RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The College of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros males’s golf staff is happy for the brand new yr and is blissful to get the yr began.
“It is a new dynamic,” UTRGV Head Coach Houston Moore stated. “We have now some good returners again and a very good group of freshmen coming in, so we’re excited. We’re blissful to get going subsequent Monday and taking it one step at a time.”
The Vaqueros deliver again eight student-athletes from final yr’s squad in Juan Luis de Bethencourt Duque, Sebastian Lundberg, Edmundo Mesta, Javier Neira Garcia, Leonardo Novella, Carlos Roldos, Taj Sutherland and Henry Wang.
UTRGV added Emilio Gil Leyva, Esteban Gonzalez, Eddie Lai, and Juan Martinez to the roster.
The beginning of the autumn season will get below subsequent Monday at The Golfweek Problem Collegiate Kickoff. Will probably be a fast turnaround for the Vaqueros, who normally get a few weeks after the autumn semester begins to get ready.
The scholar-athletes bought in per week early to start out practising as a staff, however they’ve been working arduous because the begin of summer season.
“It fell on the blokes slightly bit,” Moore stated. “They began preparing a while in the past throughout the summer season on their very own and taking part in their very own occasions. They got here able to go final week. We introduced them in early and bought some qualifying rounds in. The scores have been good up to now, so I’m impressed with the work they put in over the summer season to be prepared for our first occasion.”
Final yr, the lineups primarily consisted of Duque, Garcia, Novella, Sutherland, and Wang however that would all change this season with all of the depth the Vaqueros have.
Depth does a few issues for the Vaqueros and Coach Moore. First, it offers the Vaqueros completely different choices relating to choosing a lineup for every event and secondly, it would make everybody else need to up their play.
“I feel the depth this season is what excites me most,” Moore stated. “Final yr, we could have been slightly prime heavy. I feel this yr we now have 11 guys that may pop within the lineup at any time, which is admittedly thrilling. I feel it would push everybody on the staff to work slightly more durable and are available slightly nearer as effectively.”
After The Golfweek Collegiate Kickoff, the Vaqueros will compete on the UAB Graeme McDowell Invitational in late September. They’ll play on the Greir Jones Invitational to open the month of October after which will shut out the autumn on the George Washington Invitational in Monterrey, Mexico.
In years previous, the Vaqueros used the autumn to navigate the state of Texas however this fall season, the Vaqueros will compete exterior of the Lonestar State.
A few of the programs will likely be new to the Vaqueros in addition to the cities they are going to be touring to so will probably be key for them to have the ability to regulate on the fly.
“It is all about adapting,” Moore stated. “Once we go to those new occasions, we now have to be able to roll. We have now to be on our P’s and Q’s. We have now to navigate every golf course the way it’s designed after which every golf course is in a special location. We’re not taking part in all 4 tournaments in Texas. I feel being able to put within the work each time we get to the occasion and having the suitable preparation accomplished when get able to tee off will likely be key.”
The Vaqueros are prepared and excited, they usually do not need to add any extra strain on themselves. They know that in the event that they go to every occasion ready then that can care for the outcomes.
The Vaqueros wish to have some enjoyable this fall.
“We have now no expectations this fall, we simply need to be our most prepared after we are teeing off,” Moore stated. “I feel we simply need to get in good work and let what we do main as much as the occasion care for the whole lot else and have enjoyable. We need to have numerous enjoyable this yr and take it sooner or later at a time.”
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