After another impressive season under its belt, No. 3 Texas men’s golf will begin postseason play this week. The Longhorns will travel to Saint Simons Island, Georgia, for the Southeastern Conference Championship, set for April 22-26 at Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course.

The five-day event opens with 54 holes of stroke play from Wednesday through Friday, with the top-eight teams advancing to match play over the weekend to determine a conference champion. 

Texas is coming off a dominant win at the Ford Collegiate, where the Longhorns posted a program-record 54-hole score of 43-under 797 and defeated No. 1 Auburn by 11 strokes. The victory marked Texas’ third team title of the season and reinforced its position as one of the nation’s top contenders heading into postseason play. All five scoring players finished inside the top-15. 

“We have a team that’s capable of winning any tournament that we’re playing in, but our responsibility is (to) show up prepared to play,” head coach John Fields said.

Senior Christiaan Maas continues to headline the group, coming off a runner-up finish in Richmond Hill after posting back-to-back rounds of 6-under 64. Maas is one of the three Texas players ranked in the top 10 of PGA TOUR University, joined by No. 3 Tommy Morrison and No. 7 Luke Potter.

The trio anchors a lineup that has consistently produced low scores, as Texas has combined for 201-under par across six spring tournaments.

Now, the challenge shifts to a new format. 

The SEC Championship features one of the deepest fields in college golf, with 11 teams in the top-25, including No. 1 Auburn, No. 4 Florida, No. 7 Arkansas, No. 8 LSU and No. 11 Vanderbilt.

In last year’s SEC Championship, Texas tied for seventh in stroke play and advanced to match play before falling 4-1 to top-seeded Auburn in the quarterfinals. Then-freshman Daniel Bennett provided the lone point in the loss, earning a dominant 5&4 victory, meaning he was five holes ahead with four to play, while two other matchups came down to the final hole before the Tigers secured the win.

That experience now serves as a reference point for a veteran-heavy Texas squad. 

“Five out of five have played in the postseason,” Fields said. “They know what’s in front of them.”

The Longhorns are no strangers to elite competition, having spent the entire season facing top-ranked programs as part of one of the nation’s toughest schedules. But the postseason introduces a different kind of pressure, particularly with the transition from stroke play to match play, where each hole becomes its own separate competition. 

Still, Texas believes it has the group to handle it. 

With a program as decorated as Texas, the Longhorns’ goal remains clear: another national title. 

“We’re super inspired by the guys that have come through this program in front of us,” senior Tommy Morrison said. “Most recently, we had (the Coody brothers), Cole Hammer, Travis Vick and Mason Nome win a national championship in ‘22, and that’s super inspiring to see. And as a team, we all want to accomplish that and do what they did, and get to feel whatever they felt when they won.”