In dramatic fashion, Texas came from behind after a slow start in the first round to win the Big 12 Championship for the second year in a row. Three individual top-10 finishes propelled the Longhorns to first place, eight strokes ahead of Baylor and Oklahoma State.
The Big 12 conference tournament, which begins Friday and concludes Sunday, will be played at the Dallas Athletic Club, a course that no member of the Longhorns’ team has played before.
Texas’ senior linksman Doug Ghim put himself in exclusive company last weekend by finishing as the low amaetur at the Masters, thus sharing a distinction also once held by some of golf’s biggest names.
Texas wrapped up its last regular season tournament at the same course the PGA Tour started its season this year — the Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, California. The Longhorns finished in seventh place with a three-round total of 874.
No. 15 Texas traveled to Santa Cruz, California, over the weekend to play in the 72nd Annual Western Intercollegiate Championship at Pasatiempo Golf Club.
The Longhorns head to Napa, California, to compete in the Silverado Showdown beginning Sunday and concluding Tuesday — their third tournament in the Golden State this season.
