The Texas Longhorns men's golf team has a strong golf tradition, dating back to their first season in 1927. Since then they have won national titles back-to-back in 1971 and 1972, again in 2012 and the most recent in 2022, and finished runner-up six other times (1949, 1983, 1989, 1994, 2016, 2019). Individual national champions were Ed White (1935),

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(1971, 1972, and 1973),

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(1972), and

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(1994). Longhorns who have won the

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include Justin Leonard and David Gossett. Two-time U.S. Junior Amateur champion and three-time major winner

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played for the Longhorns golf team in 2011 and 2012. Besides Majors-winners Kite, Crenshaw, Leonard, Brooks, Spieth, and Scheffler, a number of other former Longhorn players have gone on to win on the PGA Tour, including:

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, Mark Brooks,

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, Harrison Frazar,

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, Wes Short Jr., and

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. In addition, Longhorns Brandon Stone and Dylan Frittelli have each achieved multiple wins on the

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. Legendary golf instructor

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was a long-time coach at Texas. The team is currently coached by John Fields.

Yearly record

Source

Individual champions

NCAA

Texas has had 4 individuals claim the NCAA Individual Championship on 5 occasions, with a tie in 1972.

Conference

Texas has had 31 separate golfers win a conference title on 39 separate occasions, 3 of which were a shared title.

National honors

Source : US Amateur Champions :*1992 –

:*1999 – David Gossett : US Junior Amateur Champions :*2000 – Matt Rosenfeld :*2009 –

:*2011 – Jordan Spieth : Western Amateur Champions :*1968 –

:*1973 –

:*1992 –

:*1993 – Justin Leonard :*2002 – John Klauk :*2018 – Cole Hammer : Walker Cup Selections :*

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

– Ed White :* 1971 –

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

–

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

– Brad Elder :*

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

– David Gossett :* 2011 –

:* 2015 –

Beau Hossler Beau Hossler (born March 16, 1995) is an American professional golfer from Rancho Santa Margarita, California. Hossler was only 17 years old when he qualified for his second consecutive U.S. Open, finishing tied for 29th in the 2012 U.S. Open. ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

– Doug Ghim,

: Palmer Cup Selections :*

– Brad Elder :* 2002 – John Klauk :* 2003 – Jason Hartwick :* 2004 – Jason Hartwick :* 2005 – Matt Rosenfeld :* 2015 –

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

– Doug Ghim :*

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

– Cole Hammer : Fred Haskins Award :*1971 –

:*1972 – Ben Crenshaw :*1973 – Ben Crenshaw :*1987 –

:*1994 –

:*1997 – Brad Elder :*2016 –

:Phil Mickelson Award :*2013 – Brandon Stone :*2015 –

:Byron Nelson Award :*2012 – Dylan Frittelli :

Jack Nicklaus Award Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, ...

:*1988 –

:*1994 –

:*1997 – Brad Elder :*2015 –

Ben Hogan Award The Ben Hogan Award is an annual prize given by Friends of Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America, since 1990, to the best college golf player in the United States. The Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas joined the organization ...

:*1997 – Jeff Fahrenbruch :*2018 – Doug Ghim :Arnold Palmer Award :*1994 –

:COSIDA Academic All-American :*1996 – Jeff Fahrenbruch ''(1st Team)'') :*1997 – Jeff Fahrenbruch ''(2nd Team)'') :*2012 – Dylan Frittelli ''(3rd Team)'')

References