United Athletic Conference

 

California Baptist opened up the 2020 portion of the schedule on Jan. 26 with a Ryder Cup match with Cal State Fullerton, falling 11-7 to the Titans. The Lancers will be on the course again on Feb. 10 when they take part in the Battle at the Rock. Joining CBU in Riverside will be CSU Bakersfield, Grand Canyon and Utah Valley. UT Rio Grande Valley will also be in action, heading to Kyle, Texas for the Texas State Invitational.

 

Grand Canyon's Siripatsorn Patchana finishes the fall atop the stroke average leaderboard at 72.2 through 11 rounds played. NM State's Dominique Galloway is second at 73.0, followed by CBU's Jocelyn Chee in third at 73.3. On the team leaderboard, NM State leads the way with a 295.1 stroke average. Grand Canyon is second at 296.0, followed by California Baptist in third at 300.4.

 

California Baptist's Jocelyn Chee became the first medalist of the season, tying for the top spot at the Hobble Creek Fall Classic with an even-par 213 over 54 holes. NM State became the first WAC team to win a tournament, taking first at the Colonel Wollenberg's Ptarmigan Ram Classic with a 26-over-par 890. The Aggies picked up another team and individual title at their own Aggie Invitational as Amelia McKee took home medalist honors with a 5-under-par 211 and NM State earned the team title with a 3-under-par 861.

 

For the first time since 2004, the WAC Championship heads to Texas as Riverhill Country Club in Kerrville will play host to the conference tournament on April 26-28, 2020. Designed by Byron Nelson and Joe Finger, Riverhill has been host to over 40 USGA and Texas Golf Association events.