MONROE, La. – The No. 26 ULM men's golf team makes the trek to Tucson, Arizona, to begin the spring portion of its 2020-21 schedule on Monday, January 25, at the Arizona Intercollegiate. It marks the second appearance for ULM in the three-day, 54-hole event, which will take place on the par-71, 7,192-yard course at Sewailo Golf Club.
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ULM is one of four teams ranked in the Golfstat Top-50 competing in the field, along with No. 20 Loyola Marymount, No. 27 BYU and No. 40 Iowa State. A total of 17 teams are involved in the tournament, hosted by the University of Arizona, including fellow Pac-12 Conference members Oregon, Oregon State, Utah, Washington and Washington State.
The Warhawks have rattled off six straight Top-5 team finishes dating back to a first-place performance at the Border Olympics on Feb. 25, 2020. That includes a tie for first in the Intercollegiate at the Grove, hosted by Middle Tennessee, which concluded on October 13, 2020. In the 17 rounds of play that have taken place in the last six tournaments, ULM has completed the round with a score of under 290 on 13 occasions, with the lowest, 278, taking place in the Little Rock Invitational, which marked the fall season finale.
The ULM playing card will include individuals
Guillaume Fanonnel,
Andoni Etchenique,
Otto Van Buynder,
Melan Dhaubhadel and
Mikkel Schmitt.
Fanonnel capped off a highly successful fall 2020 campaign by delivering three tournament titles in a four-week span. The Lyon, France, native claimed his first collegiate title on Sept. 30, 2020 with a 10-under-par score of 206 at the Graeme McDowell Invitational. Two weeks later, at the Intercollegiate at the Grove, Fanonnel came through with a 4-under-par score of 140, including a second-round 68, to force a three-way tie for first with Mercer's Jonathan Parker and Coastal Carolina's Tyler Gray.
Fanonnel completed the fall season with a first-place finish at the Little Rock Invitational with a 10-under-par score of 206. In 11 rounds of action, he had just two scores over 72 and managed a season-low 67 on three occasions, including two scores of 67 in second and third rounds of the Graeme McDowell Invitational. He is scheduled to be the final Warhawk to tee off on Monday at 12 p.m. CST/11 a.m. MST.
Etchenique, like his senior classmate Fanonnel, also enjoyed a solid fall slate for the Warhawks. Etchenique had three Top-10 outings, including a second-best second-place performance at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate, which came by virtue of a 5-under-par score of 211. His best two sub-70 rounds resulted in scores of 68, which came in the third round of the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate and first round of the Intercollegiate at the Grove. He is set to tee off at 11:40 a.m. CST/10:40 MST Monday.
Van Buynder, a sophomore, took part in all four fall tournaments, earning his fifth Top-10 finish along the way. That performance came at the Intercollegiate at the Grove where he finished 1-under-par with a score of 143, helping the Warhawks earn the tournament crown. He is slated to tee off at 11:50 a.m. CST/10:50 MST Monday.
Dhaubhadel, the Berkshire, England, native, looks to carry his solid play from the fall into the spring in the event. Dhaubhadel earned his first collegiate Top-10 finish in the final fall tournament, the Little Rock Invitational, by placing sixth with a 5-under-par score of 211. Dhaubhadel completed the final round of action with a 66, marking the lowest score of his ULM career thus far. He is scheduled to tee off at 11:40 a.m. CST/10:40 MST Monday.
The Arizona Intercollegiate will mark the debut of Schmitt, who did not take part in any fall tournaments. Schmitt tees off at 11:50 a.m. CST/10:50 MST on Monday.
