SAN ANTONIO — The UTSA men's golf team will return to the course this week to play in the Louisiana Classics, which will be held on Monday-Tuesday, March 13-14, at Oakbourne Country Club (par 72/6,898 yards) in Lafayette.
The Roadrunners will travel a lineup of Hunter Bott, Christian Fanfelle, Jack Wehman, David Harrison and Brayden Bare. They will compete against Denver, Illinois State, Little Rock, Louisiana, Louisiana Tech, LSU, Michigan, New Mexico State, New Orleans, Sam Houston, SMU, Texas A&M and Texas State.
The field will play 36 holes on Monday starting with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. The final round will tee off at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.
UTSA is coming off an eighth-place finish at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic last month in Houston. Jack Wehman led the way by carding an even-par 216 to tie for 22nd and help the Roadrunners post a 2-over 866 (290-285-291).
UTSA has finished in the top 10 six times this season, headlined by a sixth-place showing at The Clerico last October in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Individually, Fanfelle paces the Roadrunners with a 72.2 stroke average and the super senior from San Antonio owns a trio of top-20 finishes and nine par-or-better rounds. The all-conference performer fired a 9-under 207 (68-70-69) to place fifth at the Trinity Forest Invitational and tied for 12th at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate after posting a 6-under 210 (69-72-69).
Bott ranks second on the squad with a 73.89 scoring average. The senior from Montgomery, Texas, has a pair of top-30 finishes, including a tie for 13th with a 70-76—146 at The Clerico. An all-tournament performer at last year's Conference USA Championship, he registered a 1-over 217 (71-72-74) to tie for 29th at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic last month.
Wehman boasts a 73.6 average and two top-25 showings during his sophomore season. The Austin Vandegrift High School product tied for 12th with a 2-over 215 (71-70-74) at the Saint Mary's Invitational last fall and earned C-USA Golfer of the Week honors for his performance.
David Harrison has placed in the top 30 three times as a senior to go with a 73.6 stroke average in 2022-23. The Trophy Club, Texas, native tied for 13th after firing a 5-under 211 (72-71-68) at the Trinity Forest Invitational last October, and he also posted a 4-under 212 (68-71-73) to grab a share of 19th at the season-opening Jim Rivers Intercollegiate.
Bare has logged a 75.38 average in his true freshman campaign. The Waco Midway High School graduate made his collegiate debut with a 12th-place tie at the John Bohmann Memorial Invitational last September, carding a 4-over 148 that included a 3-under 69 in the final round.
The Roadrunners are making their 13th appearance in the Louisiana Classics this week. UTSA finished 10th at last year's event behind 17th-place showings from Bott and Fanfelle, who each carded a 3-under 213.
UTSA placed third at the 2019 Louisiana Classics for its top finish at the event. Collin Clark tied for second place with a 212 (74-69-69) while playing as an individual while Chad Sewell and Michael Rome finished fourth (69-73-73—215) and ninth (72-72-74—218), respectively, to lead the lineup.
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