United Athletic Conference

With the first month of the 2019-20 season coming to a close, a handful of teams will be in action this week. NM State tees off the competition on Friday at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate in Albuquerque, N.M. After hosting the Cougar Alumni Cup on Saturday, Chicago State will head to Lemont, Ill. for the Flyer Intercollegiate, beginning on Monday. Also beginning on Monday is the Nick Watney Invitational in Fresno, Calif. with California Baptist and Seattle U among the teams competiting.

 

Early in the fall season, Grand Canyon's Trevor Lampson holds the top stroke average at 70.7 through three rounds. Seattle U's Federico Gutierrez is second at 71.0, followed by Utah Valley's Jake Bryson at 71.2. Grand Canyon also holds the top team average at 289.0, followed by Seattle U (290.5) and Kansas City (291.7).

 

The 2020 WAC Men's Golf Championship heads back to Arizona as Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club will play host to the tournament on May 1-3, 2020. The championship Australian Sand Belt-style golf course sits on 320 acres of land that was once a part of Ak-Chin's original May 1912 reservation before it was removed by Presidential Executive Order in late 1912. Nearly 100 years later, in 2010, the Community recovered its sacred land when it purchased the Brian Curley and Fred Couples designed facility after it was originally developed as a private club. The course currently boasts several coveted accolades that include Golfweek's list of the "Top 100 Resort Courses," "Best Courses You Can Play," and "Top Casino Courses," as well as Golf Magazine's list of "Top 100 Courses You Can Play."