Texas Border Business
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men’s golf team announced on Thursday that they will open their spring season at the Colin Montgomerie Invitational from March 7-8 at Augusta Pines Golf Course.
The Colin Montgomerie Invitational, hosted by Houston Baptist University, will be the first of five tournaments leading to the Western Athletic Conference Championship, which is being held from April 29-May 1 at Boulder Creek Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“We look forward to playing a competitive schedule on some great courses against some great fields,” UTRGV head coach Philip Tate said. “We thrive on competition and this schedule delivers. It is excellent preparation for the WAC Championship.”
The Vaqueros will look to defend their title at the Colin Montgomery Invitational after winning the event the last two years. This will mark the eighth-straight year UTRGV competes at the Colin Montgomery Invitational.
UTRGV will then compete at the Grand Canyon University Invitational from March 14-15 at GCU Golf Course.
UTRGV will once again host the Big Texan Invitational at Comanche Trace Golf Course from March 21-22 in Kerrville. It will be the fourth time in the last five years that the Vaqueros will host at Comanche Trace.
The Vaqueros will then tee it up at the Chambers Bay Invitational, hosted by Seattle U from April 4-5 before closing out the regular season at the All-American Intercollegiate, hosted by Rice, from April 11-12 at the Golf Club of Houston.
This season, the NCAA Regional Championships will take place May 15-18 at regional sites while the NCAA Championship will be held from May 28-June 1 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.
