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Coming off two straight tournament wins and with the nation’s top two golfers at their disposal, top-ranked Texas has a good chance to win their third straight tournament this weekend.
Domination of his competitors is nothing new for senior golfer Dylan Frittelli. Growing up in South Africa, he quickly climbed the rankings of the top individual golfers in the nation.
From age 16 to 18, Frittelli was the No. 1 junior golfer in South Africa, and he was the top amateur golfer in the country from age 17 to 18. In 2007, he won the Callaway Junior World Championship at Torrey Pines in San Diego, and the next year he won the 2008 South African Boys’ Championship.
He’s had his shot to wow me, but after yesterday’s exciting finish at the Masters, I’ll just admit it: Yes, golf is exciting without Tiger Woods, and no one proved that more than the top two performers Sunday afternoon.
Champion Bubba Watson and runner-up Louis Oosthuizen were never meant to wear a green jacket this year. Woods, who was coming off a huge win at Bay Hill, and Rory McIlroy were the talk of the town coming into the event but puttered out early. They both finished five over par.
Junior golfer Desiree Dubreuil has not seen tournament action since November, but it did not stop her from leading the Longhorns in day one of the Battle at Rancho Bernardo in San Diego.
Coming off a fourth consecutive event victory two weeks ago in Kohala Coast, Hawaii, the Longhorns men’s golf team will look to make it five wins in a row this week at the Purdue/Puerto Rico Invite.
The three-day event will be held in Rio Mar, Puerto Rico and will kick off on Feb. 19. No. 1 Texas, which has not lost since its first tournament in mid-September, is the favorite of a 15-team field that also includes No. 7 Georgia Tech and No. 8 Alabama.
Madison Pressel came to Texas to help bring the golf program to the next level. She has made strides in accomplishing that, but she is still building the legacy she will leave at Texas.
Pressel still has two more years at Texas and is looking to become the first women’s golfer in UT history to be a part of three straight Big 12 titles, after the team won the conference championship last spring.
Entering his first season at the University of Texas, freshman golfer Jordan Spieth set a goal to become the top collegiate golfer in the NCAA. He just did not expect it to happen so soon.
The collegiate golf season is only about a month old, but the Longhorns are already playing at mid-season form. Behind two straight tournament victories and exceptional rounds from freshman Jordan Spieth, Texas is now the nation’s top-ranked team.
Coming off of its first win of the 2011 campaign last week at the Jerry Pate Intercollegiate, the men’s golf team is poised to make another finish atop the leaderboards this week in its third tournament of the season.
The Longhorns, ranked No. 3 in the latest GolfWeek/Nike poll, began a two-day, 54-hole tournament at the Jack Nicklaus Invitational in Dublin, Ohio with a strong performance, finishing the day in second place of the 12-team field with a score of 575 (-2) and just one shot behind leader Ohio State (574, -1).
They say the only thing harder than winning a championship is defending one. For the first time since 2004, the Texas women’s golf team will be faced with such a challenge.
The Longhorns won their first Big 12 title in seven years last April when they edged out Texas A&M at the conference championships in Columbia, Mo.
If you have never been out to Steiner Ranch to see the Longhorns play a round of golf, next year may be the perfect time to catch what is sure to be a talented team on the links. In fact, it may prove to be one of the best teams Texas has ever fielded. Here’s a look at the projected starters for next year’s men’s golf team.
Longhorn senior Bobby Hudson is one of 26 collegiate golfers recently named to the watch list for the 2011 Ben Hogan Award.
The Hogan Award is regarded as the most prestigious award in men’s amateur golf, and is annually presented to the top golfer in Division I, II, or III, NAIA or NJCAA. Last year’s winner was University of Washington’s Nick Taylor.
Each time the golf team boards a plane to one of their tournaments, whether it be a flight to Chicago, Ill., or one to Columbus, Ohio, junior Dylan Frittelli has to listen to his fellow teammates complain. The flight is too long. Their legs are cramped. Airplane food sucks.
Frittelli has no sympathy.
“The guys complain about our two-hour flight to Chicago,” he laughs. “I tell them, ‘Guys, it’s a lot better than a 23-hour flight to South Africa.”
So far, in two 15-team tournaments this season, the No. 8 UT men’s golf team has finished in the fifth and sixth spots. The Longhorns look to build upon that strong start as they travel to Columbus, Ohio to compete in the Jack Nicklaus Invitational at Scioto Country Club, Oct. 11-12.
Nicklaus, widely regarded as the best golfer of all time, learned to play at Scioto, which gives the trip to Columbus the feel of one-part golf tournament, other-part field trip to one of the more important and historical golf courses in America.
So far, in two 15-team tournaments this season, the No. 8 UT men’s golf team has finished in the fifth and sixth spots. The Longhorns look to build upon that strong start as they travel to Columbus, Ohio to compete in the Jack Nicklaus Invitational at Scioto Country Club, Oct. 11-12.
Nicklaus, widely regarded as the best golfer of all time, learned to play at Scioto, which gives the trip to Columbus the feel of one-part golf tournament, other-part field trip to one of the more important and historical golf courses in America.
