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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Golf

Failing makes greatness: How setbacks made Texas men’s golf coach John Fields great

Failing makes greatness: How setbacks made Texas men’s golf coach John Fields great

Zach Davis, General Sports Reporter October 13, 2023

He decided he wanted to go pro. Take the leap. Be one of the greats. A small town kid from Las Cruces, New Mexico, having just graduated from the University of New Mexico, John Fields set out to go across...

No. 9 Texas men’s golf dominates Big 12 match play, takes home first tournament win of season

No. 9 Texas men’s golf dominates Big 12 match play, takes home first tournament win of season

Zach Davis, General Sports Reporter October 12, 2023

No. 9 Texas men’s golf took down No. 21 Baylor 4-1 in the championship match during the annual Big 12 Match Play Tournament on Wednesday. The Longhorns took down the Bears to win the three-day tournament...

Bohyun Park: golf, growth, globetrotting

Bohyun Park: golf, growth, globetrotting

Perla Paredes Hernandez, General Sports Reporter October 5, 2023

South Korea, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand and Texas all play a major role in Texas junior women’s golfer Bohyun “Bo” Park’s success.  Park was born in South Korea and moved to Saudi Arabia, where...

Two former Longhorns set to compete at the Ryder Cup

Two former Longhorns set to compete at the Ryder Cup

Bo Espey, General Sports Reporter September 27, 2023

Texas men’s golf alumni Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth will represent Team USA this weekend at the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome, Italy for the 44th Ryder Cup. Spieth, who is making...

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Texas Men’s Golf: Meet the 2023-2024 Team

Zach Davis, General Sports Reporter September 17, 2023

After ending its season finishing fourth in the Big 12 championship, head coach John Fields and his team aim to return to glory and win its second title in three years. Returning a mix of key role players...

Masters, U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth named to the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor

Masters, U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth named to the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor

Lindsey Plotkin, Sports Desk Editor September 13, 2023

Jordan Spieth only needed one year at Texas to lead the men’s golf program to its third national title in 2012. Eleven years later, Spieth will be inducted into the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor.  Just...

Texas golfer Bentley Cotton heads to US Women’s Amateur Championship

Texas golfer Bentley Cotton heads to US Women’s Amateur Championship

Lauren Hightower, General Sports Reporter July 31, 2023

With the putting green beneath her feet, senior Bentley Cotton knows how to stay composed despite next week’s hectic schedule. As she exchanges a laugh with her caddy, Cotton takes a deep breath and...

No. 7 Texas women’s golf preps for Big 12 Match Play

No. 7 Texas women’s golf preps for Big 12 Match Play

Jake Hernandez, General Sports Reporter April 6, 2023

After winning the Cactus Cup Championship and a top-five performance in the Ping ASU Invitational, the Longhorns will head back to Scottsdale, Arizona, to begin Big 12 match play from April 7–9. Texas...

Maas and Stark lead No. 11 Texas men’s golf to sixth place finish at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational

Maas and Stark lead No. 11 Texas men’s golf to sixth place finish at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational

Bo Espey, General Sports Reporter April 2, 2023

The No. 11 ranked Texas Longhorns ended in sixth place at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational this weekend after the team shot 13-under-par 851 through three rounds. No. 12 Florida ran away with the...

Sam Burns torches Cameron Young in the final round, wins WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play

Sam Burns torches Cameron Young in the final round, wins WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play

Bo Espey, General Sports Reporter March 26, 2023

The final World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club did not disappoint, just ask No. 15 World Golf Championship-ranked and 2023 winner Sam Burns. At the beginning...

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Former Texas Longhorn, No. 1 Scottie Scheffler set for WGC-Dell Match Play

Zachary Davis, General Sports Reporter March 22, 2023

The World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play tournament is coming to Austin this week in a five-day showdown of one-on-one golf at Austin Country Club. The WGC-Dell Match Play tournament,...

Cactus Cup preview: Texas womens golf heads to Phoenix

Cactus Cup preview: Texas women’s golf heads to Phoenix

Francesca Gigliotti, General Sports Reporter March 10, 2023

No. 8 Texas is fresh off a fifth-place finish at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate and will now travel to Phoenix, Arizona to compete in the Cactus Cup from March 13-14.  The Longhorns will likely...

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