Andres Gonzales was called Half-Man, Half-Amazin’ during his playing days for his great play and large personality. When named UNLV men’s head golf coach, a social commenter called him “Half-Man, Half-Coach.’ We love that and wish him best of luck in his first event as THE Man at the helm.
The UNLV men’s golf team will begin the 2026-27 season in Olympia Fields, Illinois, in its first tournament under head coach Andres Gonzales at the Fighting Illini Invitational being hosted by Illinois from Friday-Sunday at Olympia Fields Country Club’s South Course.
The Rebels will compete among a stacked 15-team field that features five top-10 and 12 top-25 programs in the Bushnell/Golfweek Preseason Coaches Poll.
Along with the No. 12 Illini, No. 1 Florida, No. 3 Oklahoma State, No. 4 Arizona State, No. 5 Texas Tech, No. 9 LSU, No. 13 Pepperdine, No. 16 Texas A&M, No. 18 Alabama, No. 19 Stanford, No. 20 Florida State and No. 25 Georgia Tech, Baylor and Northwestern will play at the event.
Representing the Scarlet & Gray will be senior Zach Little, senior Ryan Abuan, junior Avery Lazarski, senior Mason Snyder and sophomore Aaron Van Hauwe.
The 54-hole tournament will see 18-hole rounds played each day.
Live scoring will be available at Scoreboard Powered by Clippd.