Texas Wins Again at Valspar Collegiate
Doug Ghim of Texas
(University of Texas Photo)
PALM CITY, FL (March 22, 2016)--No. 7 Texas (855) has won once more. This time they have captured the Valspar Collegiate by five-stokes over No. 21 LSU (860) at the Floridian Golf Course. This is the second consecutive win for Texas after a win last week at the
Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic. It is their fourth win in their last five team competitions.
The Longhorns playing with a world of confidence won on the strength of three players inside the top-8. Sophomore Doug Ghim (-1) paced Texas with a tie for third. Ghim, a All-Big 12 first teamer as a freshman, finished just one-stroke out a three-way tie for first place at 2-under par.
Behind Ghim were junior's Beau Hossler (+1) and Gavin Hall (+1) as they finished in an eighth place deadlock. Hall started the day as the leader following yesterday's 36-holes but he struggled in the final round with a 6-over par 77.
Both Ghim and Hossler played well in the final round shooting matching 3-under par 68's.
The aforementioned tie for medalist honors was between LSU All-SEC second teamer; senior Zach Wright (-2) and Texas A&M freshman Chandler Phillips (-2). Ghim and LSU freshman Luis Gagne finished one-back at 1-under par.
In all there were nine teams ranked in the latest Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll competing at the Valspar Collegiate. Rounding out the top-5 of the team standings were Texas A&M (871) and No. 12 Oklahoma State (871) in third place; in a fifth place tie No. 19 South Carolina (874) and No. 1 Illinois (874).
ABOUT THE
Valspar Collegiate Invitational
54-hole collegiate invitational hosted at The
Floridian. Team (best four scores out of five players
each round) and individual competitions. Began in
2014
and is already one of the elite college events on the
schedule.
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