KOHALA COAST, Hawai'i — UC Davis men's golf opens its spring schedule in paradise this week, traveling to Hawai'i for the Amer Ari Intercollegiate at Mauna Lani Resort North Course, hosted by Hawai'i-Hilo and Hawai'i.
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TOURNAMENT NOTES
- The lineup for UC Davis is headlined by Lequan Wang, coming off a top-five finish to close the fall season. Joining him are fall standouts Ryan Firpo, Shaun Nair, Curtis Da Silva, and Ivan Sablan.
- The three-day event will feature 18 holes of play each day from Thursday through Saturday. The field of competition is stacked with 20 teams, including several Power 4 programs: Hawai'i, Hawai'i-Hilo, Arizona State, Auburn, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Osaka Gakuin (Japan), Pacific, Pepperdine, San Jose State, Stanford, Texas, Texas Tech, UC Davis, UCLA, UT Arlington, Washington.
- Course: Mauna Lani Resort North Course – Kohala Coast, Hawai'i
- Par/Yardage: 72 / 6,913
- Format: The 20-team field will compete in a 54-hole collegiate tournament. Teams will play 18 holes per day. The low four individual scores will count toward the team score each round.
SEASON NOTES
- UC Davis returns to action following a fall campaign that saw the Aggies record a pair of top-10 individual finishes and a team-best eighth-place finish at the Ram Masters Invitational.
- Lequan Wang highlights the lineup, entering the spring with momentum after tying for fourth individually at the Marquette Intercollegiate in October.
- Shaun Nair also is fresh off a win at the 2026 Nipomo Amateur Championship, one of the top amateur tournaments in the country.
- Louis Grizot provided maybe the biggest highlight of the fall slate, capturing the AF Silver Individual title at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational. Grizot shot a 10-under 206.
- Curtis Da Silva also secured a career-best finish during the fall, placing 10th at the Ram Masters Invitational with a three-round total of 210 (E).
- Ryan Firpo added stability to the rotation, finishing as the top Aggie at the Windon Memorial Classic (T55) and securing a T34 finish at Marquette.
- Head Coach Cy Williams is in his 32nd year at the helm, continuing a tradition of success that has spanned more than three decades at his alma mater. Williams has guided the UC Davis program from a Division II power into its Division I era, leading the Aggies to 41 team victories and three Big West Conference championships.
