LA JOLLA, Calif. - UC San Diego men's golf opens its fall season Thursday at the 13th Annual Ram Masters Invitational, hosted by Colorado State University.
The first two rounds (shotgun starts) are set for Thursday, Sept. 11 (7 a.m. Pacific) with the third and final round (tee times) going off Friday, Sept. 12 (8:30 a.m. Pacific).
Seventeen teams will be in contention at Fort Collins Country Club including seven Big West members - Cal State Fullerton, CSUN, Long Beach State, Sacramento State (affiliate member), UC Davis, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara.
A total of 91 players are competing.
This will be the third appearance at the Ram Masters Invitational for the Tritons. In
2022, they placed fifth out of 15 teams and in
2021 they were 13th of 16.
Colorado State has won the tournament in nine of its last 10 runnings.
All three rounds can be followed with
live scoring.
THE TEAMS
(final 2024-25 national ranking)
• Cal State Fullerton (147)
• Colorado (32)
• Colorado State (56)
• CSUN (222)
• Illinois State (123)
• Long Beach State (33)
• Sacramento State (149)
• UC Davis (154)
• UC San Diego (148)
• UC Santa Barbara (192)
• University of Denver (167)
• Utah State (132)
• Utah Tech (139)
• Utah Valley (128)
• Weber State (243)
• Wichita State (158)
• Wyoming (109)
THE TRITON LINEUP
1.
Nathan Tseng (senior, Fullerton, Calif.)
2.
Justin Gill (junior, San Marcos, Calilf.)
3.
Francis Catalano (senior, Camarillo, Calif.)
4.
Davis McDowell (senior, San Rafael, Calif.)
5.
Hanjie Yu (freshman, Beijing, China)
THE COURSE
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Fort Collins Country Club
• 1920 Country Club Road, Fort Collins, CO 80524
• Par: 70
• Yardage: 7,234
TRITONS GET FIRST NCAA DIVISION I WIN
UC San Diego earned its first NCAA Division I victory last season at the El Macero Classic, hosted by UC Davis. The Tritons finished one-over par, topping second place Saint Mary's by a single stroke and third place Pacific by two strokes. There were 17 teams in contention. Individually, three Tritons placed in the top six.Â
Nathan Tseng (-3) was third,Â
Kyle Dougherty (-2) was fifth, andÂ
Francis Catalano (even par) finished sixth. Read the press release
here.
UC SAN DIEGO ACCEPTS OFFER TO JOIN WEST COAST CONFERENCE
On Sept. 3, 2025, UC San Diego accepted a formal invitation to join theÂ
West Coast Conference (WCC) and will begin competing in the conference starting with the 2027-28 season. Men's golf is a sport sponsored by the conference. In 2027-28, the WCC membership will consist of: University of California San Diego, Loyola Marymount University, University of the Pacific, Pepperdine University, University of Portland, Saint Mary's College, University of San Diego, University of San Francisco, Santa Clara University, and Seattle University. UC San Diego will become the first public institution in the West Coast Conference since the departure of the University of Nevada-Reno in 1979.Â
Read the complete press release here.
A RETURN TO LA QUINTA FOR THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
The 2026 Big West Men's Golf Championship is set for May 3-5 at La Quinta Country Club in La Quinta, Calif. In 2025, UC San Diego competed in its first-ever Big West Championship, which was also contested at La Quinta. The Tritons tied for seventh of 12 teams.
Kyle Dougherty was UC San Diego's top finisher, tying for 15th in the 72-player field.
WHY THE TRITONS
The Triton is described as the offspring of Poseidon and Amphitrite, a demigod of the sea with a lower part of the body like that of a fish. It is known as a mighty and fierce sea warrior. Given UC San Diego's close proximity to the Pacific Ocean and its connections with the world-famous Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Triton became UC San Diego's mascot in 1964.
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About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions III and II and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
