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No. 9 Men’s Golf preview: OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational

No. 9 Men’s Golf preview: OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational

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When: Friday, Sept. 16 – Sunday, Sept. 18

Format: 18 holes of stroke play every day

Where: Olympia Fields Country Club, North Course (Olympia Fields, Ill.)

Course Info: Par-70; 7,310 yards

Live Stats: https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=25907

Defending National Champs: Texas claimed its fourth NCAA crew title in program historical past final 12 months with a dramatic 3-2 victory over tourney host Arizona State within the championship match on June 1 (Scottsdale, Ariz.). The Longhorns have captured NCAA crew championships in 1971, 1972, 2012 and 2022.

15 Straight: UT’s streak of 15 consecutive NCAA Championship appearances is the longest present streak in NCAA Division I males’s golf. Here’s a take a look at the longest energetic NCAA Championship appearances getting into the 2022-23 season.


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Number of Consecutive NCAA Champ Appearances



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15



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11



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9



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8



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7




School

TEXAS

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

Vanderbilt

Arizona State

Advancing to Match Play: Not solely has Texas been a constant drive in advancing to the NCAA Championships, the Longhorns have produced stable outcomes whereas on the nationwide championship. In the final 10 alternatives (relationship again to the 2012 NCAA Championships), UT has superior to the Match Play quarterfinals stage (last eight groups) a complete of SEVEN occasions. Texas is the one college to advance to Match Play at the least SEVEN occasions within the final 10 alternatives (2020 tourney was canceled resulting from COVID-19).


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NCAA Match Play Appearances in Last 10 Tournaments (2012-22)



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7 (2012-13-15-16-18-19-22)



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6 (2016-17-18-19-21-22)



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6 (2014-17-18-19-21-22)



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6 (2015-16-17-19-21-22)




School

TEXAS

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

Vanderbilt

The Fields Factor: Beginning his twenty sixth season as head coach at Texas, John Fields has guided the Longhorns to twenty NCAA Championship appearances in his 24 alternatives (no NCAA tourney in 2020 resulting from COVID-19). Under Fields’ management, UT has posted 10 top-five finishes on the NCAA Championship, together with NCAA crew titles in 2012 and 2022 and runner-up showings in 2016 and 2019. Prior to his time at Texas, Fields led the University of New Mexico to 9 NCAA Championship appearances in 10 seasons (1988-97). Fields was named Golfweek’s Men’s National Coach of the Year final season for the third time throughout his time in Austin (2012, 2016 and 2022). He additionally has claimed Big 12 Coach of the Year accolades 9 occasions throughout his 25-year tenure at Texas (2002, 2003, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2022).

Team Rankings: Texas is No. 9 within the newest Bushnell/Golfweek Division I Coaches ballot (Sept. 9).  

The Tourney Field: The 15-team subject on the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational consists of (rankings replicate Bushnell/Golfweek Division I Coaches ballot): Alabama, No. 25 Arizona, No. 5 Arizona State, Army, Baylor, No. 3 Florida, No. 18 Florida State, No. 11 Illinois (host), Indiana, No. 2 North Carolina, Northwestern, No. 7 Oklahoma State, No. 10 Pepperdine, No. 15 Stanford and No. 9 TEXAS.   

The Texas Lineup: UT will likely be represented by the next 5 gamers on the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational:

  1. Travis Vick (Sr.)
  2. Christiaan Maas (Fr.)
  3. Jacob Sosa (Fr.)
  4. Keaton Vo (Fr.)
  5. Mason Nome (Sr.)

Inside the Texas Lineup

Travis Vick: No. 12 in present World Amateur Golf Rankings (Sept. 14) … No. 5 within the preseason PGA TOUR University class of 2023 rankings … three-time All-American … low newbie on the 2022 U.S. Open (70-69-76-73=288, +8) … semifinalist on the 2022 Western Amateur … one in every of 12 males’s gamers who competed for the American squad on the 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup (July 1-3 in Vandoeuvres, Switzerland) … earned second-team All-America honors throughout his junior season in 2022 (Golfweek, GCAA) … posted a team-best 70.84 stroke common and registered three top-five, six top-10 and 9 top-20 particular person finishes in 12 stroke-play occasions in the course of the 2021-22 season … went 2-1 in the course of the 2022 NCAA Match Play, together with a 4&3 win over Reid Davenport (Vanderbilt) within the semifinals and registered the clinching 1-up victory towards Arizona State’s Cameron Sisk within the last … collegiate-best second-place particular person end on the 2022 NCAA Norman Regional (May 16-18) at 10-under-par 206 (67-67-72) … semifinalist on the 2021 U.S. Amateur … 2021 honorable point out All-American (Golfweek, GCAA) … 2020 honorable point out All-American (Golfweek).

Keaton Vo: Medalist on the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur (69-65=134, -9) … 2022 Texas Class 5A state particular person champion and led Anderson High School to the crew championship … tabbed the No. 1 recruit within the state of Texas and No. 7 nationally by the AJGA within the class of 2022 … three-time Rolex Junior All-American … member of the West Team on the 2020 Wyndham Cup … registered seven top-10 finishes on the AJGA Tour, together with a tie for second on the 2021 Jackie Burke Invitational … gained particular person titles on the 2020 George Hannon Junior Invitational and the 2019 AJGA Junior All-Star Invitational at Lake Oconee.

Jacob Sosa: Led Austin Westlake High School to 3 consecutive Texas Class 6A state crew titles (no tourney in 2020 resulting from COVID) … posted particular person finishes of third, runner-up and tied for fifth throughout his three state championship tournaments … tabbed the No. 3 recruit within the state of Texas and No. 14 nationally by the AJGA within the class of 2022 … first-team Rolex Junior All-American in 2021 … member of the West Team on the 2021 Wyndham Cup … positioned third on the 2020 Texas State Amateur and earned the win on the 2019 Texas State Junior Championship.

Christiaan Maas: No. 39 in present World Amateur Golf Rankings … No. 1-ranked junior in South Africa and a member of the Golf RSA National squad … competed for South Africa within the prestigious 2022 World Amateur Team Championship (Aug. 31-Sept. 3) in Paris … superior to Match Play on the 2022 U.S. Amateur … tied for eleventh in stroke play on the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur … claimed a five-shot victory (65-70-67-68=270, -14) to win the distinguished Brabazon Trophy at Saunton Golf Club in England in May 2022 … posted six wins in the course of the 2021 season, together with the Cape Province Open and the South African Amateur Championship … 2020 and 2021 Silver Salver Champion.

Mason Nome: No. 92 in present World Amateur Golf Rankings … 2022 PING All-Central Region crew choice … posted a 72.05 stroke common and registered 4 top-10 and 6 top-20 particular person finishes in 12 stroke-play occasions in the course of the 2021-22 season … went 1-1-1 in the course of the 2022 NCAA Match Play, together with the clinching 2-up win over Jonas Baumgartner (Oklahoma State) within the quarterfinals … posted a season-best tie for sixth place on the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational (April 2-3) at 9-under-par 207 (69-68-70) … equaled his season-best end with a tie for sixth on the Big 12 Championship (April 25-27) at 3-under-par 213 (72-70-71) … named to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team … posted an ideal 5-0-0 particular person file on the 2021 Big 12 Match Play Championship (Oct. 11-13) … … recorded a hole-in-hole in the course of the last spherical of the 2022 Arizona N.I.T. (March 19) on gap 12 … superior to Match Play on the 2021 U.S. Amateur … two-time Academic All-Big 12 first-team choice (2021 and 2022) … 2020-21 Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-American Scholar.



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