Sam Saunders Looks to Carry on Family Tradition

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - University of New Mexico head men's golf coach Glen Millican has announced the signing of Sam Saunders to a National Letter of Intent. Saunders, a senior at Albuquerque's La Cueva high school, will join the Lobos in the fall of 2010.

"We're excited to have Sam join our team next fall," coach Glen Millican said. "We're getting one of the best golfers to come out of New Mexico in the past few years."

Saunders won the New Mexico Class 5A Golf Individual State Championship and led his team to a second-place finish as a junior last season. He also has won two Future Collegiate World Tour championships and took second place at an American Junior Golf Association event.

Up next: Arizona Intercollegiate
When/Where: Feb. 1-2, Tucson, Ariz.

New Mexico Captures Second Top-5 Finish to End Fall Season

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DALLAS - When the sun finally came out at the Royal Oaks Country Club after two days of steady, sometimes violent rainstorms, the University of New Mexico men's golf team found a way to put the finishing touches on a top-5 finish at the Baylor Intercollegiate.

The Lobos closed the three-round event with a final-round, 2-under-par 282 - their second-best team score of the fall season. New Mexico finished with a 14-over-par 866 total score to close the Invitational, leaving them in a tie for fourth place with host Baylor and one stroke behind third-place Iowa.

UPDATE: Lobos Tied for Fourth Heading into Final Round

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DALLAS - The sun finally came out at the Royal Oaks Country Club after two days of steady, sometimes violent rainstorms, where the University of New Mexico men's golf team finds itself closing in on a top-5 finish at the Baylor Intercollegiate.

The Lobos posted a 9-over-par 293 Tuesday morning to close the second round, putting them at 16-over and tied for fourth place heading into the third and final round.

Lobos in Third as Play is Suspended at Soggy Baylor Intercollegiate

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DALLAS - The University of New Mexico men's golf team found itself in 10th place at 10-under-par at the Baylor Intercollegiate when play was suspended by course officials at the Royal Oaks Country Club due to unrelenting rain. Thunderstorms in the Dallas area have dropped over four inches of rain on the Royal Oaks Country Club overnight. The rain combined with wind gusts up to 25 miles-per-hour to provide conditions course marshals deemed unfit for further play.