Cole Hammer helps Team USA win the Spirit International

11.09.2019 | Men's Golf

Cole Hammer finishes second in the individual standings, wins team title

HOUSTON, Texas – Texas men's golf sophomore Cole Hammer teamed up with Andy Ogletree of Georgia Tech to lead Team USA to a title in the 2019 Spirit International at Whispering Pines Golf Club.

"It was an incredible week," Hammer said. "We didn't have our best stuff the first couple of days, but we kept ourselves in it. On the back nine today we started rolling, and it was fun to have some momentum."

Team USA's Hammer and Ogletree rallied late to win the Men's Championship. Hammer, the third-ranked men's amateur in the world and a sophomore at Texas, caught fire down the stretch and jarred five birdies in the team's final eight holes to finish at 22-under 194.

Hammer, who grew up about 80 miles south of Whispering Pines in Houston, also finished second and received a silver medal in the Men's Individual Championship with 16 total birdies.