The No. 2 Texas men’s golf team kept the good times rolling and ended the regular season in good fashion — a come-from-behind win at The Ford Collegiate in Richmond Hill, Georgia.

The Longhorns sat in third place entering the final round of the tournament on Tuesday, sitting behind an ambush of Tigers: Southeastern Conference foes No. 1 Auburn Tigers and No. 7 LSU Tigers. However, with Auburn faltering in the final round and Texas posting the low team score of the day at 3-under par, the team was able to snatch another team title.

With this win, Texas has won in five of its last seven tournaments.

After 36 holes of play on day one of the tournament, the Longhorns found themselves at 1-over par after the team scored in the first two rounds. That put Texas in an early hole, five shots behind Auburn. 

But as this squad has shown all season, no lead is too big for them to overcome. With Auburn faltering in the final round with a tough score of 8-over par, the Longhorns had a chance to strike a comeback. 

With the help of freshman Daniel Bennett and junior Tommy Morrison, Texas did just that.

During the final round, Bennett recorded four birdies and just one bogey to shoot a great round of 3-under 67, which was tied for the second-lowest round of the day. Morrison added a stellar round of his own, shooting a 1-under 69.

Texas also counted scores of even-par 70 from junior Luke Potter and 1-over 71 from sophomore Jack Gilbert in the final round.

Bennett and Morrison also led the Longhorns in overall scoring this week as Bennett finished in a tie for third place, while Morrison finished tied for seventh. This is the fifth top-10 finish of the season for both of the star golfers. 

Perhaps the most impressive part of the Longhorns’ triumph this week is the fact that they did it without support from junior Christiaan Maas, who struggled both days. The standout junior has been arguably Texas’s best player over the past two seasons, but he could not get anything going this week, posting a three-round total of 7-over. 

So now, with Texas’s season ending with a bang, they must quickly shift their focus to the task at hand: their inaugural SEC Championship. 

Next week, the Longhorns will travel to Saint Simons Island, Georgia, to compete against the rest of the SEC for the first time, something head coach John Fields has been looking forward to since late June. 

“To be able to go to Sea Island now, it’s going to be exciting,” Fields said at Texas’s inaugural SEC event. “We hope to raise that burnt orange flag.”

With the success of many other Texas teams in their first year in the conference, it’s safe to say that the Longhorns will have high expectations heading into next week’s competition. 

And with the team’s current form, Texas is set to hoist its banner high.