No. 4 Men’s Golf wins Valspar Collegiate

Tuesday, March 22

Floridian National Golf Course - Palm City, Fla.

All day

University of Texas

Valspar Collegiate

03.22.2016 | Men's Golf

Three Longhorns finished in the top 10 to give Texas its fourth win of the season.

PALM CITY, Fla. – No. 4 Men's Golf won its fourth tournament in the last five events after firing a third-round 285 at the Valspar Collegiate on Tuesday at the Floridian National Golf Course.

The Horns won in a field with 10 teams ranked in the GolfWeek Top-25, including the nation's No. 1 and No. 2 teams.

Three Longhorns finished in the top-10, led by sophomore Doug Ghim, who shot a third-round 68 to tie for third, a season-low finish and tying his career-low finish (also tied for third at the Gifford Collegiate in 2014).

Ghim made four birdies on the last day to climb 10 spots for the seventh top-10 finish of his Texas career and fourth in the 2015-16 season. He finished one stroke out of first place.

Juniors Beau Hossler and Gavin Hall also finished in the top 10 in a tie for eighth. Hossler matched Ghim's round with a 68, also with four birdies on the day for his 10th-consecutive top-20 finish, while Hall posted his fourth top-10 finish of the season.

Sophomore Scottie Scheffler carded a third-round 72 to tie for 25^th, while sophomore Taylor Funk tied for 36^th.

Texas finished five strokes ahead of runner-up LSU, while LSU's Zach Wright won medalist honors at 2-under par.

The Longhorns will continue their season with the Augusta Collegiate Invitational on April 2 and 3 at Forrest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Ga.

POST-TOURNAMENT COMMENTS

Head Coach John Fields

On the win: I'm happy with the way the guys played this week. It was fun to come and play at the Floridian, a great golf course with a fantastic field this week. We got off to a solid start. Gavin Hall's two rounds really helped us get the win. Beau and Doug coming back with 68s on the third day was outstanding. It was good to get a win in such a difficult field and great to see Doug finish in the top five as well.

Valspar Collegiate

Floridian National Golf Course (Par 71, 6,999 yards)

Team Leaderboard

1. TEXAS 283-287-285=855 (+3)

2. LSU 286-294-279=860 (+8)

T3. Oklahoma State 295-288-288=871 (+19)

T3. Texas A&M 294-290-287=871 (+19)

T5. South Carolina 294-298-282=874 (+22)

T5. Illinois 295-295-284=874 (+22)

7. Houston 301-289-288=878 (+26)

8. USF 296-289-295=880 (+28)

T9. Arkansas 298-297-286=881 (+29)