Club. Grand Canyon, Seattle U and Utah Valley will all be at the El Macero Classic, starting Thursday and hosted by UC Davis. Chicago State heads to Macomb, Ill. for the Beu/Mussatto Invitational while UMKC travels to Iowa for the Hawkeye Invitational. CSU Bakersfield will wrap up play with a trip to the coast to participate in the Cal Poly Invitational.
CHAMPIONSHIP COURSES
The 2017 WAC Women's Golf Championship heads to The Sunflower State as the conference champion will be named on April 21 at Indian Hills Country Club in Mission Hills, Kan. Designed by A.W. Tillinghast in 1927, Indian Hills' Golf Course has played host to more than 50 USGA and State Amateur qualifying events. In 2001, the club proudly hosted the 53rd U.S. Girls' Junior Championship, the first USGA conducted championship held at any club in Kansas City in over 40 years.
The 2017 WAC Men's Golf Championship heads back to Arizona as the men will play for the trophy at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Ariz. The course first opened in 1997 and was redisgned in the fall of 2003. The redesign included a striking new clubhouse, expandad acreagae, revamped practice facility. The redesign improves upon perfection by lengthening the total yardage to 7,050 from the back tees and expanding the fairways to be enjoyable by players of all skill levels.