Team depth was key to the Bruins’ most recent tournament showing, and a glaring absence set the stage for their ultimate finish.
UCLA men’s golf competed without one of its top golfers, junior Omar Morales, as it finished 11th in a 24-team field at The Prestige on the PGA West Norman Course.

Men’s golfConnor Dullinger, Daily Bruin contributor
The Bruins will be heading across the Pacific Ocean.
UCLA men’s golf is traveling to Waimea, Hawaii for a three-day tournament, in which it will compete at the 33rd annual Amer Ari Invitational at the Mauna Lani Golf Course.

The Bruins finished a few shots away from victory once again.
UCLA men’s golf finished in a tie for third at the Southwestern Invitational Collegiate with a total score of 9-under 843 on Wednesday.

Half of the Bruins’ lineup will be traveling to the deep valley for the first time.
UCLA men’s golf is heading to the Southwestern Invitational in Westlake Village, California, from Monday to Wednesday.

This post was updated Jan. 18 at 12:01 a.m.
It was a tournament of firsts for the Bruins.
In a two-day tournament spanning Sunday to Monday, UCLA men’s golf competed in The Copper Cup – its first tournament of the new year – at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Arizona.

The Bruins will embark on a new golfing adventure in the desert.
“We haven’t played a competitive style of alternate shot,” said sophomore Kyle An. “We’ve practiced it before, but we’re basically, honestly, going in kind of blind.”
UCLA men’s golf is gearing up for its first tournament of the new year, in which it will switch up the style of play in a two-day event at The Copper Cup in Maricopa, Arizona.

This post was updated Nov. 2 at 9:42 p.m.
Omar Morales recorded his third consecutive top-five finish, more than he had in his entire previous two years as a Bruin.