LOGAN, Utah – For the first time in more than a month, Utah State's golf team returns to action for the UC San Diego Invitational at renowned Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, California.
 
The 54-hole tournament featuring 15 teams from around the country is set for Monday and Tuesday, March 27-28. Both days of action get underway with an 8:30 a.m. (MT) shotgun start on the North Course at Torrey Pines.
 
Along with the Aggies and host Tritons, the field includes Bucknell, California Baptist, CSUN, Florida A&M, Hawai'i, Lehigh, Oklahoma Christian, Seattle, Southern Utah, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and Utah Tech.

Scheduled to tee it up for the Aggies are sophomores Esteban Jaramillo (No. 1), Julio Arronte Sanchez (No. 4) and Luis Gerardo Cantu (No. 5), and juniors Josh Pehrson (No. 2) and John Cook (No. 3).
 
States represented at the tournament include California (Cal Baptist, CSUN, UCI, UCR, UCSD, UCSB), Florida (Florida A&M), Hawaii (Hawai'i), Oklahoma (Oklahoma Christian), Pennsylvania (Bucknell, Lehigh), Utah (SUU, USU, Utah Tech), and Washington (Seattle).

The UC San Diego Invitational was held at La Costa (Champions Course) in Carlsbad, California, in 2021 and 2022. In 2021, Utah State was the team champion, while San Diego State's Liam Koeneke won a three-hole playoff against the Aggies' Colton Cordingley to win individual medalist honors.
 
Last season, Sacramento State took the win, just one stroke ahead of second-place UC San Diego. SDSU's Justin Hastings topped the 89-player field for individual medalist honors. Utah State tied for third at the event with a 54-hole score of 9-over 873 (291-280-302), tying with Weber State in the 14-team field.
 
Junior Javier Vazquez was the top Aggie finisher at last year's invite as he tied for fifth at 3-under 213.
 
Utah State has not competed since the second week of February at the SUU-hosted Thunderbird Invitational, where the Aggies finished third. Pehrson was one of two USU golfers to place in the top 10 as he tied for fourth with a career-best-tying 54-hole score of 6-under 210 (66-75-70) on the par-72, 6,781-yard course. It marked the best placing of his career.
 
Arronte Sanchez, playing as an individual, recorded the best finish of his career as he placed seventh with a career-best 4-under 212 (70-70-72). Cook, who was tied for first heading into the final round, ended tied for 19th at 1-over 217.
 
Designed by legendary course architect William P. Bell and completed by his son, William F. Bell, Torrey Pines opened in 1957. It offers two 18-hole Championship courses – the North and South courses.
 
Both courses test a player's skill with tight fairways, lush rough, ample bunkering and exceptional length that will test players of all skill levels, including the best players in the world.
Torrey Pines hosted the 2008 and 2021 U.S. Open Championships, and has hosted the Farmers Insurance Open annually since 1968.

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UC San Diego Invitational
Date: March 27-28
Host Course: Torrey Pines North (Black)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,258
Live Scoring: www.golfstat.com

Utah State Lineup
1. Esteban Jaramillo (Sophomore)
2. Josh Pehrson (Junior)
3. John Cook (Junior)
4. Julio Arronte Sanchez (Sophomore)
5. Luis Gerardo Cantu (Sophomore)
 
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