Weber State University’s men’s golf team is ready for the second half of the 2024-25 season to start. In the 2024 half, the team played in five tournaments. The Wildcats’ top finish was at the Bill Cullum Invitational, where they placed first among six teams. The top performer for Weber was Matthew Wilson, who placed third overall and shot three under par. Coming in fourth was Ty Anderson with two strokes under par. Anderson had a good turnaround after shooting five over par in round one; he then shot an individual best three under par in round two and closed out round three, shooting four strokes under.
Coming from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Wilson arrived in Ogden and established himself as an outstanding golfer and an addition to the Wildcats program. In the five tournaments that Weber has participated in this season, Wilson has been the top individual four out of the five times. At the Dolenc Invitational in Madison, Illinois, 99 golfers were participating. Wilson tied for sixth place and helped Weber place ninth overall out of 18 teams.
Weber State last participated in the Utah Collegiate Shootout at Sunbrook Golf Club in
St. George, Utah, on Oct. 14. Four teams participated, including Utah Valley University, Utah State University, Southern Utah University and Weber State. Weber ended the shootout, placing third. The Wildcats shot six under par in the two rounds as a team. Wilson tied for sixth with a score of five under. Anderson came in ninth with just one stroke more than Wilson at four under.
In the 2023-24 season, the team had seniors Isaac Buerger and Hayden Banz leading. Buerger tied for second in the Big Sky Championships, with Banz tying for fifth. Both seniors competed in nine tournaments and 25 rounds of golf. Buerger averaged 73.08 strokes per round, with Banz having a team-high average of 72.48. The team has now had to move on to new leadership as the team is very young, with seniority being placed upon Anderson, a junior. Anderson placed his career-best with a tie for fifth overall at the Montgomerie Invitational and earned Big Sky Golfer of the Week on March 8, 2024.
Weber now prepares for the Orange County Collegiate Classic at Coto de Caza Golf
Club in California on Feb. 10-11.
