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Bearkat Invitational
Men’s Golf Wraps Up Regular Season at Bearkat Invitational Monday and Tuesday
4/1/2018 6:41:00 PM | Men's Golf
‘Jacks open up month of April by competing in regular season finale, take on 11-team field at Bearkat Invitational
Throughout the 2017-18 season, SFAJacks.com will feature a men's golfer with a Q&A leading up to each of the Lumberjacks' tournaments. Today, highlighting junior Jake Hendrix.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – In its final tune-up before the 2018 Southland Conference Championship, the Stephen F. Austin men's golf team will take on Sam Houston State's Bearkat Invitational in Montgomery, Texas, Monday and Tuesday, April 2-3. The two-day, 54-hole tournament hosted at the Walden on Lake Conroe Golf Club will feature an 11-team field with two rounds of play Monday, April 2 and the third and final round taking place Tuesday, April 3.
Joining the Lumberjacks and the host Bearkats will be Southland counterparts New Orleans and Incarnate Word. The rest of the 11-team field is made up of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), Prairie View A&M, Houston, Texas Southern, Midland Community College and a pair of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) schools in the University of St. Thomas and the University of Houston-Victoria.
First round play on the par-72, 6,756-yard golf course will get underway Monday morning with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. SFA has been paired with Sam Houston State and UTRGV for the opening round and will tee off from holes 1-3. Freshman Andy Lopez (Dallas, Texas) and junior Angelo Leyvani (San Antonio, Texas) will both tee off from hole No. 1, while junior Jake Hendrix (Austin, Texas) will start from hole No. 2 and freshman Steven Fabik (Carrollton, Texas) and senior Blake Stock (Hewitt, Texas) will begin on hole No. 3.
The 'Jacks are coming off of their first top-five finish of the spring after placing third amongst 11 teams at McNeese's Lake Charles Invitational last week. SFA shot a 6-over 870 through the three rounds of play, including a 1-over 289 in the first round and an even-par 288 on the second 18 holes. Lopez claimed his third top-10 and fourth top-20 finish of 2017-18 by shooting a 3-under 213 to tie for seventh. His three-round total tying his season-low. Hendrix tallied a career-low 3-under 69 in the opening round of the event and notched his second top-20 finish this season by shooting a career-best even-par 216 to tie for 14th.
In eight tournaments this season, the 'Jacks have registered three top-three finishes and posted a total of four top-10 placements. Heading into SFA's final regular-season event, the 'Jacks rank third in the Southland according to Golfstat directly behind McNeese and leader Sam Houston State.
Live scoring of the Bearkat Invitational will be available at Golfstat.com.
Getting to know junior Jake Hendrix
A native of the Lone Star State's capital city, Hendrix has been playing his best collegiate golf as of late. The junior most recently had his best tournament of his Lumberjack career last week at the Lake Charles Invitational, where he shot a career-low 3-under 69 in the opening round of the event at the Country Club at the Golden Nugget. Hendrix completed the tournament by notching his second top-20 finish of his career, tallying a career-best even-par 216 to tie for 14th.
After transferring from New Mexico following his freshman redshirt year, Hendrix played in a total of four tournaments and completed 11 rounds of golf as a redshirt freshman and sophomore at SFA before stepping up into a much larger role this year. He has competed in five total tournaments in 2017-18 and played 15 rounds of golf, averaging a 74.40 per round for the third-best scoring average on the team.
Why did you choose to come and play at SFA?
"I transferred from the University of New Mexico at the end of my freshman year in order to play for a Division I program closer to my hometown of Austin. I also felt at home here at SFA and I knew I could be a key player for the golf program."
Who is the most influential person in your life, and why?
"The most influential person in my life is my little brother. He's always looked up to me as an example of what he should be like and I want to show him that he can do anything in life if he puts his mind too."
What are your top three to five values in life?
"My top values in life are hard work, dedication and drive. Without these it is a long road to success."
What is your best life lesson learned in college and/or golf?
"Whether I am on the golf course or off, patience and perseverance is something I always keep in mind. There will be rough times in life and sometimes you have bad holes on the course, by staying patient and persevering through the rough patches I can move on and excel."
What is your dream job that is not practical?
"My dream job would be to own a professional sports team. Owning an organization and watching your guys win a world championship would be a once in a lifetime experience."
Who would you play you in a movie/TV series?
"Joey from Friends would play me in a TV series because I feel like we have the exact same personality, and I love sandwiches."
What is your biggest fear? Is there a personal story about why?
"My biggest fear is four putting. Three putts can turn a good hole into a bad hole, but four putting can destroy your confidence."
What is one thing that no one knows about Steven?
"I am ambidextrous. I'm right-handed but play golf left-handed."
-SFA-
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – In its final tune-up before the 2018 Southland Conference Championship, the Stephen F. Austin men's golf team will take on Sam Houston State's Bearkat Invitational in Montgomery, Texas, Monday and Tuesday, April 2-3. The two-day, 54-hole tournament hosted at the Walden on Lake Conroe Golf Club will feature an 11-team field with two rounds of play Monday, April 2 and the third and final round taking place Tuesday, April 3.
Joining the Lumberjacks and the host Bearkats will be Southland counterparts New Orleans and Incarnate Word. The rest of the 11-team field is made up of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), Prairie View A&M, Houston, Texas Southern, Midland Community College and a pair of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) schools in the University of St. Thomas and the University of Houston-Victoria.
First round play on the par-72, 6,756-yard golf course will get underway Monday morning with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. SFA has been paired with Sam Houston State and UTRGV for the opening round and will tee off from holes 1-3. Freshman Andy Lopez (Dallas, Texas) and junior Angelo Leyvani (San Antonio, Texas) will both tee off from hole No. 1, while junior Jake Hendrix (Austin, Texas) will start from hole No. 2 and freshman Steven Fabik (Carrollton, Texas) and senior Blake Stock (Hewitt, Texas) will begin on hole No. 3.
The 'Jacks are coming off of their first top-five finish of the spring after placing third amongst 11 teams at McNeese's Lake Charles Invitational last week. SFA shot a 6-over 870 through the three rounds of play, including a 1-over 289 in the first round and an even-par 288 on the second 18 holes. Lopez claimed his third top-10 and fourth top-20 finish of 2017-18 by shooting a 3-under 213 to tie for seventh. His three-round total tying his season-low. Hendrix tallied a career-low 3-under 69 in the opening round of the event and notched his second top-20 finish this season by shooting a career-best even-par 216 to tie for 14th.
In eight tournaments this season, the 'Jacks have registered three top-three finishes and posted a total of four top-10 placements. Heading into SFA's final regular-season event, the 'Jacks rank third in the Southland according to Golfstat directly behind McNeese and leader Sam Houston State.
Live scoring of the Bearkat Invitational will be available at Golfstat.com.
Getting to know junior Jake Hendrix
A native of the Lone Star State's capital city, Hendrix has been playing his best collegiate golf as of late. The junior most recently had his best tournament of his Lumberjack career last week at the Lake Charles Invitational, where he shot a career-low 3-under 69 in the opening round of the event at the Country Club at the Golden Nugget. Hendrix completed the tournament by notching his second top-20 finish of his career, tallying a career-best even-par 216 to tie for 14th.
After transferring from New Mexico following his freshman redshirt year, Hendrix played in a total of four tournaments and completed 11 rounds of golf as a redshirt freshman and sophomore at SFA before stepping up into a much larger role this year. He has competed in five total tournaments in 2017-18 and played 15 rounds of golf, averaging a 74.40 per round for the third-best scoring average on the team.
Why did you choose to come and play at SFA?
"I transferred from the University of New Mexico at the end of my freshman year in order to play for a Division I program closer to my hometown of Austin. I also felt at home here at SFA and I knew I could be a key player for the golf program."
Who is the most influential person in your life, and why?
"The most influential person in my life is my little brother. He's always looked up to me as an example of what he should be like and I want to show him that he can do anything in life if he puts his mind too."
What are your top three to five values in life?
"My top values in life are hard work, dedication and drive. Without these it is a long road to success."
What is your best life lesson learned in college and/or golf?
"Whether I am on the golf course or off, patience and perseverance is something I always keep in mind. There will be rough times in life and sometimes you have bad holes on the course, by staying patient and persevering through the rough patches I can move on and excel."
What is your dream job that is not practical?
"My dream job would be to own a professional sports team. Owning an organization and watching your guys win a world championship would be a once in a lifetime experience."
Who would you play you in a movie/TV series?
"Joey from Friends would play me in a TV series because I feel like we have the exact same personality, and I love sandwiches."
What is your biggest fear? Is there a personal story about why?
"My biggest fear is four putting. Three putts can turn a good hole into a bad hole, but four putting can destroy your confidence."
What is one thing that no one knows about Steven?
"I am ambidextrous. I'm right-handed but play golf left-handed."
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