DENTON, Texas – The UNT men’s golf team opens its spring schedule Sunday at the Compadres Collegiate in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The nine-team field will play 54 holes at Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club, a 6,701-yard, par-72 layout, from Sunday to Tuesday.
This weekend marks UNT’s first competitive action since October 13-14 when it placed fourth at the Everett Buick GMC Classic. The Mean Green shot 10-under as a team there for their highest placement of the 2025 fall semester. Leading the charge was Blake Keen, who carded a 12-under 204 and had the best finish of his career in third.
Keen looks to recreate that momentum down in Mexico, where he’ll be joined in the UNT lineup by Alex Huang, Noah Blaickner, Mitchell Maier and Rayhan Latief. Joe Stover is also set to compete as an individual.
Huang was a key piece for the Mean Green this fall, starting in all four tournaments and compiling a team-leading 71.75 stroke average. He also shot par-or-better in eight of his 12 rounds played and added a top-10 finish at the Trinity Forest Invitational. Meanwhile, Maier matched Huang’s 71.75 stroke average in his first semester competing at the collegiate level and is poised to have an impactful spring.
Blaickner averaged 72.66 strokes per round throughout his four starts in the fall, while Latief joins the Mean Green lineup for the third time this season.
The playing field in Mexico includes Western Carolina, Morehead State, Drake, ULM, UTSA, Bellarmine, Northern Colorado and UTRGV, who is serving as the event’s host. The tournament is scheduled to begin Sunday at 8:30 a.m. CT with a shotgun start and can be followed live here.