Air Force travels to Grier Jones Shocker Invitational, Oct. 9-10

THIS WEEK: Air Force will compete in the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational, Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 9-10, at the Sand Creek Station Golf Course in Newton, Kansas. The par-72 course will play at 7,187 yards. Live scoring will be available on www.Golfstat.com.

THE FORMAT: Teams will play 36 continuous holes on Monday, Oct. 9, in a shotgun format starting at 8:30 am CT. The final 18 holes will be Tuesday, Oct. 10, in a shotgun start at 8:30 am CT. The low four individual scores will determine the team scores for each round.

THE FIELD: Along with Air Force, and the host school Wichita State, the field includes Denver, Missouri State, Drake, Northern Iowa, LaSalle, Seton Hall, UTRGV, Abilene Christian, SIU Edwardsville, Texas A&M Commerce, Rice, Texas Arlington, Oklahoma State and Hutchinson Community College

THE LINEUP: The Falcon lineup this week will be: 1-Eli Huntington; 2-Alvaro Fonseca; 3- Cameron Kahle; 4-Carson Baker; 5-Alex Lynch; Ind-Eric Liveringhouse. The Falcons are without senior Aaron Kuznik who is competing in the Stephens Cup, Oct. 9-11, in Dallas, Texas.

AIR FORCE AT THE SHOCKER INVITATIONAL: Air Force competed in the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational last season and placed 10^th with a team score of 907. The Falcons shot 304-296-307 – 907 (+55). Alvaro Fonseca was the top Falcon, placing 37^th with a 224, followed by Christopher Park (226), Cameron Kahle and Brooks Morrell (229) and Ted Davenport (236).

LAST TIME OUT: Freshman Eli Huntington led the Air Force golf team at the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational, Oct. 2-3, at the Colorado National Golf Course in Erie, Colo. Huntington was the top Falcon over the 54-hole tournament with a 225 (+9). Fonseca and Kuznik each shot 230, followed by Kahle (233) and Baker (234). Air Force was 17^th at 914. In the opening round, Huntington shot a collegiate career best 73 (+1). In the second round, Kuznik shot a season-best 75 that included three birdies and an eagle on the par-4, 455-yard first hole.

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