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USC Men's Golf In Hawaii For John A. Burns Intercollegiate
February 15, 2023 | Men's Golf
The USC men's golf team, with a pair of medalist honors to its credit in the fall, continues early Spring play this week in our nation's 50th state at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate at the Ocean Course Hokuala in Lihu'e, Kaua'i, Thursday through Saturday (Feb. 16-18).
The Trojans, in their third year under Head Coach J.T. Higgins and assistant coach Matt Walton, opened the 2022-23 season with a second at the Husky Invitational while sophomore Jackson Rivera took first, complemented by senior Jack Boulger's win at the adjacent Husky Individual Invitational.
Tournament Information
The annual 18-team tournament hosted by Hawai'i also includes Arizona, Brigham Young, California, Fresno State, Grand Canyon, Long Beach State, Loyola Marymount, New Mexico, Nevada, Saint Mary's, Sacramento State, Santa Clara, Texas A&M, UNLV, USC, Utah, UTEP, UNC Wilmington and Washington State. Â Â
Play begins Thursday with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. HT. Results are available at Golfstat.
USC's starting lineup will feature senior Jack Boulger, junior Krando Nishiba, sophomores Jackson Rivera and Gavin Aurilia and freshman Mahanth Chirravuri while senior Parker Sisk will be playing as an individual.
USC won the event in 1986.
SEASON-OPENING SUCCESS
Sophomore Jackson Rivera won the Husky Invitational by four strokes while senior Jack Boulger won the Husky Individual Invitational by six — both the first titles of their collegiate careers — while the USC men's team finished second at the Gold Mountain G.C. in Bremerton, Wash., to kick off the 2022-23 season. USC combined for a three-round 7-over 871 (293-281-297), finishing three strokes back of first-place Washington State and two ahead of third-place and host Washington.
Rivera never wavered during the final round and maintained at least a two-stroke lead throughout Tuesday and finished at 8-under 208 (67-70-71), closing with a birdie on 18. Rivera, who posted a pair of sixth-place finishes and a 10th as a freshman, has four top 10s in his past five starts. Boulger won going away on Gold Mountain's Cascade Course at 12-under 201 (68-67-66), posting his best three rounds in Cardinal and Gold.
Freshman Mahanth Chirravuri led USC at the Inverness Intercollegiate with a tie for 20th at 6-over. Chirravuri and Rivera topped USC at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational at 6-over, tied for 47th.
Chirravuri led USC at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate with a tie for 20th at 2-under 214, the second time he's been USC's top finisher while also co-leading once with Rivera.
Sophomore Gavin Aurilia topped USC's efforts in the fall finale at the Cal Poly Invitational, tying for 23rd at 1-over 217 as USC tied for eighth overall.
Chirravuri has a team-best seven rounds of par or better while Boulger and Rivera have six. All of Boulger's are also under par, five for Chirravuri and four for Rivera.
Boulger leads the team with a stroke average of 72.60 (and four rounds in the 60s) with Chirravuri second at 72.72.
Chirravuri, who has been USC's top finisher three times this season, leads the team with 16.5 counting rounds in 18 outings while Rivera has 14.
BRIEF OVERVIEW
The Trojans return six golfers from last year's squad, led by Rivera, who was All-West Region as well as All-Pac-12 second team during a freshman season that saw him start all 12 tournaments, leading the team in stroke average (71.70), rounds in the 60s (nine), rounds under par (20) and rounds of par or better (23).
He posted a team-best three top 10 finishes, six top 18s and seven top 21s and was USC's top finisher in eight of 11 events. Two of his top 10 results came in the postseason. He tied for sixth at the Pac-12 Championships at par 284 (73-68-74-69) and followed that with a tie for 10th at the NCAA Stockton Regional at 7-under 209 (68-71-70).
Also back are graduate senior Jack Boulger, senior Parker Sisk, juniors Krando Nishiba and Shane Ffrench and sophomore Gavin Aurilia. The Trojans welcome a pair of freshmen in Mahanth Chirravuri from Arizona and Rocky Chapman from the U.K.
Aurilia started nine times last year, Ffrench eight times, Nishiba seven times, Boulger six times and Sisk twice.
Chirravuri was a 2020 Rolex/AJGA All-American honorable mention selection and won the Arizona state title in 2020 at 10-under while helping his school to state team titles in 2019, 2020 and 2021, finishing third individually in 2021. Chapman is a talented up-and-coming golfer from England who will compete for starting time.
The Trojans, in their third year under Head Coach J.T. Higgins and assistant coach Matt Walton, opened the 2022-23 season with a second at the Husky Invitational while sophomore Jackson Rivera took first, complemented by senior Jack Boulger's win at the adjacent Husky Individual Invitational.
Tournament Information
The annual 18-team tournament hosted by Hawai'i also includes Arizona, Brigham Young, California, Fresno State, Grand Canyon, Long Beach State, Loyola Marymount, New Mexico, Nevada, Saint Mary's, Sacramento State, Santa Clara, Texas A&M, UNLV, USC, Utah, UTEP, UNC Wilmington and Washington State. Â Â
Play begins Thursday with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. HT. Results are available at Golfstat.
USC's starting lineup will feature senior Jack Boulger, junior Krando Nishiba, sophomores Jackson Rivera and Gavin Aurilia and freshman Mahanth Chirravuri while senior Parker Sisk will be playing as an individual.
USC won the event in 1986.
SEASON-OPENING SUCCESS
Sophomore Jackson Rivera won the Husky Invitational by four strokes while senior Jack Boulger won the Husky Individual Invitational by six — both the first titles of their collegiate careers — while the USC men's team finished second at the Gold Mountain G.C. in Bremerton, Wash., to kick off the 2022-23 season. USC combined for a three-round 7-over 871 (293-281-297), finishing three strokes back of first-place Washington State and two ahead of third-place and host Washington.
Rivera never wavered during the final round and maintained at least a two-stroke lead throughout Tuesday and finished at 8-under 208 (67-70-71), closing with a birdie on 18. Rivera, who posted a pair of sixth-place finishes and a 10th as a freshman, has four top 10s in his past five starts. Boulger won going away on Gold Mountain's Cascade Course at 12-under 201 (68-67-66), posting his best three rounds in Cardinal and Gold.
Freshman Mahanth Chirravuri led USC at the Inverness Intercollegiate with a tie for 20th at 6-over. Chirravuri and Rivera topped USC at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational at 6-over, tied for 47th.
Chirravuri led USC at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate with a tie for 20th at 2-under 214, the second time he's been USC's top finisher while also co-leading once with Rivera.
Sophomore Gavin Aurilia topped USC's efforts in the fall finale at the Cal Poly Invitational, tying for 23rd at 1-over 217 as USC tied for eighth overall.
Chirravuri has a team-best seven rounds of par or better while Boulger and Rivera have six. All of Boulger's are also under par, five for Chirravuri and four for Rivera.
Boulger leads the team with a stroke average of 72.60 (and four rounds in the 60s) with Chirravuri second at 72.72.
Chirravuri, who has been USC's top finisher three times this season, leads the team with 16.5 counting rounds in 18 outings while Rivera has 14.
BRIEF OVERVIEW
The Trojans return six golfers from last year's squad, led by Rivera, who was All-West Region as well as All-Pac-12 second team during a freshman season that saw him start all 12 tournaments, leading the team in stroke average (71.70), rounds in the 60s (nine), rounds under par (20) and rounds of par or better (23).
He posted a team-best three top 10 finishes, six top 18s and seven top 21s and was USC's top finisher in eight of 11 events. Two of his top 10 results came in the postseason. He tied for sixth at the Pac-12 Championships at par 284 (73-68-74-69) and followed that with a tie for 10th at the NCAA Stockton Regional at 7-under 209 (68-71-70).
Also back are graduate senior Jack Boulger, senior Parker Sisk, juniors Krando Nishiba and Shane Ffrench and sophomore Gavin Aurilia. The Trojans welcome a pair of freshmen in Mahanth Chirravuri from Arizona and Rocky Chapman from the U.K.
Aurilia started nine times last year, Ffrench eight times, Nishiba seven times, Boulger six times and Sisk twice.
Chirravuri was a 2020 Rolex/AJGA All-American honorable mention selection and won the Arizona state title in 2020 at 10-under while helping his school to state team titles in 2019, 2020 and 2021, finishing third individually in 2021. Chapman is a talented up-and-coming golfer from England who will compete for starting time.
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