SAN ANTONIO — Under the direction of third-year head coach John Knauer, the UTSA men’s golf team will open the 2010-11 season at the UTA Waterchase Invitational to be held Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 20-21, at Waterchase Golf Club (7,304 yards, par 72) in Fort Worth, Texas. The field will play 36 holes on Monday with an 8 a.m. shotgun start, followed by 18 holes with tee times beginning at 8 a.m.
Where: Waterchase Golf Club (7,304 yards/par 72) – Fort Worth, Texas
When: Monday, Sept. 20 – Tuesday, Sept. 21
Format: Two-day event; 8 a.m. shotgun start for 36 holes on Monday, 8 a.m. tee times for 18 holes on Tuesday
Tournament Field: Central Arkansas, Houston Baptist, Louisiana Tech, McNeese State, Nicholls, North Texas, Rice, Sam Houston State, Santa Clara, Southern Illinois, Southern Mississippi, Stephen F. Austin, Texas-Pan American, Texas Wesleyan, Texas State, UT Arlington, UTSA, Wichita State.
Defending Team Champion: Rice 858 (-6)
Defending Individual Champion: Dustin Garza (Wichita State), 280 (-8)
UTSA Lineup
Eddie DeVane (Fr. – San Antonio, Texas)
· Four-time all-state, all-district and team MVP honoree at Antonian Prep
· Registered a 74.00 stroke average as a senior in 2010
· Posted four wins and helped Antonian to a pair of tournament titles
Nicko Dodd (So. – Sugar Land, Texas)
· Honorable mention All-Southland Conference in 2009-10
· Posted the team’s second-best stroke average — 77.00 last season
· Tied for fifth, a career-best finish, with a pair of 73s at the 2010 J.L. Lewis Intercollegiate
Mitchell Griffin (So. – Driftwood, Texas)
· Recorded a 77.34 stroke average, third on the team, in 2009-10
· Carded a 73-73-77—223 to tie for 21st, a career high, at the 2009 Lone Star Invitational
· 2010 Amateur Public Links Qualifier medalist
Ryan Werre (Fr. – Redcliff, Alberta)
· Posted seven individual wins in 2009, including his last four tournaments of the season
· 2009 CN Future Links Western Championship runner-up
· Finished fifth at the 2010 Alberta Golf Association Junior Championship
Payne Wilkie (Jr. – Austin, Texas)
· Posted a career-best finish of 27th at the 2009 Southland Conference Championship
· Registered an 80.64 stroke average in 2009-10
· Logged a 77.39 stroke average as a freshman in 2008-09
Lewis Chong (Sr. – Lethbridge, Alberta) — playing as individual
· Team captain
· Posted a 78.17 stroke average through 24 rounds in 2009-10
· Finished a career-best 14th at the 2008 UTSA Intercollegiate
