Texas Men’s Golf Knocks off Virginia to Win U.S. Collegiate Championship
Texas Men’s Golf won the U.S. Collegiate Championship on Sunday with a score of 277—11 under par—to edge out the University of Virginia by one stroke. The win, recorded at the Golf Club of Georgia, is the first tournament victory for the 16th-ranked Longhorns since the Big 12 Championship this past April.
Though two Cavaliers topped the individual leaderboard, Texas was led by rounds of 5-under-par 67s by both sophomore Gavin Hall and freshman Scottie Scheffler. Hall has finished in the top 10 of all three tournaments this fall for the Longhorns. Here are the results from this weekend:
Team Leaderboard
1. TEXAS – 278-287-277=843 (-21)
2. Virginia – 272-294-277=844 (-20)
3. LSU – 296-279-282=857 (-7)
4. Wake Forest – 288-284-286=858 (-6)
5. UCLA – 287-294-279=860 (-4)
6. Auburn – 286-289-286=861 (-3)
T7. Georgia Tech – 296-285-281=862 (-2)
T7. Washington – 290-290-282=862 (-2)
9. Texas A&M – 281-288-293=863 (-1)
10. Clemson – 294-290-284=868 (+4)
11. Iowa – 291-289-289=869 (+5)
12. East Tennessee State – 286-292-297=875 (+11)
13. Stanford – 283-293-300=876 (+12)
14. Oklahoma State – 290-286-304=880 (+16)
15. Kent State – 304-296-292=892 (+28)
Player Leaderboard
1. Derek Bard, Virginia – 66-71-64=201 (-15)
2. Denny McCarthy, Virginia – 63-72-72=207 (-9)
T3. Cody Proveaux, Clemson – 73-67-69=209 (-7)
T3. Cheng-Tsung Pan, Washington – 67-75-67=209 (-7)
T3. Gavin Hall, TEXAS – 67-75-67=209 (-7)
T6. Ollie Schniederjans, Georgia Tech – 73-68-69=210 (-6)
T6. Scottie Scheffler, TEXAS – 68-75-67=210 (-6)
Additional Texas Players
T13. Kramer Hickok – 70-68-75=213 (-3)
T19. Beau Hossler – 73-70-72=215 (-1)
T54. Brax McCarthy – 74-77-71=222 (+6)
“We know we have a very competitive team and this helped validate that a little bit,” coach John Fields said after the win, “but we have a lot more to do this year.”
This tournament was the penultimate contest for Texas this fall—the next and final tournament this season will be November 3-5 at the Gifford Intercollegiate in San Jose, Calif. They’ll have a fellow Longhorn cheering them on, as he did this weekend:
Photo of Gavin Hall courtesy UT Athletics.
