{"id":458960,"date":"2026-02-05T00:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/458960\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T00:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:39:08","slug":"mens-golf-begins-spring-season-with-amer-ari-intercollegiate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/458960\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Golf Begins Spring Season With Amer Ari Intercollegiate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">KOHALA COAST, Hawai&#8217;i \u2014 UC Davis men&#8217;s golf opens its spring schedule in paradise this week, traveling to Hawai&#8217;i for the Amer Ari Intercollegiate at Mauna Lani Resort North Course, hosted by Hawai&#8217;i-Hilo and Hawai&#8217;i.<\/p>\n<p>HOW TO FOLLOW<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFeb. 5-7 \u2014 at Mauna Lani Resort North Course | <a href=\"https:\/\/scoreboard.clippd.com\/tournaments\/239040\/scoring\/participants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Live Stats<\/a> | @ucdavismgolf (X\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">TOURNAMENT NOTES<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe lineup for UC Davis is headlined by <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/lequan-wang\/20170\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20170\" target=\"_blank\">Lequan Wang<\/a>, coming off a top-five finish to close the fall season. Joining him are fall standouts <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/ryan-firpo\/20171\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20171\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Firpo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/shaun-nair\/20169\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20169\" target=\"_blank\">Shaun Nair<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/curtis-da-silva\/20166\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20166\" target=\"_blank\">Curtis Da Silva<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/ivan-sablan\/20172\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20172\" target=\"_blank\">Ivan Sablan<\/a>.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe three-day event will feature 18 holes of play each day from Thursday through Saturday. The field of competition is stacked with 20 teams, including several Power 4 programs: Hawai&#8217;i, Hawai&#8217;i-Hilo, Arizona State, Auburn, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Osaka Gakuin (Japan), Pacific, Pepperdine, San Jose State, Stanford, Texas, Texas Tech, UC Davis, UCLA, UT Arlington, Washington.&#13;<br \/>\n\tCourse: Mauna Lani Resort North Course \u2013 Kohala Coast, Hawai&#8217;i&#13;<br \/>\n\tPar\/Yardage: 72 \/ 6,913&#13;<br \/>\n\tFormat: The 20-team field will compete in a 54-hole collegiate tournament. Teams will play 18 holes per day. The low four individual scores will count toward the team score each round.&#13;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">SEASON NOTES<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tUC Davis returns to action following a fall campaign that saw the Aggies record a pair of top-10 individual finishes and a team-best eighth-place finish at the Ram Masters Invitational.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/lequan-wang\/20170\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20170\" target=\"_blank\">Lequan Wang<\/a> highlights the lineup, entering the spring with momentum after tying for fourth individually at the Marquette Intercollegiate in October.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/shaun-nair\/20169\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20169\" target=\"_blank\">Shaun Nair<\/a> also is fresh off a win at the\u00a02026 Nipomo Amateur Championship, one of the top amateur tournaments in the country.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/louis-grizot\/20167\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20167\" target=\"_blank\">Louis Grizot<\/a> provided maybe the\u00a0biggest highlight of the fall slate, capturing the AF Silver Individual title at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational. Grizot shot a 10-under 206.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/curtis-da-silva\/20166\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20166\" target=\"_blank\">Curtis Da Silva<\/a> also secured a career-best finish during the fall, placing 10th at the Ram Masters Invitational with a three-round total of 210 (E). &#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/ryan-firpo\/20171\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20171\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Firpo<\/a> added stability to the rotation, finishing as the top Aggie at the Windon Memorial Classic (T55) and securing a T34 finish at Marquette.&#13;<br \/>\n\tHead Coach <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/coaches\/cy-williams\/8843\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8843\" target=\"_blank\">Cy Williams<\/a> is in his 32nd year at the helm, continuing a tradition of success that has spanned more than three decades at his alma mater. Williams has guided the UC Davis program from a Division II power into its Division I era, leading the Aggies to 41 team victories and three Big West Conference championships.&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; KOHALA COAST, Hawai&#8217;i \u2014 UC Davis men&#8217;s golf opens its spring schedule in paradise&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-458960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}