ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's golf team kicks off its 2016 season on Thursday, as the Cardinals square off against Macalester in the annual MacMary Dual at Highlands National Golf Course.
The MacMary Dual:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals vs. Macalester Scots
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Saint Mary's vs. Macalester—Their Last Meeting:
• September 1, 2015 * Lake City, Minn.: It may have been their season opener, but the Cardinals appeared to be in top form. In fact, the Cardinals' opened the 2015 season with their lowest team score since the spring of 2010. Unfortunately, the Cardinals' best wasn't quite enough, as Macalester handed Saint Mary's a 297-317 setback in the annual MacMary Dual at The Jewel |
Recap
Saint Mary's Up Next:
• The Cardinals are right back on the links this Saturday and Sunday, heading to Majestic Oaks Golf Course in Ham Lake, Minn., to take part in the 36-hole Augsburg Invitational.
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Blake Westerberg (Red Wing, Minn.) closed out his collegiate career with three straight seven-over-par 79s at the season-ending MIAC Championships a year ago. … Westerberg—who placed third overall among the 110 competitors at the Saint John's Invitational on Sept. 19-20—took home medalist honors at the Midwest Region Classic a week later, carding rounds of 68-75 for a one-under-par 143 total. … Westerberg's opening-round 68 was a school-record, one shot better than
Kyle Brodt's (Roseville, Minn.) 69 shot earlier in the 2015 season. … Westerberg carded a round of even-par or better in three of his final four tournaments last season. The Cardinal senior carded an even-par 72 at the Saint John's Invitational on Sept. 20, and an even-par 71 at the Carthage/Tim Kopka Invitational on Sept. 11. … Westerberg did not have a round over 79 last season. … Westerberg recorded 31 rounds of 79 or better during his four-year collegiate career. … Westerberg, who owned a career-low 75.33 scoring average last season, finished with a 78.74 career scoring average, ranking him third all-time behind Eric Thom (77.40) and Jesse Polk (78.33). …
Brett Jackson (Edmonton, Alberta) was second to Westerberg
in scoring average at 78.33 last season. … Jackson enjoyed a streak of five straight rounds of 75 or better last year. … Jackson's second-round even-par 71 at the Carthage/Tim Kopka Invitational on Sept. 12 was his collegiate low round. … Brodt fired a then-school-record three-under-par 69 during the second day of the Augsburg Invitational on Sept. 5. … The Cardinals' second-day 299 at the Carthage/Tim Kopka Invitational on Sept. 12 was just two shots shy of the school record 297 Saint Mary's recorded during the second round of the Augsburg Invitational on Sept. 5.
