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Maridoe Collegiate Invitational
Men’s Golf preview: Maridoe Collegiate Invitational
10.17.2020 | Men's Golf
The Longhorns return to action with their second stroke play event of the fall.
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas men's golf program returns for its third competition of the fall, and second stroke-play event, at the Maridoe Collegiate Invitational, Oct. 18-20, in Carrollton, Texas. So far this fall, Texas has placed second at the Colonial Collegiate Invitational and fourth at the Big 12 Match Play.
THE TOURNAMENT
When: Oct. 18-20, 2020
Where: Carrollton, Texas | Maridoe Country Club
Format: 18 holes each day
Par/Yardage: 72 | 7,287
THE LINEUP (Alphabetical)
• Christoffer Bring, Sr., Naestved, Denmark (Individual)
• Parker Coody, Jr., Plano, Texas
• Pierceson Coody, Jr., Plano, Texas
• Cole Hammer, Jr., Houston, Texas
• Hunter Ostrom, Grad., Eagle, Idaho
• Travis Vick, So., Houston, Texas
2020 Maridoe Collegiate Invitational
- Twelve (12) Universities will be part of the 2020 Maridoe Collegiate Invitational (Team & Individual Field): Baylor, Coastal Carolina, East Tennessee State, Iowa St., Kansas, North Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., Pepperdine, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech
- Golfstat will Score the 2020 Maridoe Collegiate Invitational (12 Teams - 60 Individuals)
- Teams will be Paired in 3 Waves of Foursomes (e.g. #5 Texas, #5 Coastal Carolina, #5 Oklahoma St., #5 Pepperdine)
- 2020 Maridoe Collegiate Invitational competitors and 2020 Maridoe Invitational competitors will not be paired/mixed together, they are 2 separate tournaments
2020 Maridoe Invitational
- Forty (40) "Unattached Individuals" will be part of the 2020 Maridoe Invitational Individual Field:
- All 40 "Unattached Individuals" attend Universities that are unable to compete as a Team during the Fall Season
- Each "Unattached Individual" is responsible for any costs related to Travel & Hotel Accommodations
- Four (4) "Non-Collegiate Individuals" will be part of the 2020 Maridoe Invitational Individual Field
- "Non-Collegiate Individuals" are Mid-Amateurs
- Golfstat will Score the 2020 Maridoe Invitational (44 Individuals)
- The Home City/State or Country will be listed for the "Unattached Individuals." There will be no university affiliation with "Unattached Individuals" within the tournament
- The Home City/State or Country will also be listed for the "Non-Collegiate Individuals"
- Within the 2020 Maridoe Invitational Competitor Packet, the Dress Code states: "Proper golf attire is required, please refrain from displaying and wearing collegiate school gear."
2020 Maridoe Collegiate Invitational & 2020 Maridoe Invitational
- The Tournaments will adhere to sections 12.5.2.1, 12.5.2.2 and 12.5.1.1 of the NCAA Bylaws
- The 2020 Houston Open exemption will be awarded at the sole discretion of Mr. Albert D. Huddleston, Founder & Owner of Maridoe Golf Club
THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE
• The Big 12 has been arguably the best golf conference in the country over the past decade, winning three national championships and posting four additional runner-up finishes. To begin the 2020-21 season, five of the league's teams are ranked in the top 25 nationally, including the Longhorns.
• Eight players in the conference are ranked in the top 40 of the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR). Texas fields two of those high-ranked stars in Pierceson Coody (No. 9) and Cole Hammer (No. 20).
HASKINS AWARD CANDIDATES
• Texas placed three student-athletes on the 2020 Preseason Haskins Award Watch List, the most of any program in the country. The three – Pierceson Coody, Cole Hammer and Travis Vick – were all also preseason watch list honorees in 2019.
• Coody, a Plano, Texas native, posted four top-10 finishes in six starts last season, including a second-place finish at the East Lake Cup in Atlanta. He has shot 28 rounds at par-or-better in his two-year stint on the Forty Acres thus far, highlighted by 15 rounds in the 60s.
• Hammer, a Houston native, was the recipient of the 2019 Mark H. McCormack Medal, which is presented annually to the world's top-ranked amateur at the end of a respective season. The junior has won three times in his collegiate career to date and posted 30 rounds of par-or-better. He is coming off his second career start in the U.S. Open this past weekend.
• Vick, a Houston native, started six times for Texas last season as a true freshman, registering two top-10s and a runner-up finish at the East Lake Cup. He posted eight rounds of par or better last year, including three rounds in the 60s.
• The Fred Haskins Award, celebrating its 50th year, has been won previously by five Longhorns on seven occasions. That list of UT greats is made up by three-time winner Ben Crenshaw (1971-73), Bob Estes (1987), Justin Leonard (1994), Brad Elder (1997) and Beau Hossler (2016). The Haskins Award is the oldest individual college golf award and the only award to be voted on by players, coaches, golf SID's and select golf media.
LIVE STATS
• Live stats following all of the groups at the Colonial Collegiate Invitational will be available via Golfstat.com.
