Utah Golf Media Guide 2018-19 2018-19 Utah Utes Men’S Golf
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UTAH GOLF MEDIA GUIDE 2018-19 2018-19 UTAH UTES MEN’S GOLF QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Location: . .Salt Lake City, Utah 2018-19 Season Information Metro Population: . .1,124,197 Quick Facts/Team Info . 1 Elevation: . 4,657 feet above sea level 2018-19 Roster . 2 President: . Dr . Ruth V . Watkins 2019 Schedule / 2018 Fall Results . 3 Director of Athletics: . Mark Harlan Season Outlook . 4 Founded: . .1850 2018 Fall Season Recaps . 5-6 Enrollment: . 33,023 Nickname: . Utes Coaching Staff Colors: . .Red and White Head Coach Garrett Clegg . 7-8 Mascot: . Swoop (Red-tailed Hawk) Assistant Coach Chance Cain . 8 Conference: . Pac-12 Vounteer Assistant Coach Dustin Pimm . 8 Affiliation: . NCAA Division I Website: . .www .UtahUtes .com Meet the Utes Dylan Chugg / Jordan Costello . 9 Kyler Dunkle / Axel Einarsson . 10 COACHING STAFF Peyton Hastings / Tristan Mandur . 11 Head Coach: . Garrett Clegg (3rd Season) Oscar Maxfield / Mitchell Schow . 12 Phone: . 801 .230 .1587 Colton Tanner / Blake Tomlinson . 13 E-mail: . gclegg@huntsman .utah .edu Assistant Coach: . Chance Cain (3rd Season) 2017-18 Season Review Phone: . 432 .466 .3753 Season Statistics/Final Results . 14 E-mail: . ccain@huntsman .utah .edu Volunteer Assistant Coach: . Dustin Pimm (3rd Season) Utah Golf History & Records Year-by-Year Results . 15-18 TEAM INFORMATION Record Book . 19-23 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . 6/1 Newcomers: . 4 2017-18 Best Finish: . 1st, Colorado Mark Simpson Invitational Pac-12 Finish: . 12th First Year of Golf: . 1946 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Sr . Associate A .D . / Communications Director: . .Liz Abel Associate Director (Golf Contact): . Brooke Frederickson Office Phone: . 801 .581 .8302 E-Mail: . .BFrederickson@huntsman .utah .edu Associate Director: . Drew Wiseman Associate Director: . Dameon Myres Assistant Director: . Jordie Lindley Assistant Director: . Joseph Feldman Office Manager: . Lynde Hoopes Student Assistant (Golf): . Mady White E-Mail: . mwhite@huntsman .utah .edu CREDITS The 2018-19 University of Utah golf fact book was designed by Brooke Frederickson, Associate Director of Athletic Communications, along with student assistant Mady White . Photography provided by Steve Wilson, Brooke Frederickson, Alina Rogers and the Utah Athletics Department . WWW.UTAHUTES.COM 2018-19 UTAH UTES MEN’S GOLF 2018-19 ROSTER 2018-19 UTAH UTES GOLF ROSTER Name Year Hometown / Last School Dylan Chugg Fr . Ogden, Utah / Fremont High School Jordan Costello Jr . Pinedale, Wyo . / Pinedale High School Kyler Dunkle Sr . Larkspur, Colo . / Colorado State Axel Einarsson Fr . Ludvika, Sweden / Filbornaskolan SCHEDULE/RESULTS Peyton Hastings So . Bountiful, Utah / Woods Cross High School Tristan Mandur So . Mill Bay, British Columbia, Canada / Shawnigan Lake School Oscar Maxfield Fr . Salt Lake City, Utah / Highland High School Mitchell Schow Jr . Ogden, Utah / Park City High School Colton Tanner R-Fr . Park City, Utah / International Junior Golf Academy (S .C .) Blake Tomlinson So . Salt Lake City, Utah / Skyline High School SEASON OUTLOOK SEASON Coaching Staff Head Coach: Garrett Clegg - 3rd Season Assistant Coach: Chance Cain - 3rd Season Volunteer Assistant Coach: Dustin Pimm FALL RECAPS FALL 2018-19 UTAH UTES COACHING STAFF COACHING MEET THE UTES 2017-18 RESULTS 2017-18 RESULTS HISTORY & RECORDS HISTORY (Back Row from L-R): Mitchell Schow, Peyton Hastings, Blake Tomlinson, Axel Einarsson, Dylan Chugg, Kyler Dunkle, Head Coach Garrett Clegg . (Front Row from L-R): Assistant Coach Chance Cain, Jonathan Wijono, Colton Tanner, Tristan Mandur, Oscar Maxfield, Jordan Costello, Volunteer Coach Dustin Pimm . 2 WWW.UTAHUTES.COM 2018-19 UTAH UTES MEN’S GOLF 2018-19 ROSTER 2019 SPRING SCHEDULE Date Tournament Location Course Host F 7-9 Amer Ari Invitational Waikoloa, Hawaii Waikoloa Kings Course Hawaii F 18-20 Prestige at PGA West La Quinta, Calif . Greg Norman Course UC Davis & Stanford M 11-13 Bandon Dunes Championship Bandon, Ore . Bandon Dunes - Old MacDonald Course Gonzaga M 18-19 NIT Championship Tucson, Ariz . OMNI Tucson National Golf Course Arizona SCHEDULE/RESULTS A 1-2 Redhawks Invitational University Place, Wash . Chambers Bay Golf Course Seattle University A 12-13 ASU Thunderbird Invitational Tempe Ariz . Papago Golf Course Arizona State A 22-24 Pac-12 Men’s Golf Championships Eugene, Ore . Eugene Country Club Pac-12 Conference/Oregon 2018 FALL RESULTS Date Tournament Location Course Host OUTLOOK SEASON S 9-10 Gopher Invitational Independence, Minn . Windsong Farm Golf Club Minnesota Team Finish: T-10th of 15 (+22, 293-295-286=874) Low Ute: Kyler Dunkle, T-32nd (+6, 73-74-72=219) & Axel Einarsson, T-32nd (+6, 71-74-74=219) S 17-18 Showdown in the Rockies Driggs, Idaho Huntsman Springs Utah Team Finish: 1st of 10 (-22, 66-70-67=203) Low Ute: Kyler Dunkle, 1st (-13, 66-70-67=203) S 24-25 Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational Erie, Colo . Colorado National Golf Club Colorado Team Finish: 2nd of 16 (-12, 279-292-281=852) RECAPS FALL Low Ute: Kyler Dunkle, T-1st (66-73-68=207) S 30-O 2 Marquette Invitational at Erin Hills Erin Hills, Wis . Erin Hills Golf Course Marquette Team Finish: 7th of 11 (+28, 292-308-292=892) Low Ute: Jordan Costello, T-25th (+5, 73-76-72=221) N 5-7 Saint Mary’s Invitational Pebble Beach, Calif . Poppy Hills Golf Club Saint Mary’s COACHING STAFF COACHING Team Finish: 12th of 18 (+26, 292-291-294=878) Low Ute: Kyler Dunkle, T-4th (-5, 71-68-69=208) MEET THE UTES 2017-18 RESULTS 2017-18 RESULTS HISTORY & RECORDS HISTORY 3 WWW.UTAHUTES.COM 2018-19 UTAH UTES MEN’S GOLF 2018-19 ROSTER 2019 SEASON OUTLOOK Written By: Men’s Player of the Year . Einarsson is tied for fifth in the country Utah Sports Information Director Brooke Frederickson and with four Eagles this year . Student Assistant, Mady White SCHEDULE/RESULTS “Overall we had an inconsistent fall season,” said head coach The Utah men’s golf team will look to continue on the upward Garrett Clegg . “We showed that we are capable of winning at track as it enters the spring part of the 2018-19 campaign . Now the very highest level . I have a lot of confidence that we will in his third year at the helm of the Utah golf program, head coach play great golf this spring . We have an experienced core group of Garrett Clegg expects the team to prove that they are a program players and they are a hard-working group . This will be a fun and that can compete at the highest level of collegiate golf . very challenging spring season!” OUTLOOK SEASON Highlighting the fall events, the Utes took home the team title Utah golf will tee off the spring slate at the Amer Ari Invitational at the Showdown in the Rockies and senior Kyler Dunkle secured in Waikola, Hawaii, on Feb . 7-9 . The entire spring schedule for the his second career individual title by winning the event with a Utes will showcase the nation’s top programs and test the Utes combined score of 13-under par (66-70-67) . Utah also finished week in and week out . Following six regular season spring events, second overall at the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational, while the Utes will head to the Pac-12 Men’s Golf Championships, which RECAPS FALL Dunkle became Utah’s all-time leader in individual titles after will be hosted by Oregon on April 22-24 in Eugene, Ore . notching another individual win to have three career titles . Dunkle is leading Utah with a 71 .1 strokes per round average through the fall . Junior Jordan Costello finished the fall second in scoring average STAFF COACHING behind Dunkle (73 .1) and posted a top-10 finish at Utah’s Showdown in the Rockies event to help the Utes secure the team title . Earlier this fall, he was named the Wyoming State Golf Association Player of the Year . Along with Dunkle and Costello, Blake Tomlinson also appeared MEET THE UTES in every event of the fall slate, picking up his best finish at the Mark Simpson Invitational where he placed tied for 14th overall . Last season Tomlinson became the first Utah golfer to qualify for an NCAA Regional since 2007 and he is averaging 73 .7 strokes per round this season . 2017-18 RESULTS 2017-18 RESULTS Other key contributors to the Utah men’s golf team this fall were junior Mitchell Schow, sophomore Tristan Mandur, and freshman Axel Einarsson . Schow and Mandur finished fifth and ninth overall, respectively, at the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational, while Einarsson had his best finish of the fall at the Showdown in & RECORDS HISTORY the Rockies where he placed tied for 27th . Mandur is second on the team with a 73 .6 strokes per round average through the fall over 12 rounds . Schow was named the 2018 Utah Golf Association 4 WWW.UTAHUTES.COM 2018-19 UTAH UTES MEN’S GOLF 2018-19 ROSTER 2018 FALL RECAPS/FINAL RESULTS GOPHER INVITATIONAL | SEPT. 9-10, 2018 “Kyler was just amazing this week,” Clegg stated . “His first-round score of 66 tied the course record at INDEPENDENCE, Minn . – The Utah men’s golf team recorded their best round of the Gopher Invitational on Huntsman Springs . He played incredible from start to finish ”. Monday to close out the two-day event finishing in 10th place at the par-71, 7,368-yard Windsong Farm Golf Club . Junior Jordan Costello also had a big day for the Utes as he went 4-under par (68) to crack into the top-10 of the event, finishing in a tie for ninth place at 2-under par (68-78-68=214) . Sophmore Blake Tomlinson SCHEDULE/RESULTS After struggling to end Sunday’s second round on a good note, the Utes turned things around on Monday recorded a top-20 finish as well, placing in a tie for 17th place with a combined score of 2-over par (70-70- and shot 2-over par (286) to close out the 54-hole tournament .