Men's Golf Set For Aggie Invitational

The Aggie Invitational
Traditions Golf Club | Bryan, Texas
The North Texas men's golf team is set to return to action after playing a tournament earlier this week. Now, they will take on a strong field at The Aggie Invitational.

THE EVENT: Traditions Golf Club will play at 7,227 yards, and will be a par-72 course for the tournament. The three-day event begins Friday and concludes Sunday, with tee times beginning at 8:15 a.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 7:30 a.m. for Sunday's final round.

THE FIELD: There are 17 teams participating in the tournament (rankings are from the latest GolfStat poll), including top-ranked Oklahoma: No. 36 Baylor, No. 46 Houston, Kansas, Lamar, No. 30 Louisville, Nebraska, New Mexico State, Northern Illinois, North Texas, No. 1 Oklahoma, Prairie View A&M, Rice, No. 5 Texas, No. 12 Texas A&M, No. 25 Texas Tech, UNLV and No. 33 UTSA.

REPRESENTING UNT: Competing for the Mean Green will be Vicente Marzilio, Diego Prone, Lenny Bergsson, Nikhil Gopal and Viktor Forslund. Sean Wilcox will be competing as an individual.

RESULTS: Live results will be posted on GolfStat.com. Full recaps from each day of competition will be posted on MeanGreenSports.com at the end of each round.

LAST TIME OUT: North Texas finished eighth at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic earlier this week. In that tournament, freshman Vicente Marzilio tied for 16th at 2-under and continued his streak of top-20 finishes, having never placed outside the top-20 in his four collegiate starts.

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR: The Mean Green feature seven international players this year. Lenny Bergsson (Iceland), Viktor Forslund (Sweden), Nikhil Gopal (South Africa), Zak Karkaletsos (Spain), Diego Prone (Argentina), Vicente Marzilio (Argentina) and Hiroki Miya (New Zealand) round out the international players.

STRACKE SAYS: "The Aggie Invitational always has an elite field on a challenging Traditions Golf Club course. I really like the quick turnaround to get the guys back out competing after just a few days."

UP NEXT: North Texas will travel to Texarkana, Texas, to compete in the Conference USA Championship April 26-29, with hopes of qualifying for the NCAA tournament.

HOME SWEET MARIDOE: North Texas enjoys its home course -- the Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton. The course opened to members in July 2017 and gives the Mean Green a state-of-the-art home course with world-class facilities, including a fully-dedicated practice facility, complete with a two-ended driving range to account for many varying wind conditions, a sprawling three-acre short game retreat and indoor facilities with state-of-the-art hitting bays that provide tools the program had not previously had at its disposal.

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Lenny Bergsson

Viktor Forslund

Nikhil Gopal

Zak Karkaletsos

Vicente Marzilio

Hiroki Miya

Diego Prone

Sean Wilcox

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