Men's golf to travel to New York for first tournament

Thursday, September 2, 2010

The men’s golf team looks to start the season off strong this weekend, as it prepares to compete in its first tournament, the Turning Stone-Tiger Intercollegiate. The University of Missouri will host the competition in Verona, N.Y., Sept. 5-6.

Kansas’ young squad will rely heavily on the skills and leadership of senior captain Nate Barbee. Barbee participated in the NCAA Southwest Regional last season and tied for 39th place.

Photo by Mike Gunnoe

Sophomore Alex Gutesha chips the ball onto the green during the Kansas Invitational last year at the Alvamar Golf Course. Men's golf will travel to New York this weekend for a tournament hosted by arch-rival Missouri.

“We are really excited for this weekend,” Barbee said in a press release. “It will be a good test. They played a PGA tour there (Turner Stone) this summer, so it will be fun to play there. I think we have a good chance to win.”

Making their KU debuts at the tournament are freshman David Catt and junior Doug Quinones, a transfer from New Mexico Junior College. Quinones won the Scratch Match Play at Centennial Golf Club this summer, where he used to work part time.

Coach Kit Grove has been emphasizing the short game to his team as a means to help his athletes perform at their highest level.

“We just beat the short game to death,” Grove said. “You can mask a lot of weakness by having a strong short game.”

Other teams in the field this weekend include Missouri, Purdue, Binghamton, Niagara, Connecticut and George Washington. Missouri won last year’s event.

Despite the team’s inexperience, Barbee remains optimistic.

“As a team, we want to win as many tournaments as we can,” Barbee said in the release “We’ve been on a dry spell for about three years now. I think we are really going to surprise some people this year though.”

— Edited by Dana Meredith

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