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No. 8 Men’s Golf earns team title at St Andrews Links Collegiate
10.14.2026 | Men's Golf
Bennett, Comegys, Derbez Torres and Simmons lead the Longhorns to a 4.5-1.5 victory in Wednesday’s championship match.
ST ANDREWS, Scotland — The No. 8 Texas Men's Golf team posted a 4.5-1.5 win against the University of St Andrews on Wednesday in the championship match of the St Andrews Links Collegiate on the historic Old Course at St Andrews. Junior Daniel Bennett, fifth-year Matt Comegys, junior Eduardo Derbez Torres and sophomore Brooks Simmons earned individual match victories for the Longhorns during Wednesday's win.
The tournament utilized a specialized Medal Match Play format that combined elements of both stroke and match play. It featured six-player teams competing in head-to-head singles matches. Instead of standard match play where holes are won or lost hole-by-hole, the total 18-hole gross stroke-play score was calculated for each player. The player with the lowest total score over 18 holes wins that singular match point for the team.
Bennett gave Texas an early 1-0 with an impressive 11-up win over Alex Timms. Comegys put the second point on the board for the Longhorns by rallying late to post a 2-up victory against Jamie Henshaw, before St. Andrews answered when Ollie George claimed a 2-up win over senior Jack Gilbert.
Derbez Torres earned a dominant 9-up victory against Theo Anderson-Gannon to increase Texas' advantage to 3-1, before Simmons clinched the overall dual-match win with a 1-up victory over Spencer Turtz capped by a birdie on the finishing 18th hole. The final match of the afternoon resulted in a draw between freshman Sterling Hurd and Luca Suarez.
The Longhorns, who earned the top seed in match play by virtue of their 19-stroke margin during the 36-hole stroke-play portion of the event on Monday and Tuesday, recorded their second team title of the 2026-27 season. Bennett claimed medalist honors during the stroke-play event with a two-round score of even-par 140 (64-76).
This marked the final team competition for Texas during the fall season. The Longhorns will return to the course at the Southwestern Intercollegiate on Jan. 25-26, 2026, at Westlake Village, Calif.
The Lineup
- Junior Daniel Bennett recorded an 11-up win over Alex Timms. The match was all-square through three holes before Bennett went 1-up on hole 4, 2-up on hole 5 and made birdie on hole 6 while Timms made a double-bogey to build a 5-up cushion. Bennett increased his advantage to 9-up through 10 holes and 11-up through 13 holes. He maintained that margin over the final five holes.
- Fifth-year Matt Comegys carded a 2-up victory over Jamie Henshaw. Henshaw took a 1-up lead after an eagle on the par-five 5th hole before Comegys squared the match on hole 7 with a par. The match remained all-square through hole 16. Comegys made a par on 17 while Henshaw made a bogey, and Comegys closed out the 2-up win with a birdie on 18 against Henshaw's par.
- Senior Jack Gilbert dropped a 2-up decision to Ollie George. Gilbert took a 1-up lead after a birdie on the opening hole. The match was all-square through seven holes, when George steadily built his lead to 5-up through 15 holes. Gilbert closed the deficit to 3-up on hole 16 and 2-up after hole 17 but could not get any closer on the final hole.
- Junior Eduardo Derbez Torres registered a 9-up victory over Theo Anderson-Gannon. Derbez Torres took control early and built a 4-up cushion through hole 7. Anderson-Gannon trimmed the margin to 3-up after hole 10, before Derbez Torres responded and steadily increased the lead over the final eight holes to finish out his 9-up win.
- Sophomore Brooks Simmons clinched the overall team win with a dramatic 1-up victory against Spencer Turtz. Turtz rallied from an early 2-up deficit to even the match after hole 5. The match remained all-square until the closing 18th hole, where Simmons made birdie and Turtz made par to give Simmons the 1-up win.
- In the final match of the day, freshman Sterling Hurd posted a tie against Luca Suarez. Hurd held a 2-up lead through 10 holes, before Suarez answered and gained a 2-up advantage after hole 16. On hole 17, Hurd made a par while Suarez made a bogey to trim the deficit to 1-up. On the finishing 18th hole, Hurd again made a par while Suarez made a bogey to end the match in a draw.
