The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Men’s Golf’s Maas claims spot on PING All-America First Team
06.03.2026 | Men's Golf
Christiaan Maas becomes the sixth individual in program history to earn four All-America honors in his career.
NORMAN, Okla. — University of Texas Men's Golf senior Christiaan Maas has been recognized as a 2026 Division I PING First-Team All-American by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) in partnership with Golf Channel at the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. Maas is one of 10 players selected to the prestigious squad.
Maas earned his fourth career All-America honor, as he previously earned second-team mention in 2023 (freshman), third-team accolades in 2024 (sophomore) and second-team recognition in 2025 (junior). He becomes just the sixth individual in program history to claim four All-America accolades, joining Justin Leonard (1991-94), Brad Elder (1995-98), Jason Hartwick (2001-04), Doug Ghim (2015-18) and Pierceson Coody (2019-22).
In addition to Maas, the Division I PING All-America First Team includes Kihei Akina (BYU), Mahanth Chirravuri (Pepperdine), Ben James (Virginia), Filip Jakubcik (Arizona), William Jennings (Alabama), Jackson Koivun (Auburn), Will Sides (SMU), Harry Takis (San Diego State) and Preston Stout (Oklahoma State).
Maas is ranked No. 4 in the latest World Amateur Golf Ranking (June 3). He was one of five finalists for the Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award and one of 10 finalists for the Fred Haskins Award in addition to earning first-team All-SEC and PING All-Central Region Team honors.
Maas played in 13 of the team's 14 events this season and posted a team-best 69.60 stroke average while recording one victory and eight top-eight individual finishes. Thirty of his 40 rounds played this year were par or better, including 20 in the 60s.
Maas claimed medalist honors by two strokes against an elite field at the Southern Highlands Collegiate (March 1-3) with a 10-under 206 (70-68-68). He earned low amateur honors and tied for 10th at the DP World Tour's Hero Dubai Desert Classic (Jan. 22-25) with a 6-under 282 (70-71-69-72). Maas also won the individual title by 10 strokes and paired with teammate Daniel Bennett to pace Team South Africa to the team crown at the 2025 World Amateur Team Championships (Oct. 8-11) in Singapore.
Maas and the Longhorns completed the 2025-26 season with a run to the Match Play quarterfinals at the 2026 NCAA Championship at Omni La Costa in Carslbad, Calif. Texas claimed four team titles and 11 top-three finishes during its 14 stroke-play events of the 2025-26 season.
Texas has 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 were 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.
