Pirates Head West for Seattle Invitational This Week

UNIVERSITY PLACE, WASH. - The Seton Hall men's golf team will return to action on Monday with the first two of three rounds of golf at Seattle Redhawk Invitational at Chambers Bay Golf Course, April 4-5.

Tournament Details:
SEATTLE REDHAWK INVITATIONAL
Host: Seattle University
Location: University Place, Wash.
Course: Chambers Bay Golf Course
Course Vitals: Par-71, 7,068 yards
Dates: April 4-5, 2022

THE COURSE
The design challenge for Chambers Bay was simple yet formidable: Robert Trent Jones II was asked to create a world-class golf course, enjoyable for golfers of any skill level, yet capable of hosting major championships and events.

Built on the site of a former sand and gravel mine adjacent to Puget Sound, Chambers Bay gave the architects an ideal medium upon which to build a traditional links golf course. The extraordinary views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains provide an environment where golfers enjoy not only world-class golf, but also a sense of visual nirvana.

Robert Trent Jones II and his team developed creative solutions to a number of design challenges presented by this monumental project. The land set aside for the golf course was degraded after a century of industrial usage but contained bold landforms shaped by wind and weather. The design team used these landforms as the scaffolding for the golf course design. They crafted a dramatic links landscape by clearing non-native vegetation and reworking the sand piles left from mining operations of the past into massive dunes. They then routed the golf holes between, over, and around these dramatic features and planted the entire course in fescue, the grass found on traditional British links.

Train tracks border the golf holes as they do at such beloved links courses as Prestwick and Royal Adelaide. And "ancient" ruins—from the site's mining era—are visible from a number of holes, as at several links courses in the British Isles. A public walking trail winds through the course, allowing walkers to form impromptu galleries, just as they do at St. Andrews. No housing mars the purity of the golf holes, and as Chambers Bay is a continuously turfed, walking-only venue, no cart paths intrude upon the natural look. This award-winning course possesses the attributes of the world's greatest golf links.

THE FIELD
In addition to Seton Hall and host Seattle, the large field features 22 other teams including: Abilene Christian, Boise State, Boston College, California Baptist, Cleveland State, CSU-Northridge, Delaware, George Washington, Idaho, Lamar, La Salle, Loyola-Chicago, Oregon State, Pacific, Sacramento State, UCSD, UT-Arlington, UTEP, UTRGV, Washington, Western Carolina and Wichita State.

THE SETON HALL LINEUP

Wenliang Xie, Junior
Gregor Tait, Graduate
Andres Acevedo, Graduate
Angus O'Brien, Freshman
Deven Ramachandran, Senior

LAST TIME OUT
Graduate student Gregor Tait (Martlesham Heath, England) fired a 2-under-par, 70, on March 22 to lead the Seton Hall men's golf team to a come-from-behind team victory at the The Big Texan. The Pirates entered the final round tied with two other teams for third place, four strokes off the lead, but shot an 11-over-par, 299, in round three, by far the best round of the top-5. Seton Hall vaulted up the leader board to win the event by four strokes over second-place New Orleans. For the tournament, The Hall fired a 12-over-par, 290-287-299-876.

The Hall has now recorded team titles in back-to-back tournaments and has claimed a total of three during the 2021-22 year.

Angus O'Brien (Barwon Heads, Australia) was the top Pirate finisher for the tournament. The freshman used 14 pars to fuel a 2-over-par, 74, on Tuesday. For the tournament, O'Brien tied for second place among 65 individual golfers with a 2-under-par, 70-70-74-214.

LAST TIME AT CHAMBERS BAY
Andres Acevedo (San Antonio, Texas) fired an even-par, 71, in the final round of the 2019 Redhawk Invitational to lead the Pirates to a 14th place team finish. Acevedo had two birdies and 14 pars to lead The Hall in the third round. For the tournament, Acevedo tied for 44th place with a 2-over-par, 73-71-71-215.

As a team, Seton Hall shot a 7-over-par, 291, in the final round. For the three-day event, The Hall shot a 6-over-par, 287-280-291-858. UCLA won the team title at 37-under-par.

The top Pirate for the tournament was Gregor Tait, who fired a 2-over-par, 71, in round three fueled by a trio of birdies. For the tournament, he tied for 21st place among 102 individual golfers with a 3-under-par, 67-70-73-210.

FORMAT
The teams will play five golfers and count the four lowest scores per round.

PAIRINGS / TEE TIMES
The field will play two continuous rounds on Monday and one round on Tuesday. Both days will feature an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start.

RESULTS:
Live scoring will be available via BirdieFire.com. Full results will also be available following each day's competition at SHUpirates.com.