DALY CITY, Calif. \u2013 The Wake Forest men’s golf team continues its California swing at the Desimone Invitational in Daly City, California. The 54-hole tournament begins Monday with a shotgun start at 11:45 a.m. ET, as the Deacs play 36 holes alongside Arizona, Utah and USC. The final round on Tuesday will feature tee times starting as early as 11:30 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n
The field includes 15 teams, six of which qualified for last season’s NCAA Championship. Among the participants are two programs that advanced to match play at the 2025 NCAA Championships, Texas and Arizona State, both of which tied for fifth. Pepperdine (12th), Wake Forest (15th), Cal (17th) and UCLA (20th) also finished inside the top 20 of last year’s NCAA field.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Deacs’ Lineup<\/p>\n
Jakob Melin<\/a><\/p>\n In his most recent outing at The Prestige, Senior Jakob Melin<\/a> posted a top-20 finish. Melin picked up his second top-5 finish of his senior season, ending in fifth place at nine-under at The Bryson Invitational. Senior Jakob Melin<\/a> ended the Hamptons Intercollegiate inside of the top 20 after having a pair of top-10 finishes to start the season.<\/p>\n Tom Haberer<\/a><\/p>\n Junior Tom Haberer<\/a> claimed his first collegiate title by two strokes with a score of 203 (-13), tying for the eighth-lowest 54-hole score to par in program history. Haberer’s win was highlighted by three under-par rounds, including a low five-under 67 in round two, tallying 17 birdies and carding just four bogeys over three rounds. Haberer had a second place finish at the Hamptons Intercollegiate, marking his second runner-up finish this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n Nicholas Prieto<\/a><\/p>\n At the Bryan National Collegiate, Prieto claimed his first collegiate title as a Demon Deacon with a score of 203 (-13), tying for eighth-lowest 54-hole score to par in program history. Prieto secured a top-10 finish at the Hamptons Intercollegiate, tying for sixth on the individual leaderboard. At the Palmas del Mar Collegiate, Prieto claimed a runner-up finish, marking his fourth top-five finish of his junior season. Prieto shot his best in round three, carding a career-low 66 (-6).<\/p>\n Lorenzo Rodriguez<\/a><\/p>\n In the first two events of his spring season, Rodriguez has claimed back-to-back top-25 finishes. Rodriguez started his career as a Deac with a top-10 finish at the Bryan National Collegiate, tying for eighth place at two-under.\u00a0<\/p>\n Boyd Owens<\/a><\/p>\n