March 11, 2017 Weekly Notes (pdf) 
Gonzaga at Bandon Dunes Championship
SUNDAY-TUESDAY, MARCH 12-14, 2017 | BANDON, ORE. | OLD MACDONALD COURSE
PAR AND DISTANCE: Par-72 | 7,322 yards
FIRST GU TEE TIME: 8:30 a.m. PT
LAST TIME AT EVENT: 2016 | 10th, 63-over (915)
COACH GRAY'S THOUGHTS
We're very excited to be hosting the Bandon Dunes Championship, which is now in its eighth year. This event is unique in that it rotates to one of the four courses located at Bandon Dunes Resort. This year's event will be contested on the Old Macdonald Course.
Once again, we have a nice field of teams coming to the Oregon coast. Sixteen teams will be in attendance, including five teams ranked inside the top 25. We're excited to be competing at such an amazing venue, against a strong field. Old Macdonald is a wide open course in the sense that there's very little vegetation or trees, so there's more room off the tee. However, the green complexes are the most difficult that we'll see this entire year. So, it won't just be about where we miss greens but also where we put the ball when we get on the greens.
ABOUT THE EVENT
- This is the 8th annual Bandon Dunes Championship hosted by Gonzaga University at the Bandon Dunes Resort.
- This is the second time the Old MacDonald Course will host the tournament, first since 2013.
- The tournament rotates between the resort's four courses each year.
- This year's field includes Auburn (23), Boise State, Colorado (21), Denver, Fresno State, Georgia State (71), Gonzaga, CSU-Northridge, Oregon (8), Oregon State (87), San Jose State, Seattle, Texas A&M (12), Texas Tech (11), Utah Valley, Washington State (85).
*** Golfstat relative rankings top-100 schools listed in parenthesis
PREVIOUS TEAM CHAMPIONS:
2010 - Notre Dame (317-305-622) - played at Pacific Dunes
2011 - Washington (281-285-305-871) - played at Bandon Dunes
2012 - Long Beach State * (291-287-857) - played at Bandon Trails
2013 - Colorado (291-286-285-862) - played at Old MacDonald Course
2014 - Missouri (281-284-298-863) - played at Pacific Dunes
2015 - Duke **(285-290-575) - played at Bandon Dunes
2016 - Clemson (290-274-290) - played at Bandon Trails
*Won scorecard tie breaker vs. Washington ** Won scorecard tie breaker vs. Missouri
PREVIOUS INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS:
2010 - Doug Fortner, Notre Dame (77-73-150)
2011 - Charlie Hughes, Washington (67-68-75-210)
2012 - Chris Williams, Washington (71-67-66*-204)
2013 - Troix Tonkham, Fresno State (70-71-69-210)
2014 - Jonathan Sanders, Washington (71-67-72-210)
2015 - Cody Blick, San Jose State (65-73-138)
2016 - Blair Bursey, Utah Valley (71-68-69-208)
*Course record (also set by Kevin Lim of Long Beach State on same day)
ABOUT THE COURSE:
- The fourth course at Bandon Dunes pays homage to golf course architect Charles Blair Macdonald.
- Inspired by Macdonald's iconic work, course architects Tom Doak and Jim Urbina crafted a course that seeks the answer upon vast greens, among myriad angles of play, and from the depths of fierce bunkers.
