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No. 20 Men's Golf preview: at Bayou City Collegiate Championship
02.20.2014 | Men's Golf
The Longhorns travel to nearby Humble, Texas, for the 54-hole Bayou City Collegiate Championship.
UP NEXT: Texas (No. 20 Golfweek/Sagarin) travels to nearby Humble, Texas, for the 54-hole Bayou City Collegiate Championship.
WHERE: The Golf Club of Houston (par 72, 6,982 yards)
WHEN: Friday, Feb. 21 - Sunday, Feb. 23
TEE TIMES: The first two rounds on Friday and Saturday will begin at 10 a.m. in a split-tee start off Nos. 1 and 10. The Longhorns are paired with Houston and South Florida on Friday in the first groups off the first tee. Sunday's finale is slated for an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start.
THE TOURNAMENT FIELD (with six Top-50 Golfweek/Sagarin rankings noted): No. 17 Houston (co-host), Rice (co-host), No. 25 Arkansas, No. 29 Baylor, No. 63 Charlotte, Houston Baptist, No. 89 Lamar, No. 80 Louisiana, Louisiana Tech, No. 55 Mississippi State, New Mexico State, No. 24 South Carolina, No. 20 TEXAS, No. 19 South Florida, UTSA.
LAST TIME OUT: Texas (274-282-281=837, -27) finished tied for seventh place in its inaugural spring outing at The Amer Ari Invitational at Waikoloa King's Course. Freshman Gavin Hall was the Longhorns' low player for the third time this season, as he finished tied for 30th place at 6-under-par 210 (68-72-70).
LAST YEAR AT BAYOU CITY COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP: The then-No. 2 Texas Men's Golf team (285-274-283=842, -22) claimed a 21-stroke victory in the Bayou City Collegiate Championship at Redstone Golf Club. Former Longhorn Brandon Stone (72-68-67=207) took home medalist honors, and former Longhorn Julio Vegas (69-69-72=210) and senior Toni Hakula (72-67-72=211) finished second and tied for third, respectively. Junior walk-on Brax McCarthy (67-69-77=213), the 36-hole leader, tied for sixth place overall while competing as an individual for the Longhorns.
LIVE SCORING: Bayou City Collegiate Championship
TEXAS LINEUP
No. 1 – Gavin Hall
- Three Top 25 finishes in his first five events as a Longhorn
- Recorded a season-best sixth place finish at the Jerry Pate Intercollegiate
- Finished at even-par 210 (76-71-73) at the Jerry Pate, making him one of just two Longhorns to finish a tournament at par or better during the fall season
No. 2 – Kramer Hickok
- Finished T-39 at The Amer Ari Invitational, his first appearance since suffering a right wrist injury during the summer
- Shot a career-low 66 in the second round of the 2013 NCAA Championship
- Appeared in the Texas lineup 10 times last season, where 24-of-30 (.800) competitive rounds counted towards the final team score
No. 3 No. 3 – Toni Hakula
- No. 61 Men's Collegiate Individual per Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings
- Two Top 10 finishes in 2013 Fall season
- 2013 British Am runner-up
- Leads Texas with a 71.73 scoring average through 15 rounds this season
- Finished at 1-under 215 (73-71-71) at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational, making him one of just two Longhorns to finish a tournament at par or better during the fall season
No. 4 – Beau Hossler
- Making his sixth appearance in the Texas lineup
- Recorded a season-best 11th place finish at the season-opening Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational
No. 5 – Brax McCarthy
- Making his fifth appearance in the Texas lineup
- Finished T-39 (69-73-69=211) at The Amer Ari Invitational
Individual – Will Griffin
- Second appearance in the season as an individual
- Finished T-46 (70-72-74=216) in The Amer Ari Invitational