For the second consecutive year, the University of Hawai'i men's golf team opens its season with the Husky Invitational in Sammamish, Wash. The tournament runs Monday, Sept. 16 and Tuesday, Sept. 17 at the Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash.
 
The 2019-20 season marks head coach Ronn Miyashiro's 22^ndat the helm of the Rainbow Warriors. This year's squad returns seven letterwinners including junior Justin Arcano, who has led the team in scoring average the past two years. Last season, the Wailuku, Maui native averaged 74.4 strokes per round and posted two Top 10 finishes to earn honorable mention all-Big West honors.
 
Miyashiro is currently the third-most tenured head coach at UH behind sailing coach Andy Johnson and softball coach Bob Coolen. He welcomes two newcomers to the team, both from Japan – Kanata Irei and Kotaro Murata. Irei is a transfer from St. Leo University in Florida while Murata comes to UH as one of the program's highest ranked junior golfers.
 
Also returning are seniors Trevor Hirata and Nick Nelson, juniors Matt Lloyd, Justin Ngan, and Cole Yoshida and sophomore AJ Teraoka. Ngan competed in all 11 tournaments a season ago with a 75.1 average and was the team's top finisher in last year's Husky Invitational with a 232 total and tie for 43^rdplace. Arcano, Hirata, Yoshida and Teraoka also competed in last year's Husky Invite, which UH finished in 12^thplace.

In conjunction with the Husky Invitational, an individual 54-hole tournament will be held simultaneously at the nearby McCormick Woods Golf Course.

Tournament #1
What: Husky Invitational
Date: Monday, Sept. 16 and Tuesday, Sept. 17
Where: Gold Mountain Golf Club; Bremerton, Wash.
Yardage (Par): 7,179 (72)
Format: 54 holes (36, 18); Tee times beginning at 7:00 a.m. PT off 1 and 10 
Host: Washington
Participating Teams (15 teams): Boise State, Gonzaga, Hawai'i, Idaho, Long Beach State, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Oregon State, Saint Mary's, San Diego, San Diego State, Seattle U, Washington, Washington State