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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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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...

Texas women’s golf finishes fifth for Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

Texas women’s golf finishes fifth for Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

Jake Hernandez, General Sports Reporter March 2, 2023

After three rounds in Hilton Head, South Carolina, the Longhorns (+19) secured another top-five finish this season, ending 295-286-290 and a team score of 871. Texas outplayed No. 3 Oregon while finishing...

No. 15 Men’s Golf takes home second place at Southern Highlands Collegiate

No. 15 Men’s Golf takes home second place at Southern Highlands Collegiate

Zachary Davis, General Sports Reporter March 1, 2023

The Men’s golf team finished second at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Golf tournament down in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday. The longhorns carded 19-under-par across the three days, just 2 strokes...

No. 8 Texas women’s golf heads to South Carolina for Darius Rucker Invitational

No. 8 Texas women’s golf heads to South Carolina for Darius Rucker Invitational

Jake Hernandez, General Sports Reporter February 26, 2023

After placing eighth in the Northrop Grumann Regional, the Longhorns will face off against No. 2 Wake Forest, No. 9 and fellow Big 12 rival Baylor, and several other top 25 teams at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate...

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Women’s golf places 8th at Therese Hession Regional Challenge

Francesca Gigliotti, General Sports Reporter February 15, 2023

No. 6 Texas women’s golf started its spring season with an eighth-place finish Tuesday at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge. The Longhorns finished with a final card of 290, 295, 289 and 22-over...

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