Photos: Arizona Wildcats National Invitational Tournament at Omni Tucson National
The Wildcats come in 50 under but fall one stroke short to New Mexico to finish their home tournament in second place on the last day of play, January 30, 2024, Tucson, Ariz.
Arizona’s Zach Pollo hits out of a bunker on 10 in the final round of the Arizona’s National Invitational Tournament at Omni Tucson National on Jan. 30, 2024.
Arizona’s Sam Sommerhauser watches his tee shot from the 18th in the final round of the National Invitational Tournament at Omni Tucson National on Jan. 30, 2024.
Tianyi Xiong chips from the rough at the 10th green during the final round of the school’s National Invitational Tournament at Omni Tucson National, Tucson, Ariz., January 30, 2024.
Arizona’s Tiger Christensen lines up his putt from the edge of the rough on 10 at Omni Tucson National during the last round of the National Invitational Tournament, Tucson, Ariz., January 30, 2024.
Filip Jakubcik hits his second shot from 15th fairway playing in the final round of the National Invitational Tournament at Omni Tucson National, Jan. 30, 2024.
Arizona’s Zach Pollo makes his shot onto the 11th green during play in the final round of the National Invitational Tournament at Omni Tucson National, Tucson, Ariz., January 30, 2024.
Arizona’s Tianyi Xiong watches his drive from the 13th tee box as the Wildcats wrap up two days of play in the National Invitational Tournament at Omni Tucson National Tuesday.
Arizona golfer Tiger Christensen, left, and Zach Pollo discuss a putt on the 12th green in the final round of the National Invitational Tournament at Omni Tucson National on Jan. 30.
Stanford’s Karl Vilips, left, Arizona’s Sam Sommerhauser and Texas A&M’s Michael Heidelbaugh bide their time, waiting for the 15th fairway to clear so they can tee off in the last round of play in the National Invitational Tournament at Omni Tucson National, Tucson, Ariz., January 30, 2024.
Arizona’s Sam Sommerhauser hits his tee shot on the 15th tee box in the last round of play in the National Invitational Tournament at Omni Tucson National, Tucson, Ariz., January 30, 2024.
Arizona’s Filip Jakubcik kicks up a lot of turf making his approach shot from the rough on the 18th hole at Omni Tucson National during the school’s National Invitational Tournament on Jan. 30, 2024.
Arizona Tiger Christensen lines up a putt during play on No. 12 in the National Invitational Tournament at Omni Tucson National in January.
Arizona’s Filip Jakubcik hits from the tee box on No. 11 during his final round of play at the National Invitational Tournament at Omni Tucson National on Jan. 30, 2024.
Kelly Presnell
Photojournalist
The Arizona men's golf team shot a school-record 50 under par at the N.I.T. event at Tucson National, where New Mexico took the title by one stroke.