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No. 15 Men's Golf preview: at Transamerica/WFG Western Intercollegiate
04.11.2014 | Men's Golf
The Longhorns conclude the regular season this weekend in Santa Cruz, Calif.
UP NEXT: Texas (No. 15 Golfweek/Sagarin) travels to Santa Cruz, Calif., for the 68th annual Transamerica/WFG Western Intercollegiate.
WHERE: Pasatiempo Golf Club (par 70, 6,610 yards)
WHEN: Saturday, April 12 – Sunday, April 13
TEE TIMES: Play will begin at 10:15 a.m. Central in a shotgun formation. Both the first and second rounds are scheduled to be played on Saturday. Third-round pairings for Sunday will be based off team standings after 36 holes.
THE TOURNAMENT FIELD (Golfweek/Sagarin rankings as of April 7): Arizona State (29), California (5), Hawaii, Memphis (41), Oregon (50), San Diego State (36), San Jose State, SMU (27), USC (21), Stanford (6), Texas (15), Texas-El Paso, UC Irvine, Washington (15)
LAST TIME OUT: Texas senior Toni Hakula collected his third top-five individual finish and junior Kramer Hickok landed his third top-10 at the 3M Augusta Invitational at Forest Hills Golf Club. Hakula (71-70-67) finished tied for fourth at 5-under-par 208, just three strokes behind medalist Greg Eason (66-71-68=205) of UCF, and Hickok (70-69-73) tied for eighth place at 4-under 212. As a team, the Longhorns (284-280-283=847) entered the final round tied for the 36-hole lead with eventual winner No. 9 UCF (287-277-282=846), but came up one stroke short of the Knights' 6-under final-round performance. It marked the third runner-up finish of the year for the Longhorns.
LAST TIME AT THE WESTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE: The top-ranked Texas Men's Golf team claimed a four-stroke victory at the 2012 Western Intercollegiate at Pasatiempo Golf Club. Freshman Jordan Spieth (72-67-71=210, E) led the Longhorns on the individual leaderboard in a tie for fifth place.
LIVE SCORING: Western Intercollegiate
TEXAS LINEUP
No. 1 – Toni Hakula
- No. 34 Men's Collegiate Individual per Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings
- Ranks second on the squad with a scoring average of 71.63 through 27 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 fourth place at the 3M Augusta Invitational, his third top-5 finish this year
- 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 – Kramer Hickok
- No. 44 Men's Collegiate Individual per Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings
- 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
- Leads the Longhorns with a 71.60 scoring average through 15 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. 3 – Beau Hossler
- No. 75 Men's Collegiate Individual per Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings
- Recorded a career-best tie for 10th place at Bayou City Intercollegiate Championship
- Making his ninth appearance in the Texas lineup
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 eighth appearance in the Texas lineup this year
No. 6 – Will Griffin
- Finished T-60 (76-70-79=225) at the 3M Augusta Invitational
- Making his second appearance in the Texas lineup this year