Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational Up Next For UW

FORT Worth, Texas -- Washington continues with it's fall season, beginning Monday when they Dawgs compete at the Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas.

The tournament includes 36 holes on Monday, Oct. 6, followed by and 18-hole final round on Tuesday, Oct. 7. The teams will play the par-70 course at historic Colonial Country Club, site of an annual PGA event and host of the 1942 U.S. Open.

The Dawgs will face its stiffest competition of the season with seven ranked teams in the field, including No. 22 Washington in the latest poll released by the Golf Coaches Association of America. The other ranked teams are No. 2 Stanford, No. 5 Vanderbilt, No. 7 Georgia, No. 14 Oregon and No. 25 Oklahoma. Arizona, Duke, Ohio State, TCU and USC round out the elite field.

The Huskies will have its third lineup in as many weeks as they welcome Cheng-Tsung Pan back to the squad after winning a gold medal at the Asian Games and missing two tournaments. Pan will take over the No. 1 spot and be followed by Frank Garber, Kevin Kwon, Jonathan Sanders and Corey Pereira. Garber earned his first collegiate top-10 last week at the Itani Quality Homes Invitational, while Kwon has also had a strong start to the 2014 seaosn. Sanders and Pereira will look to improve on an up-and-down start to their seasons after being consistently great a year ago.

Washington Starting Lineup

Cheng-Tsung Pan	Frank Garber	Kevin Kwon	Jonathan Sanders	Corey Pereira

Off The Tee

• This is the 14th season under head coach Matt Thurmond. He has led the Dawgs to seven top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships.
• Senior Cheng-Tsung Pan leads the Huskies this week after missing the first two tournaments. He won double gold for Taiwan at the Asian Games as the top individual, while also helping his country to the victory in the team competition.
• Washington dropped from No. 8 to No. 22 in the most recent GCAA poll. The Dawgs have finished fourth at the Husky Invitational and fifth at the Itani Quality Homes Invitational so far this season.
• Pan had the top scoring average last season for Washington at 70.29.
• Returning from the team that finished 15th at the NCAA Championships for Washington are Pan, Sanders, Pereira and junior Chris Babcock who will not compete this week.
• The Huskies finished second at both the 2014 Pac-12 Championships and the 2014 NCAA Raleigh Regional.

About This Week's Tournament

The Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational is being played for the first time. All 12 schools that will be competing are elite programs sponsored by Nike Golf.