The No. 3 Texas men’s golf team will make its Southeastern Conference championship debut this week, teeing off Wednesday at Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course in Saint Simons Island, Georgia.

The tournament runs through Sunday and begins with 54 holes of stroke play — 18 holes daily from Wednesday through Friday — before the top eight teams advance to match play. Match play is head to head with each hole being its own separate competition, rewarding a point for each hole won, which encourages more aggressive play; the most points wins. Quarterfinal and semifinal rounds will occur Saturday, with the championship match televised live Sunday on the SEC Network.

New to SEC competition, Texas enters the week as one of the league’s most decorated programs. The Longhorns own 48 all-time conference titles, including nine from their Big 12 tenure and 39 in the now-defunct Southwest Conference. Texas won last year’s Big 12 Championship by 18 strokes.

This season, head coach John Fields has guided the Longhorns to five team wins, including three in their last three tournaments, the Valspar Collegiate, Augusta Haskins Award Invitational, and the Ford Collegiate. Texas also secured runner-up finishes at the Ben Hogan and Pauma Valley Invitationals and currently sits No. 1 in the Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll.

“We’ve seen what it takes to win nationally,” Fields said earlier this season. “This group knows how to battle.”

Texas boasts one of the deepest lineups in college golf, with four players earning top-two individual finishes this season and three players claiming individual titles in consecutive tournaments earlier this spring.

Freshman Daniel Bennett leads the team with a 69.16 scoring average and has four top-three finishes. Junior Tommy Morrison won the Amer Ari Invitational in record-setting fashion and ranks No. 8 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Junior Luke Potter earned his first collegiate win at The Hayt, while junior Christiaan Maas has seven top-10 finishes and recently earned medalist honors at Pauma Valley.

Sophomore Jack Gilbert rounds out the lineup after a top-10 finish at the Valspar Collegiate and a strong showing in Augusta.

Texas enters a loaded SEC field featuring 10 teams ranked in the top 25, including No. 1 Ole Miss, No. 2 Auburn, No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 7 LSU.

With five wins this season and a veteran core, Texas appears well-positioned to make a statement in its SEC Championship debut.