No. 11 USC Tees Off Season In Washington
September 21, 2011 | Men's Golf
Sept. 21, 2011
The USC men's golf team, the 2011 Pac-10 champion and ranked No. 11 in the Golf World/Nike Golf Preseason Coaches' Poll, opens the 2011-2012 season at the 2011 Kikkor Golf Husky Invitational, Monday and Tuesday (Sept 26-27), at the Olympic Course at Gold Mountain G.C. in Bremerton, Wash.
USC is led by senior Steve Lim and junior Martin Trainer, the 2011 Pac-10 Championships individual champion and an All-Pac-10 first teamer, and is bolstered by the addition of Anthony Paolucci, the nation's top recruit. Also back are junior Sam Smith and sophomore Jeffrey Kang, who were both All-Pac-10 second team choices along with Lim.
Joining them are junior Stewart Hagestad, sophomore Ramsey Sahyoun and freshman Daniel Lee.
Action begins on the par 72, 7,124-yard course Monday with 36 holes and finishes Tuesday with 18 holes, starting at 7:30 a.m. both days.
USC, which will serve as the NCAA Championships host in 2012 at the famed Riviera Country Club in Palisades, Calif., is under sixth-year head coach Chris Zambri. Zambri has directed the Trojans into the NCAA Championships final each of his first five years.
Troy won twice last season, claiming the ASU Thunderbird Invitational in addition to the conference crown, and also posted a pair of second-place finishes. Trainer's Pac-10 title was its only individual victory.
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