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UTEP Men’s Golf Competes at the 36th Duck Invitational March 23-24

3/22/2026 10:24:00 AM

TOURNAMENT PROGRAM

EL PASO – UTEP men's golf, ranked #77 (70-40-3), hits the links at the 36^th Annual Duck Invitational hosted by Oregon at Eugene Country Club (par 71 | 6,997 yards) on Monday and Tuesday.

The tournament features a 54-hole stroke-play format with 36 holes on Monday, March 23, with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. MDT/8:30 PT, and the final 18 on Tuesday (same times).

36^th DUCK INVITATIONAL INFORMATION
LIVE RESULTS: https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/239533/scoring/participants

Teeing off for the Miners are Dylan Teeter (70.3 stroke average), Branden Smith (71.9), Marc Keller (72.4), Patrick Foley (71.9), and Alexandre Godin (73.0).

The #77 Miners will compete in a 15-team field that includes host #63 Oregon, Boise State, Cal State Fullerton, #48 Cincinnati, #92 Grand Canyon, Gonzaga, Hawai'i-Hilo, Idaho, #9 Illinois, #88 Iowa, #71 Michigan State, #62 Oregon State, #84 San Jose State, and #58 Saint Mary's.

UTEP has finished in the top 10 in all eight of its tournaments so far this season. The Miners' worst finish was a ninth-place showing to open the season. It's also the 12^th consecutive top-10 finish, dating back to the 2024-25 campaign. UTEP last finished out of the top 10 on March 8-9, 2025, at Michigan's Desert Mountain Intercollegiate. The eight straight top-10 finishes to begin the season are the most since the 1997-98 season, when the Miners opened that campaign with nine consecutive.

The Miners will play the first of their three final regular-season tournaments before the Conference USA Championship on April 27-30, in Texarkana, Ark. UTEP will play at Wyoming's Cowboy Classic in Maricopa, Ariz., on March 31-April 1, and at Mississippi State's Mossy Oak Collegiate in West Point, Miss., on April 13-14.

PREVIOUS 54
UTEP (281-299-286—866, +2) got off to a scorching start, shooting 7-under par in round one, but stumbled in the second round with an 11-over par effort. The Miners shot 2-under in round three to move up a spot to finish tied for eighth at the 46^th Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate hosted by the University of Arizona at Tucson CC (par 72 | 7,533 yards) on March 16-17.

Marc Keller (71-73-71—215) and Dylan Teeter (71-73-71—215) penciled in identical scores, placing tied for 27^th overall. Keller eagled hole #1 in round two, while recording 11 birdies. Teeter led the Miners with 12 birdies.

Braden Smith (70-76-72—218) tied for 37^th. Smith eagled hole #10 in round one, while securing 10 birdies.

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