The 2022-23 college golf season will tee off Friday, Sept. 9 for the Wyoming Cowboy Golf team when they travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., to play in the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational.
The Falcon Invitational will be a three-day event with one 18-hole round being played on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 9-11. The team competition will take place on the Eisenhower Blue Course, while the individuals not competing as part of their teams will play on the Eisenhower Silver Course. Both courses are located on the Air Force Academy grounds.
2022 Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational Information
Tournament Field
•The 53rd Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational will feature 24 collegiate teams from across the country
•Air Force, Boston College, Cal Baptist, Cal Poly, Cal State Northridge, Colorado, Colorado State, Denver, Idaho, Murray State, New Mexico State, Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa, San Jose State, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, South Dakota, Southern Utah, Utah State, Utah Tech, Utah Valley, UTEP, Weber State, Wofford and Wyoming.
Tournament Stats
• Live scoring will be available on GolfStat.com at: https://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=25979
Course Information
•Eisenhower Golf Club, Blue Course / USAF Academy, Colo., 7,541 yards, Par 72
•All teams will play on the Blue Course this week
•All individuals will play on the Eisenhower Golf Club Silver Course, 6,510 yards , Par 72
Tee Times
•Friday-Saturday: Tee Times: Begin at 8:30 a.m. (M.T.)
•Sunday: Tee Times: Begin at 7:30 a.m. (M.T)
Breaking Down the 2022-23 Wyoming Roster
Wyoming welcomes back seven lettermen from last year's team, including the top three players with the lowest scoring averages from a year ago in
Jimmy Dales (72.38),
Patrick Azevedo (73.17) and
Kirby Coe-Kirkham (73.83).
Dales and Azevedo were also Wyoming's top finishers at last year's Mountain West Conference Championship, placing seventh and ninth, respectively.
This year's roster, includes two seniors in Coe-Kirkham and
Tyler Severin. Dales is the lone junior, and the other five teams members are all sophomores, including returners: Azevedo;
Jaren Calkins;
Aidan Mann;
Cade McLaughlin; and Wyoming's one newcomer in
Kristof Panke, who transferred this summer from Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. Panke comes to Wyoming after earning Third Team NAIA All-America honors at Lewis-Clark as a freshman in the 2021-22 season.
