Xie Fuels Pirates to Finish at Redhawk Invitational

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Wenliang Xie takes a shot during a practice round in the fall of 2023

Xie Fuels Pirates to Finish at Redhawk Invitational

4/2/2024 6:15:00 PM | Men's Golf

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Wenliang Xie collected his fifth sub-par effort in his last six tournaments.

UNIVERSITY PLACE, WASH. – Wenliang Xie (Zhaoqing, China) fired a 3-under-par, 68, on Tuesday to lift the Seton Hall men's golf team to a ninth-place finish at the Redhawk Invitational.

Xie continued his impressive spring season with five birdies and an eagle on the par-5, No. 4 hole to fuel a 3-under-par, 68, on Tuesday. The performance shot him up to eighth place on the individual leaderboard out of 106 individual golfers. For the three-day event, Xie was 2-under-par with a 70-73-68-211. It's his third consecutive sub-par round and the fifth in his last six tournaments dating back to the fall. Xie now has 12 sub-par rounds for his career, which places him just one behind Pirates legend Lloyd Jefferson Go for most all-time.

Collectively, The Hall shot a 1-under-par, 287, in round three, its best of the tournament. For the two-day event, they were 10-over-par with a 291-288-287-866 to place ninth. Oregon State won the team title at a remarkable 25-under-par.

David Lally (Wicklow, Ireland) had three birdies and 12 pars in route to a 1-over-par, 72, in round three. For the tournament, he tied for 23^rd place with a 2-over-par, 73-70-72-215. It's the best finish of Lally's sophomore year.

Junior George Fricker (Woodbridge, England) also was 1-over-par on Tuesday. He had three birdies and joined Xie with an eagle on No. 4. For the tournament, he tied for 35^th place with a 4-over-par, 75-70-72-217.

Sophomore Jack Bosworth (Simsbury, Conn.) finished his tournament with a 3-over-par, 75. For the event, he was 9-over-par with a 73-75-75-223.

Rounding out the Pirates' lineup, junior Patrick Kahanek (San Antonio, Texas) also shot a 75 in round three. He rounds out his tournament with a 15-over-par, 77-76-75-228.

Playing as an individual, senior Wanxi Sun (Danville, Calif.) shot a 8-over-par, 79, in round three. For the tournament, he was 14-over-par with a 75-73-79-227.

Tournament Details:
SEATTLE REDHAWK INVITATIONAL
Host: Seattle University
Location: University Place, Wash.
Course: Chambers Bay Golf Course
Course Vitals: Par-72, 6,993 yards
Dates: April 1-2, 2024

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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 featured 17 other teams including: University of British Columbia, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, Central Michigan, University of Fraser Valley, George Mason, Gonzaga, Grays Harbor College, Idaho, Oregon State, Sacramento State, Sacred Heart, St. Thomas University, Simon Fraser University, South Dakota, Tarleton, and the University of Victoria.

THE FORMAT:
Teams played five golfers and count the four lowest scores per round.

UP NEXT:
The Pirates will have a quick turnaround and will return to tournament play for three rounds of golf at the Princeton Invitational starting on Saturday, April 6 at Springdale Golf Club.

2024 REDHAWK INVITATIONAL - Team Scores
Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	TOTAL	PAR
1	Oregon State	281	276	270	827	-25
2	Idaho	284	276	286	846	-6
3	Seattle Univ.	286	280	282	848	-4
4	UC San Diego	287	295	276	858	+6
T5	George Mason	287	284	288	859	+7
T5	Gonzaga	285	284	290	859	+7
T7	St. Thomas (Minn.)	293	285	287	865	+13
T7	Sacramento State	284	292	289	865	+13
9	SETON HALL	291	288	287	866	+14
10	Tarleton State	287	294	287	868	+16
11	South Dakota	290	291	295	876	+24
12	UC Riverside	300	286	293	879	+27
T13	Sacred Heart	290	289	302	881	+29
T13	Simon Fraser	303	286	292	881	+29
15	Fraser Valley	289	297	298	884	+32
T16	British Columbia	301	292	293	886	+34
T16	Central Michigan	301	295	290	886	+34
18	Victoria BC	296	299	295	890	+38

2024 REDHAWK INVITATIONAL - Seton Hall Player Scores
Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	TOTAL	PAR
T8	Wenliang Xie	73	70	68	211	-2
T23	David Lally	73	70	72	215	+2
T35	George Fricker	75	70	72	217	+4
T66	Jack Bosworth	73	75	75	223	+10
T86	Patrick Kahanek	77	76	75	228	+15
T81	Wanxi Sun (Ind.)	75	73	79	227	+14