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GW Golf Headed to Give `Em Five Invitational at UTEP
10/22/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
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Oct. 22, 2015
THIS WEEK: The George Washington golf team heads to El Paso, Texas, for its penultimate competition of the fall season at the Give `Em Five Invitational hosted by UTEP. The Colonials will be represented by Christian Cichan, Logan Lowe, Jack Porcelli, Lucas Farmer and Vince Palazzolo.
FORMAT: 54 holes (18 Friday, 18 Saturday, 18 Sunday). Teams will tee off at 10 a.m. ET on Friday and Saturday. Sunday will feature a 10:15 a.m. shotgun start.
UTEP GIVE `EM FIVE INVITATIONAL: The tournament will be played at the par-72, 7,307-yard Butterfield Trail Golf Course. Designed by Tom Fazio and located just minutes from the El Paso Airport, Butterfield Trail was rated the third-best municipal course in the nation by Golfweek in 2010. Live scoring can be followed at golfstat.com.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: "We've come really close to putting together a complete round as a team, with three guys playing well at different tournaments, but we haven't yet put it together as a group," said head coach Chuck Scheinost. "The big thing for us is really giving ourselves a chance to put the score together as a team."
THE COMPETITION: The 14-team field consists of Air Force, Army, Idaho, Kansas, Marquette, New Mexico State, San Jose State, St. Mary's, Texas State, UMKC, UTEP, UTSA and Western New Mexico. "We've already seen a mixture of competition from around the country and in this event we'll continue that trend with facing some strong West Coast teams that we haven't seen before," said Scheinost. "We've been right there in a few tournaments, just a round away from having much different results. For us it's about putting together a complete tournament and giving ourselves a chance to contend in the final round. We're getting closer."
CHIPPING IN: Since Scheinost arrived at GW in 2013, members of the golf team have been investing their spare time with the Salute Military Golf Association, an organization dedicated to providing rehabilitative golf experiences for post 9/11 Wounded War Veterans. Student-athletes have taken part in numerous events, playing rounds with the Veterans and teaching clinics. It represents an opportunity for the Colonials to not only teach the game they love, but learn from Veterans who have made such great sacrifices. "When we first started this relationship, we thought it would be great for both groups of individuals," said Scheinost. "The warrior golfers who have caught the bug and want to play against our guys and learn from them, and then also our guys to learn from Veterans who are younger than them that have made the sacrifice they have, to teach our guys that life's more important than just golf as we give back to our men and women in uniform."
LOOKING AHEAD: GW plays its final fall tournament Sunday, Nov. 1, and Monday, Nov. 2, at the Hummingbird Intercollegiate in Cashiers, S.C.
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