Texas Longhorns men's golf

For the Texas women's golf, see Texas Longhorns women's golf.

The Texas Longhorns men's golf team represents the University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's golf competition. The Longhorns competed in the Big 12 Conference through the 2024 season and moved to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) on July 1, 2024.

Texas Longhorns men's golf
Founded	1927
University	University of Texas at Austin
Conference	SEC
Athletic director	Chris Del Conte
Head coach	John Fields (27th season)
Location	Austin, Texas
Course	University of Texas Golf Club Par: 71 Yards: 7,412
Nickname	Longhorns
Colors	Burnt Orange and White
NCAA champions
1971, 1972, 2012, 2022
NCAA individual champions
Ed White (1935) Ben Crenshaw (1971, 1972, 1973) Tom Kite (1972) Justin Leonard (1994)
NCAA runner-up
1949, 1983, 1989, 1994, 2016, 2019
NCAA match play
2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022
NCAA Championship appearances
1933, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference champions
SWC 1927, 1928, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Big 12 2002, 2003, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2024
Individual conference champions
SWC Gib Payne (1928) Ed White (1933, 1934, 1935) Bill Welch (1936, 1937) Buck Luce (1940) Leonard Spitzer (1941) John Russell (1942) Bill Roden (1943) Frank Hoover (1944) Joe Ruby (1945) Hugh Dahlberg (1946) Ed Hopkins (1947) Bob Watson (1948, 1949) Wes Ellis (1952) Julian Oates (1953) Joe Golden (1954) Terry Dill (1960) Pat Thompson (1964) Randy Geiselman (1965) Mason Adkins (1966) Rik Massengale (1969) Dean Overturf (1970) Ben Crenshaw (1972, 1973) Lance Ten Broeck (1975) Brandel Chamblee (1983) Justin Leonard (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994) Big 12 David Gossett (1999) Jason Hartwick (2004) Matt Rosenfeld (2006) Brandon Stone (2013) Scottie Scheffler (2015) Doug Ghim (2018) Cole Hammer (2021)

The program has a strong golf tradition, dating back to its first season in 1927. Since then the Longhorns have won national titles back-to-back in 1971 and 1972, again in 2012 and the most recent in 2022, and finished runner-up six other times (1949, 1983, 1989, 1994, 2016, 2019). Individual national champions were Ed White (1935), Ben Crenshaw (1971, 1972, and 1973), Tom Kite (1972), and Justin Leonard (1994).

Longhorns who have won the U.S. Amateur include Justin Leonard and David Gossett. Two-time U.S. Junior Amateur champion and three-time major winner Jordan Spieth played for the Longhorns golf team in 2011 and 2012. Besides Majors-winners Kite, Crenshaw, Leonard, Brooks, Spieth, and Scheffler, a number of other former Longhorn players have gone on to win on the PGA Tour, including: Phil Blackmar, Mark Brooks, Jhonattan Vegas, Bob Estes, Wes Ellis, Harrison Frazar, Cody Gribble, Rik Massengale, Scottie Scheffler, Wes Short Jr., and Brandel Chamblee. In addition, Longhorns Brandon Stone and Dylan Frittelli have each achieved multiple wins on the European Tour.

Legendary golf instructor Harvey Penick was a long-time coach at Texas. The team is currently coached by John Fields.^[1]

Yearly record

Source^[2]

Season	Coach	Conference	NCAA
Southwest Conference
1927	Tom Penick	1st
1928	Tom Penick	1st
1929	Tom Penick	3rd
1930	Tom Penick	2nd
1931	Harvey Penick	3rd
1932	Harvey Penick	1st
1933	Harvey Penick	1st	4th
1934	Harvey Penick	1st	5th
1935	Harvey Penick	1st
1936	Harvey Penick	1st
1937	Harvey Penick	1st
1938	Harvey Penick	1st
1939	Harvey Penick	2nd	14th
1940	Harvey Penick	1st	17th
1941	Harvey Penick	1st	6th
1942	Harvey Penick	1st
1943	Harvey Penick	1st
1944	Harvey Penick	1st
1945	Harvey Penick	1st
1946	Harvey Penick	1st
1947	Harvey Penick	1st	30th
1948	Harvey Penick	2nd	12th
1949	Harvey Penick	1st	2nd
1950	Harvey Penick	1st	11th
1951	Harvey Penick	1st	13th
1952	Harvey Penick	1st	4th
1953	Harvey Penick	2nd	6th
1954	Harvey Penick	1st	8th
1955	Harvey Penick	6th	23rd
1956	Harvey Penick	3rd
1957	Harvey Penick	3rd	18th
1958	Harvey Penick	5th
1959	Harvey Penick	5th
1960	Harvey Penick	6th	34th
1961	Harvey Penick	6th	20th
1962	Harvey Penick	4th
1963	Harvey Penick	3rd	6th
1964	George Hannon	1st	27th
1965	George Hannon	1st	T-17th
1966	George Hannon	3rd	T-27th
1967	George Hannon	3rd	T-13th
1968	George Hannon	1st	T-4th
1969	George Hannon	2nd	8th
1970	George Hannon	1st	T-6th
1971	George Hannon	DNP	1st
1972	George Hannon	1st	1st
1973	George Hannon	1st	3rd
1974	George Hannon	T-1st	15th
1975	George Hannon	T-1st	T-17th
1976	George Hannon	2nd	6th
1977	George Hannon	4th
1978	George Hannon	2nd
1979	George Hannon	T-3rd
1980	George Hannon	3rd	T-12th
1981	George Hannon	1st	16th
1982	Jimmy Clayton	3rd	7th
1983	Jimmy Clayton	1st	2nd
1984	Jimmy Clayton	3rd	T-16th
1985	Jimmy Clayton	3rd	5th
1986	Jimmy Clayton	5th	17th
1987	Jimmy Clayton	4th	20th
1988	Jimmy Clayton	2nd	11th
1989	Jimmy Clayton	1st	2nd
1990	Jimmy Clayton	1st	22nd
1991	Jimmy Clayton	1st	T-9th
1992	Jimmy Clayton	1st	6th
1993	Jimmy Clayton	1st	5th
1994	Jimmy Clayton	1st	2nd
1995	Jimmy Clayton	1st	3rd
1996	Jimmy Clayton	5th	13th
Big 12 Conference
1997	Jimmy Clayton	2nd
1998	John Fields	2nd
1999	John Fields	3rd
2000	John Fields	4th	5th
2001	John Fields	T-2nd
2002	John Fields	1st	T-3rd
2003	John Fields	1st	T-9th
2004	John Fields	1st	4th
2005	John Fields	4th	23rd
2006	John Fields	2nd
2007	John Fields	4th	T-11th
2008	John Fields	2nd	19th
2009	John Fields	8th	26th
2010	John Fields	3rd	T-21st
2011	John Fields	3rd	T-12th
2012	John Fields	2nd	1st
2013	John Fields	1st	5th
2014	John Fields	1st	13th
2015	John Fields	1st	T-5th
2016	John Fields	1st	2nd
2017	John Fields	1st	12th
2018	John Fields	2nd	T-5th
2019	John Fields	T-3rd	2nd
2020	John Fields	Season canceled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic
2021	John Fields	3rd	T-25th
2022	John Fields	3rd	1st
2023	John Fields	4th	19th
2024	John Fields	1st	13th
Total		SWC: 39 Big 12: 9	4

Individual champions

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NCAA

Texas has had 4 individuals claim the NCAA Individual Championship on 5 occasions, with a tie in 1972.

Year	Name
1935	Ed White
1971	Ben Crenshaw
1972	Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite
1973	Ben Crenshaw
1994	Justin Leonard

Conference

Texas has had 32 separate golfers win a conference title on 40 separate occasions, 3 of which were a shared title.

Southwest Conference Year Name 1928 Gib Payne 1933 Ed White 1934 Ed White 1935 Ed White 1936 Bill Welch 1937 Bill Welch 1940 Buck Luce 1941 Leonard Spitzer 1942 John Russell 1943 Bill Roden 1944 Frank Hoover 1945 Joe Ruby 1946 Hugh Dahlberg 1947 Ed Hopkins 1948 Bob Watson 1949 Bob Watson 1952 Wes Ellis 1953 Julian Oates 1954 Joe Golden 1960 Terry Dill (Tie) 1964 Pat Thompson 1965 Randy Geiselman 1966 Mason Adkins 1969 Rik Massengale 1970 Dean Overturf 1972 Ben Crenshaw 1973 Ben Crenshaw 1975 Lance Ten Broeck 1983 Brandel Chamblee 1991 Justin Leonard 1992 Justin Leonard (Tie) 1993 Justin Leonard 1994 Justin Leonard

Big 12 Conference Year Name 1999 David Gossett 2004 Jason Hartwick 2006 Matt Rosenfeld 2013 Brandon Stone 2015 Scottie Scheffler 2018 Doug Ghim (Tie) 2021 Cole Hammer

National honors

Source^[2]

U.S. Amateur champions 1992 – Justin Leonard 1999 – David Gossett U.S. Junior Amateur champions 2000 – Matt Rosenfeld 2009 – Jordan Spieth 2011 – Jordan Spieth Western Amateur champions 1968 – Rik Massengale 1973 – Ben Crenshaw 1992 – Justin Leonard 1993 – Justin Leonard 2002 – John Klauk 2018 – Cole Hammer Walker Cup selections 1936 – Ed White 1971 – Tom Kite 1993 – Justin Leonard 1997 – Brad Elder 1999 – David Gossett 2011 – Jordan Spieth 2015 – Beau Hossler 2017 – Doug Ghim, Scottie Scheffler

Arnold Palmer Cup selections 1997 – Brad Elder 2002 – John Klauk 2003 – Jason Hartwick 2004 – Jason Hartwick 2005 – Matt Rosenfeld 2015 – Beau Hossler 2016 – Doug Ghim 2017 – Doug Ghim 2018 – Cole Hammer Fred Haskins Award 1971 – Ben Crenshaw 1972 – Ben Crenshaw 1973 – Ben Crenshaw 1987 – Bob Estes 1994 – Justin Leonard 1997 – Brad Elder 2016 – Beau Hossler Phil Mickelson Award 2013 – Brandon Stone 2015 – Scottie Scheffler

Byron Nelson Award 2012 – Dylan Frittelli Jack Nicklaus Award 1988 – Bob Estes 1994 – Justin Leonard 1997 – Brad Elder 2015 – Beau Hossler Ben Hogan Award 1997 – Jeff Fahrenbruch 2018 – Doug Ghim Arnold Palmer Award 1994 – Justin Leonard COSIDA Academic All-American 1996 – Jeff Fahrenbruch (1st Team)) 1997 – Jeff Fahrenbruch (2nd Team)) 2012 – Dylan Frittelli (3rd Team))

See also

• Texas Longhorns women's golf

References

1. "Texas Longhorns Men's Golf – 2019–20 roster". Retrieved May 26, 2020.
2. "2018-19 Texas Golf Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 24. Retrieved May 26, 2020.