MARANA, Ariz. — The University of Colorado men’s golf team arrived here Wednesday and got two solid days of practice in ahead of the 55th annual Pac-12 Conference Championships, which start Friday as the Buffaloes are out to post their best finish in their third year as a member of the nation’s premier college golf league.
The Gallery Golf Club in this Tucson suburb is serving as host of the tournament, which features 36 holes on Friday and then 18 each on the weekend; the club’s challenging desert layout will play to 7,349-yards and to par-72.
California, ranked No. 3, enters as the league’s two-time defending champion; once again, the Pac-12 is one of if not the nation’s premier golf conference, as the league boasts five schools in the top 20 and eight in the top 53. The Buffaloes finished eighth in their inaugural Pac-12 appearance in 2012, and dipped to 10th last year, though were just eight shots out of seventh.
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