Sunday, September 20, 2009

McNeese Golf to Play in UTA Classic

LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA (September 20, 2009) McNeese State's golf team opens its fall season by playing in the UTA Classic at the Waterchase Golf Course in Ft. Worth, TX on Monday and Tuesday.

Making up the Cowboy team will be Ben Suarez, David Wiggins, Corey Halsell, Derek Bonvillain and Dayton Bordelon.

Suarez led a five round qualifying tournament over the past two weeks by shooting one under par 359 while Wiggins was at 361 and Halsell at 363. Wiggins, Halsell and Bonvillain all posted the low single round, a three under 69.

UTA's tournament calls for 36 holes to be played on Monday and 18 on Tuesday.

It’s going to be a good tournament for the Cowboys to start off in. UTA is one of the stronger teams in the conference and the field will be 17 teams including seven other squads from the Southland.

Other teams entered are Central Arkansas, Houston Baptist, Louisiana Tech, Nicholls State, Oklahoma Christian, Rice, Sam Houston State, SFA, Texas State, UT San Antonio,UC Irvine,UC Riverside,UNO, Wichita State, North Texas and Western Kentucky.

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