The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Men’s Golf’s Bennett named to Golfweek’s Preseason All-America team
09.01.2026 | Men's Golf
Daniel Bennett claims spot on 10-person second team.
AUSTIN, Texas — University of Texas Men's Golf junior Daniel Bennett has been named to Golfweek's preseason All-America team, the publication announced Tuesday. Bennett was selected to the 10-person second team.
A two-time All-American during his first two seasons at Texas, Bennett was previously selected as a preseason first-team All-America choice by Golf Channel and was one of 25 players named to the Fred Haskins Award preseason watch list. He is No. 14 in the latest World Amateur Golf Ranking (Aug. 26) and was a second-team All-SEC selection and PING All-Central Region Team choice as a sophomore in 2026. Bennett played in 12 of UT's 14 events last season and posted a 70.46 stroke average through 37 rounds while recording a pair of runner-up efforts and four top-eight individual finishes. Twenty-four of his 37 rounds last year were par or better, including 15 in the 60s. Bennett competed for the winning Team International squad at the 2026 Arnold Palmer Cup earlier this summer (July 3-5) in Ireland, marking the second straight summer that he has played on the winning team at the Arnold Palmer Cup. He also advanced to the Round of 16 at the 2026 Western Amateur.
During his freshman season in 2025, Bennett claimed the Division I Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award by StrackaLine which honors the National Freshman of the Year. He was a Division I PING first-team All-America choice and a second-team All-America pick by Golfweek. Bennett was the 2025 SEC Freshman of the Year and earned first-team All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman Team recognition in addition to being named to the PING All-Central Region Team. He registered a team-best 70.00 scoring average and boasted a pair of individual runner-up finishes, four top-three showings, five top-10 performances and placed in the top-16 in eight of his 11 stroke-play events in 2025.
The upcoming 2026-27 season marks the 100th year in program history for Texas Men's Golf. The Longhorns open the season at the Folds of Honor Collegiate on Sept. 7-9 (Monday-Wednesday) in Grand Haven, Mich.
