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NCAA Championship Stroke Play
No. 3 Men’s Golf advances to Match Play at NCAA Championship
06.02.2026 | Men's Golf
The second-seed Longhorns will face seventh-seed UCLA beginning at 8:50 a.m. Central on Tuesday.
CARLSBAD, Calif. — The No. 3 Texas Men's Golf team fired a 4-under 284 on Monday to finish in second place after the final round of stroke play in the NCAA Championship at Omni La Costa. By virtue of its top-eight showing, the No. 2 seed Longhorns advance to the NCAA Match Play quarterfinals and will face No. 7-seed UCLA on Tuesday beginning at 8:50 a.m. Central (6:50 a.m. Pacific).
UT has now advanced to NCAA Match Play (final eight teams) in nine of the last 14 opportunities (2012-13-15-16-18-19-22-25-26), dating back to the 2012 NCAA Championship. Texas is the ONLY Division I men's program to reach Match Play in at least nine of the last 14 opportunities. The 2020 tourney was canceled due to COVID-19. In addition, Texas, Oklahoma State and Stanford are the only three schools to have their men's AND women's programs advance to the Match Play portion of the NCAA Championship this year.
During Monday's final round of stroke play, Texas counted scores from graduate Matt Comegys (3-under 69), senior Christiaan Maas (2-under 70), senior Tommy Morrison (1-under 71) and senior Luke Potter (2-over 74). Morrison was UT's top individual finisher in the stroke-play portion of the NCAA Championship, as he tied for 10th place with a four-round score of 7-under 281 (69-71-70-71). Morrison earned a spot on the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team by virtue of his top-15 individual finish.
"We played really well and shot under-par again," Texas head coach John Fields said. "Obviously we didn't finish quite like we wanted but we came really close today. We need to turn our attention to match play now because it's go-time in the morning. To advance to Match Play for the ninth time, that's a great thing for our program. I'm super proud of our guys, proud of our program and proud of The University of Texas."
The Longhorns recorded a 72-hole total of 23-under 1129 (287-277-281-284). No. 1 Auburn earned the top seed in Match Play at 26-under 1126 (284-272-286-284), while No. 11 Vanderbilt garnered the third seed at 12-under 1140 (287-277-291-285).
Oklahoma State's Preston Stout claimed individual medalist honors with a 72-hole total of 14-under 274 (73-67-65-69). Stout posted a one-stroke victory over runner-up William Jennings of Alabama, who tallied a four-round score of 13-under 275 (66-70-70-69).
Other NCAA Match Play quarterfinal contests on Tuesday will feature No. 3 seed Vanderbilt against No. 6 seed Arizona (8:50 a.m. CT/6:50 a.m. PT), No. 1 seed Auburn against No. 8 seed Stanford (9:40 a.m. CT/7:40 a.m. PT), and No. 4 seed Florida against No. 5 seed Oklahoma State (9:40 a.m. CT/7:40 a.m. PT). The four quarterfinal winners will advance to the Match Play semifinals on Tuesday beginning at approximately 3:15 p.m. CT.
Golf Channel will provide live national coverage of Tuesday's quarterfinals from Noon-2:30 p.m. Central (10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Pacific) and Tuesday's semifinals from 5-9 p.m. Central (3-7 p.m. Pacific). The NCAA Championship match is scheduled for Wednesday, June 3.
The Lineup
- Senior Tommy Morrison fired a 1-under 71 on Monday and finished in a tie for 10th place in the individual standings with a 72-hole score of 7-under 281 (69-71-70-71). By virtue of his top-15 individual finish, Morrison earned a spot on the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team. He recorded five birdies (holes 4, 6, 10, 11 and 14) during his final round.
- Graduate Matt Comegys carded a 3-under 69 in the final round and tied for 19th with a four-round total of 4-under 284 (74-69-72-69). Comegys was 1-over at the turn but rallied to record five birdies (holes 10, 11, 13, 16 and 18) against just one bogey in his final nine holes to close out his 3-under 69 on Monday.
- Senior Christiaan Maas recorded a 2-under 70 on Monday and tied for 19th with a 72-hole score of 4-under 284 (76-69-69-70). Maas tallied five birdies (holes 1, 8, 10, 16 and 18) during his final round.
- Senior Luke Potter registered a 2-over 74 in his final round and tied for 23rd with a four-round total of 3-under 285 (68-73-70-74). Potter posted three birdies (holes 8, 11 and 18) on Monday.
- Sophomore Daniel Bennett carded a 4-over 76 on Monday and tied for 65th with a 7-under 295 (77-68-74-76). Bennett tallied four birdies (holes 4, 5, 11 and 18) during his final round.
