NDSU Men’s Golf Prepared for UC San Diego Invitational

FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota State men’s golf heads to La Jolla, California this week to return to action at the UC San Diego Invitational. The tournament will be held March 23-25 at the world-famous Torrey Pines Golf Course.
 
Tournament Schedule
The 54-hole tournament will be played in three days, with an 18-hole round per day. Sunday and Monday will see 1 p.m. shotgun starts, with the final day set for a 7 a.m. shotgun start.
 
The Field

The UC San Diego Invitational will host 20 teams in the tournament. Along with UC San Diego, the field will include the Bison, New Mexico State, Arkansas State, Sacramento State, UC Irvine, Seattle,Utah State, George Mason, Gonzaga, UC Riverside, California Baptist, DePaul, Houston Christian, Cal State Northridge, Air Force, Lehigh, Bucknell, Prairie View A&M and Oklahoma Christian.
 
Coverage
Live results of the 2025 UC San Diego Invitational will be available through Scoreboard, powered by Clippd, which can be found here.
 
The Course
Located in sunny La Jolla, California, the world-famous Torrey Pines Golf Course is home to a 36-hole circuit that is divided between an 18-hole North Course and an 18-hole South Course. The 2025 UC San Diego Invitational will be played on the Torrey Pines South Course. Home of the 2008 and 2021 U.S. Open Championships, the Torrey Pines South Course is the more challenging of the two courses featured on the property. Originally designed by William Bell, Sr. in 1957, the South course was renovated and reimagined by Rees Jones in 2001 and once again in 2019. Compared to the North Course, the South Course is longer and features more difficult play, as the South Course is a par 72 with a yardage of 7,802 and holds a rating of 78.8 with a slope of 148. The “Old” South Course record was set in 1999 by Tiger Woods, who recorded a score of 62 after firing eight birdies and one eagle. Greg Chalmers holds the “New” course record after recording a score of 63 from ten birdies and one bogey, which was set in 2002.
 
Bison at the UC San Diego Invitational
The Bison are the defending champions of the UC San Diego Invitational, winning the 2024 tournament by a commanding nine strokes with a score of 857 (-8), which is the 12^th best finish in a 54-hole tournament in the Bison men’s history. NDSU placed four golfers in the top 25 in the 2024 tournament, which was the first time the Bison competed in the tournament in its four-year history.
 
Last Time Out
NDSU continues the spring season following the Bandon Dunes Championship in early March. Placing fifth in the 16-team field, the Bison had three land in the top 25 in the 99-golfer field, with Josh Galvin and Jake Skarperud each recording a round under par.
 
Bison Competing
NDSU will take five golfers to Torrey Pines. The Bison competing will be Ian Simonich, Josh Galvin, Max Wilson, Rylin Petry, and Jake Skarperud.
 
On the Links

• Ian Simonich enters the UC San Diego Invitational as one of the two current Bison who played in the tournament in 2024. Simonich finished sixth in the 107-golfer field last year. As the only Bison to claim a tournament victory this season, Simonich has posted five finishes in the top 15 out of seven tournaments.
• Jake Skarperud is the second current Bison who played in the 2024 Invitational, where he finished tied for 24^th. Skarperud has posted eight rounds of par or better so far in 2024-25.
• Max Wilson enters the event as the highest placing Bison at the Bandon Dunes Championship, where he finished in a tie for 15^th, which is his highest ever collegiate finish.
• Rylin Petry led the Bison through the fall semester, posting a 72.1 scoring average and a .892 win percentage. Petry posted four top-10 finishes in five events during the fall, and posted a team best round of -5 (67) at the Monterrey Collegiate Classic to wrap up the fall semester in late October.

 
Looking Ahead
Following the UC San Diego Invitational, the Bison will have two weeks off before heading to the Old Corkscrew Intercollegiate in Estero, Florida. This event will be hosted by Florida Gulf Coast at the Old Corkscrew Golf Club April 7-8.