The Wyoming Cowboy golf team will tee off its 2022 Spring Season this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11-12 by hosting a new event -- the Wyoming Desert Match Play.
Wyoming's Desert Match Play will feature eight teams seeded in a bracket with each team playing two matches on Friday and a final match on Saturday. The winners of the four opening round matches on Friday will move into the championship bracket and the other four teams will move into the consolation bracket.
This year's inaugural eight-team field will include: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado, Denver, San Francisco, UTEP, Wichita State and Wyoming.
The Classic Club in Palm Desert, Calif., will serve as the host course for this week's event.
Seedings for the tournament are as follows:
First Round Matches (Friday Morning)
Match 1
#1 San Francisco vs. #8 Air Force
Match 2
#4 Denver vs. #5 Wyoming
Match 3
#2 Boise State vs. #7 Wichita State
Match 4
#3 Colorado vs. #6 UTEP
Second Round Matches (Friday Afternoon)
Championship Bracket
Match 5: Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2
Match 6: Winner of Match 3 vs. Winner of Match 4
Consolation Bracket
Match 7: Loser of Match 1 vs. Loser of Match 2
Match 8: Loser of Match 3 vs. Loser of Match 4
Final Round Matches (Saturday Morning)
Championship Match: Winners of Matches 5 and 6
Third-Place Match: Losers of Matches 5 and 6
Fifth-Place Match: Winners of Match 7 and 8
Seventh-Place Match: Losers of Match 7 and 8
Tournament Stats
Live scoring will be available on GolfStat.com at:
https://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=23548
Course Information
•The Classic Club
•Palm Desert, Calif.
Tee Times
•Friday, Feb. 11, First Round Matches, 7 a.m., M.T.
•Friday, Feb. 11, Second Round Matches, 11:30 a.m., M.T.
•Saturday, Feb. 12, Final Round Matches, 7 a.m., M.T.
Coach's Corner: Quotes From Joe Jensen, University of Wyoming Director of Golf
"A match play event is a fresh event, the kids love it and I like the team atmosphere around a match play event. I always was hoping to start one, and I liked the idea of starting the spring this way with a unique event.
"For north schools for sure, it is nice to go to the desert and get some work in early in the spring in a very competitive atmosphere.
"I received good response from other schools who wanted to participate. It will be set up in a bracket format where we will have true first, second and third-place teams all the way through the eighth-place team. Each team will be guaranteed three matches. With eight teams it works well over a two-day format.
"It is an exciting format because you are truly playing for your team and you'll see teammates cheering on other teammates. I believe it will be an exciting two days."
