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Schenkel Invitational
No. 15 Men's Golf preview: at Schenkel Invitational
03.13.2014 | Men's Golf
Texas travels to Statesboro, Ga., for the 35th annual Schenkel Invitational.
UP NEXT: Texas (No. 15 Golfweek/Sagarin) travels to Statesboro, Ga., for the 35th annual Schenkel Invitational.
WHERE: Forest Heights Country Club (par 72, 6,962 yards)
WHEN: Friday, March 14 – Sunday, March 16
TEE TIMES: Play will begin at 8 a.m. Central off Nos. 1 and 10. Texas will be paired alongside Kentucky and Florida in the first round, teeing off the first hole starting at 8:45 a.m. Second and third-round pairings will be based off team standings.
THE TOURNAMENT FIELD (Golfweek/Sagarin rankings as of March 10): UAB (13), Central Florida (8), College of Charleston (108), Duke (82), Florida (75), Georgia Southern (70), Georgia State (56), Kentucky (29), Maryland (152), Ole Miss (76), NC State (93), North Florida (53), North Texas (59), TEXAS (15) and Virginia (11).
LAST TIME OUT: Senior Toni Hakula recorded his fourth top-10 finish of the season with a team-best tie for second place at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters (March 7-9). The Ben Hogan Award Watch List candidate carded a 54-hole total of 3-over 219 (72-76-71) and paced the Longhorns (308-307-286=901, +37) to a seventh-place team finish. Texas fired a field-best 286 (-2) in the final round, the lowest single-round team score of any team throughout the 54-hole event.
LAST YEAR AT THE SCHENKEL INVITATIONAL: Texas freshman Brandon Stone collected his fourth top-five finish of the season and senior Cody Gribble landed his second at the Schenkel Invitational at Forest Heights Country Club. Stone (68-73-69) finished second overall at 3-under-par 207, three strokes behind medalist Justin Thomas (67-70-70) of Alabama, and Gribble (73-68-71) tied for fifth with a 54-hole total of 212. As a team, Texas (280-285-293=584, -6) entered the final round two strokes behind eventual winner Alabama (282-281-285=848), but was unable to overcome four par-or-better scores by the Crimson Tide.
LIVE SCORING: Schenkel Invitational
TEXAS LINEUP
No. 1 – Toni Hakula
- No. 28 Men's Collegiate Individual per Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings
- Leads the Longhorns with a scoring average of 71.67 through 21 rounds this season
- Registered a season-best runner-up finish at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters for his fourth top-10 finish of the season
- Recorded a tie for fifth place finish at the Bayou City Intercollegiate Championship
- 2014 The Ben Hogan Award Watch List
- 2013 British Am runner-up
- 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. 2 – Beau Hossler
- Recorded a career-best tie for 10th place at Bayou City Intercollegiate Championship
- Making his eighth appearance in the Texas lineup
No. 3 – Kramer Hickok
- Finished tied for second place in his second tournament of the season after missing the fall season due to a right wrist injury sustained during the summer
- Ranks second on the squad with a 72.00 scoring average through nine rounds this season
- 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. 4 – Gavin Hall
- Four Top 25 finishes in his first seven events as a Longhorn
- Recorded a season-best tied for fifth place finish at the Bayou City Intercollegiate Championship
- 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. 5 – Brax McCarthy
- Finished T-46 (75-75-70=220) at the Bayou City Intercollegiate Championship
- Making his seventh appearance in the Texas lineup this year