The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
NCAA Championship
No. 2 Men's Golf preview: NCAA Championship
05.24.2016 | Men's Golf
The Longhorns will play at Eugene Country Club beginning Friday, May 27.
NCAA Championship – Eugene, Ore.
Where: Eugene Country Club
Format: Finals will consist of three days of stroke play on Friday, May 27 through Sunday, May 29 (54 holes), after which the top-15 teams and nine individuals not on an advancing team will be determined. That is followed by a final day of 18 holes of stroke play (Monday, May 30) to determine the top eight teams that will advance to match play, as well as the 72-hole individual champion. The team national champion will be determined by a match play format that will consist of quarterfinals and semifinals conducted on Tuesday, May 31 followed by the finals on Wednesday, June 1.
The 2016 finals competition schedule will be as follows:
Thursday, May 26 Practice Round
Friday, May 27 First day of stroke play competition (18 holes)
Texas Tee Time: 2:20 p.m. CT off #10
Saturday, May 28 Second day of stroke play competition (18 holes)
Texas Tee Time: 9 a.m. CT off #1
Sunday, May 29 Third day of stroke play competition (18 holes to determine the top 15 teams along with the top nine individuals not an advancing team for final round of stroke play competition)
Tee Time: first tee time is at 9 a.m. CT
Monday, May 30 Final round of stroke play competition to determine the top-eight teams to participate in match play competition and 72-hole champion crowned.
Tee Time: first tee time is at approximately 1:30 a.m. CT
Tuesday, May 31 Quarterfinals and Semifinals of match play
9 a.m. Seed #2 vs. Seed #7 (1st Tee)
Seed #3 vs. Seed #6 (10th Tee)
9:50 a.m. Seed #1 vs. Seed #8 (1st Tee)
Seed #4 vs. Seed #5 (10th Tee)
3:30 p.m. Semifinal 1
4:20 p.m. Semifinal 2
Wednesday, June 1 4:10 p.m. Final
Tournament Field: The 30 teams and six individuals competing in the 2016 championship are as follows:
Stanford, TEXAS, USC, Illinois, Oklahoma State, Georgia, Arizona State, Vanderbilt, Auburn, Clemson, California, LSU, Florida State, Wake Forest, South Florida, Florida, Alabama, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Oregon, Arkansas, San Diego State, Virginia, Baylor, Kentucky, Purdue, UAB, Houston, TCU, Louisville
Ryan Cole, James Madison; Antoine Rozner, UMKC; William Rainey, College of Charleston; Cameron Champ, Texas A&M; Tee-K Kelly, Ohio State; Matt Lutz, UC-Riverside
Tracking the Championship:
-Golf Channel – NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships Live Coverage (all times CT)
Monday, May 30: Final Round Individual Stroke play 5-10 p.m. (LIVE)
Tuesday, May 31: Quarterfinals, match play 11-3 p.m. (LIVE)
And Semifinals, match play 5-10 p.m. (LIVE)
Wednesday, June 1: Finals, match play 2-10 p.m. (LIVE)
LIVE RESULTS http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=8167
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP PAGE http://www.ncaa.com/championships
EUGENE COUNTRY CLUB http://www.eugenecountryclub.com/
Texas Lineup:
2015-16 Texas Men's Golf TEAM notes
-10th-straight NCAA Championship appearance and 66th total
-the Horns have won seven team tournaments this season, including the last three and seven of the last nine.
-Texas has won seven or more tournaments three times in program history. The only time it has won more was when it won eight, including the National Championship in 2012.
-The Longhorns also won the National Championship in 1972 and 1973
-All five players have finished in the top-10 at least once this season, with four finishing in the top-five at least once
-Texas returns four All-Americans from its 2014-15 squad, all four (Ghim, Scheffler, Hossler, Hall) played in the 2015 NCAA Championship
-All four golfers have carded a 66 or lower this season
-The 2014-15 Longhorn squad advanced to match play, but fell in the quarterfinal round to USC
INDIVIDUAL notes
Head Coach John Fields
-19th year as Texas Head Coach
-23 NCAA Championship appearances, eight top-10 finishes
-11-time conference Coach of the Year
-2012 NCAA Coach of the Year, Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame
Junior Beau Hossler
-2016 Ben Hogan Award Finalist, 2015 and 2016 Big 12 Player of the Year, 2015 PING All-America First Team, 2014 PING All-America Honorable Mention
-has earned medalist honors five times this season
-leads the Horns with a 69.70 stroke average this season
-has shot 26 of 33 rounds at or under par
-has fired 17 rounds in the 60s
-has finished in the top-10 in 10 of 11 events played
Junior Gavin Hall
-2015 PING All-America Honorable Mention, 2016 All-Big 12, 2016 Jack Nicklaus Award semifinalist
-has earned two medalist honors this season
-has finished in the top-10 seven times in 12 events (including the last three)
-has a 71.36 stroke average
-has fired 25 of 36 rounds at or under par
-has carded 12 rounds in the 60s
Sophomore Doug Ghim
-2015 PING All-America Honorable Mention, 2016 All-Big 12, 2016 Jack Nicklaus Award semifinalist
-posted his best finish of the season in Texas' last outing with a tie for second at the Franklin Regional (64-69-69)
-has the team's second-best stroke average at 71.25
-has seven top-10 finishes, including his last two outings
-has fired 23 of 36 rounds at or under par
Sophomore Scottie Scheffler
-2015 Freshman of the Year, 2015 PING All-America Second Team
-has six top-20 finishes this season, including the last two
-has carded 17 of 36 rounds at or under par
-has a 72.42 stroke average
Sophomore Taylor Funk
-tied for fifth at the Lamkin Classic in March and tied for sixth at the Franklin Regional
-posted a career-low 65 at the NCAA Franklin Regional
-has finished in the top-25 six times this season
-has a 73.67 stroke average through 11 events for Texas
TEXAS ALL-TIME RESULTS AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
Year Team Result Site
2015 T5th Bradenton, Fla.
2014 13th Hutchinson, Kan.
2013 5th Alpharetta, Ga.
2012 1st Pacific Palisades, Calif.
2011 T12th Stillwater, Okla.
2010 T21st Ooltewah, Tenn.
2009 26th Toledo, Ohio
2008 19th West Lafayette, Ind.
2007 T11th Williamsburg, Va.
2006 DNQ Sunriver, Ore.
2005 23rd Owings, Md.
2004 4th Hot Springs, Va.
2003 T9th Stillwater, Okla.
2002 T3rd Columbus, Ohio
2001 DNQ Durham, N.C.
2000 5th Auburn, Ala.
1999 DNQ Chaska, Minn.
1998 DNQ Albuquerque, N.M.
1997 DNQ Lake Forest, Ill.
1996 13th Chattanooga, Tenn.
1995 3rd Columbus, Ohio
1994 2nd McKinney, Texas **Justin Leonard, medalist
1993 5th Lexington, Ky.
1992 6th Albuquerque, N.M.
1991 T9th Pebble Beach, Calif.
1990 22nd Tarpon Springs, Fla.
1989 2nd Edmond, Okla.
1988 11th Los Angeles, Calif.
1987 20th Columbus, Ohio
1986 17th Winston Salem, N.C.
1985 5th Grenelefe, Fla.
1984 T16th Houston, Texas
1983 2nd Fresno, Calif.
1982 7th Pinehurst, N.C.
1981 16th Palo Alto, Calif.
1980 T12th Columbus, Ohio
1979 DNQ Winston Salem, N.C.
1978 DNQ Eugene, Ore.
1977 DNQ Hamilton, N.Y.
1976 6th Albuquerque, N.M.
1975 T17th Columbus, Ohio
1974 15th Santee, Calif.
1973 3rd Stillwater, Okla. **Ben Crenshaw, medalist
1972 T1st Cape Coral, Fla. **Ben Crenshaw, medalist
**Tom Kite, medalist
1971 1st Tucson, Ariz. **Ben Crenshaw, medalist
1970 T6th Columbus, Ohio
1969 8th Colorado Springs, Colo.
1968 T4th Las Cruces, N.M.
1967 T13th Delaware, Pa.
1966 T27th Palo Alto, Calif.
1965 T17th Knoxville, Tenn.
1964 27th Colorado Springs, Colo.
1963 6th Wichita, Kan.
1962 DNQ Durham, N.C.
1961 20th Lafayette, Ind.
1960 34th Colorado Springs, Colo.
1959 DNQ Eugene, Ore.
1958 DNQ Williamstown, Mass.
1957 18th Colorado Springs, Colo.
1956 DNQ Columbus, Ohio
1955 23rd Knoxville, Tenn.
1954 8th Houston, Texas
1953 6th Colorado Springs, Colo.
1952 4th Lafayette, Ind.
1951 13th Columbus, Ohio
1950 11th Albuquerque, N.M.
1949 2nd Ames, Iowa
1948 12th Palo Alto, Calif.
1947 30th Ann Arbor, Mich.
1946 DNQ Princeton, N.J.
1945 DNQ Columbus, Ohio
1944 DNQ Inverness
1943 DNQ Olympia Fields, Ill.
1942 DNQ South Bend, Ind.
1941 6th Columbus, Ohio
1940 17th Ekwanok
1939 14th Wakonda
1938 DNQ Louisville, Ky.
1937 DNQ Oakmont, Pa.
1936 DNQ North Shore, Ill.
1935 DNQ Washington D.C. **Ed White, medalist
1934 5th Cleveland, Ohio
1933 4th Buffalo, N.Y.
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