SAN ANTONIO ? The UTSA men’s golf team travels to New Mexico this weekend for the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate. The two-day tournament will be hosted by the University of New Mexico at The Championship Golf Course (par 72/7,248 yards). The event begins Friday morning with first- and second- round action and concludes the following morning with the final 18 holes.
“The Tucker is one of the oldest tournaments in the country and it draws a lot of good teams every fall.” UTSA head coach John Knauer said. “This is going to be a good challenge for our guys because of the strong field and the course knowledge that goes into it. I’ve been coming to this course for the last 12 years and know how this golf course plays, so that will be an advantage for us.”
The Roadrunners are coming off an eighth-place showing at the Mean Green Classic two weeks ago. UTSA shot a two-day total of 902 (304-290-308) and was led by senior Kyle Collins' sixth-place effort in the individual standings. Collins carded a final round 76 en route to and ended the two-day event with a 217. Lewis Chong shot a 227 and Payne Wilkie was one stroke behind him at 228. Both were competing in their first collegiate tournament.
More information about the nation's second-oldest tournament and live real-time results can be found here.
Knauer likes the new vision that UTSA has towards athletics, especially the golf team
by Anthony Caruso III, The Sports Capital
JohnKnauer, the new UTSA (University of Texas at San Antonio) Men’s GolfHead Coach, recently took time to do an interview with The SportsCapital. His Q&A feature is about his playing and coaching career.
Could you talk about playing golf at A&M Consolidated High School?
“Myhigh school career was extremely fun. I played for a very competitiveteam and had the chance to play with some great players from the stateof Texas. Players that were my age at the time I played in High Schoolwere guys ? like Tripp Kunene, Justin Leonard, Harrison Frasier, AlanBratton, etc. It was a fun time to be in high school and competeagainst them.”
What did it mean to you win first-team all-region?
“Well,it was a nice honor, but I was more excited that our team advanced tothe state finals. In Texas, there are tons of great teams. Only eightmake it to the finals. That was a great honor.”
Read the rest of the interview here.
