The Kansas men’s golf team will head to San Antonio tomorrow after a one-week respite. The team will begin play at the UTSA Invitational on Monday.

Two weeks ago the team started its spring season in Waikoloa, Hawaii, where it finished in an 11th-place tie at the Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate at the Waikoloa Village Course. The Jayhawks finished only two strokes behind Arizona State and Stanford, setting an all-time Kansas golf record by shooting 31 under as a team for the tournament.

The Jayhawks, who won the tournament in San Antonio last spring, will try to defend their title this weekend.

“I think that the team we are going to have to look out for the most is UTSA because they know the course the best,” sophomore Tyler Docking said. “We know that we can win down there because we did it last year, and we know that if we play well enough we’ll win it again.”

Coach Ross Randall also feels confident about his team going into the event after its performance in Hawaii.

“I’m fairly happy with what went on in our last event,” Randall said. “I think we played really well as a team in Hawaii, and we sure look to improve on things.”

The University of Texas at San Antonio will host the tournament, which will be played at Oak Hills Country Club.

Docking, senior Kevin Ward and senior Andrew Price have earned exempt status and did not have to qualify to play in the tournament. Sophomore Gary Woodland, junior Pete Krsnich and junior Luke Trammell round out the remaining three Jayhawks who qualified for the tournament. The team played qualifying rounds last week and early this week at Alvamar Country Club. The recent nice weather has been a big factor in allowing the team to get outside to play, Randall said.

“Our main goal with preparing for the tournament now is to find out who we will have going, and after that we have to hope for one more week of nice weather,” he said.

There’s a good chance that Randall’s weather request will come true, as temperatures are expected to be in the low 70s for the opening round.