University of Houston Athletics
Men's Golf Hosts All-American Intercollegiate
2/17/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
| ALL-AMERICAN INTERCOLLEGIATE | |
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| Lineup | Blair Hamilton Michael Perras Vincent Martino Alan De Bondt Papito Gonzalez Matt Dunn (Ind.) |
| Time | Friday, Feb. 19 • 18 holes 9 a.m. • split-tee start off No. 1 & No. 10 Round 1 Tee Times Saturday, Feb. 20 • 18 holes Sunday, Feb. 21 • 18 holes |
| Location | Golf Club of Houston Humble, Texas 6,982 yards • Par 72 |
| Live Scoring | BirdieFire |
| Team Field | #38 Houston, #24 South Carolina, #34 Charleston Southern, #35 Arkansas, #40 SMU, #44 Baylor, Charlotte, McNeese State, Troy, UTSA, New Mexico State, Rice, Louisiana Tech, Sam Houston State, Houston Baptist and Northern Illinois |
| Season Stats | Season Statistics |
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HUMBLE, Texas -- The University of Houston Men's Golf team continues the spring season when it plays host to All-American Intercollegiate starting Friday morning at Golf Club of Houston.
This will be the first time the Cougars have hosted the All-American Intercollegiate since 2012. The 16-team field features six squads among the nation's top-50 in the latest Golfstat national rankings with No. 24 South Carolina, No. 34 Charleston Southern, No. 35 Arkansas, No. 38 Houston, No. 40 SMU and No. 44 Baylor as well as Charlotte, Houston Baptist, Louisiana Tech, McNeese State, New Mexico State, Northern Illinois, Rice, Sam Houston State, Troy and UTSA
Admission is FREE for all fans to the All-American Intercollegiate, and all fans are invited to attend. Fans can follow live scoring at the All-American Intercollegiate by visiting BirdieFire.com and following the appropriate links or by clicking here.
The Cougars opened their spring season earlier this week with a sweep of the team and individual championships at the President's Day Challenge at Shadow Hawk Golf Club in Richmond, Texas, on Monday.
Sophomore Papito Gonzalez finished with a 36-hole score of 146 to earn the first collegiate title of his career and become the seventh different student-athlete to win an individual championship under Director of Golf Jonathan Dismuke.
The Cougars collected their fourth championship during the 2015-16 season and the 14th title under Dismuke's leadership.
This season, the Cougars have finished four or better in all six team events in which they have competed and captured team championships at the HBU Husky Intercollegiate, OGIO Utah Invitational, Bayou City Collegiate Classic and President's Day Challenge.
FIRST-ROUND PAIRINGS
The All-American Intercollegiate begins with a split-tee start at 9 a.m., Friday, on the 6,982-yard, par-72 course. The Cougars will compete in threesomes with student-athletes from Arkansas and South Carolina and go off No. 1.
Saturday's Second Round begins at 9 a.m., with a split-tee start with the Final Round beginning at 8:30 a.m., Sunday, with a shotgun start.
ABOUT the COUGARS
Dismuke recently unveiled the lineup for this weekend's tournament. Seniors Blair Hamilton and Vincent Martino, and sophomores Alan De Bondt, Michael Perras and Gonzalez will represent the Cougars as a team.
Juniors Matt Dunn and Emmett Oh, sophomore Joshua Gibbons and redshirt freshmen Matt Williams and Logan Davis will compete as individuals.
Hamilton has recorded five straight top-15 finishes to open the season and ranks second on the team with a 72.00 scoring average. The Burlington, Ontario, Canada, native won two tournaments a year ago, including a share of the NCAA Lubbock Regional individual title, and tied for fourth at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic with a score of 214 earlier this season.
Perras been a steady presence in the Cougars' lineup throughout the season. The Deer Park, Texas, native has finished among the top-20 leaders in all five tournaments in which he has competed to date. Perras captured the individual championship at the HBU Husky Intercollegiate on Sept. 21-22, 2015, and finished in a tie for second at the President's Day Challenge earlier this week.
He leads the team with a 71.71 scoring average and is tied for the team lead with seven rounds of par or better.
Martino ranks third on the team with a 72.33 average and is tied for third with six rounds of par or better. The three-year letterman has earned three top-15 finishes this season and won the Northern Intercollegiate on Sept. 12-13, 2015, for the first time of his career.
De Bondt has competed in three tournaments this season and tied for second with a score of 147 at the President's Day Challenge on Monday.
Gonzalez has enjoyed three straight top-20 finishes entering this weekend's tournament, improving his standing at each event. The McAllen, Texas, native opened with a 20th-place finish at the HBU Husky Intercollegiate and followed that with a 16th-place showing at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic before winning the President's Day Challenge on Monday.
Dunn has enjoyed a pair of top-10 finishes in his last two tournaments. The Houston native and Air Force transfer fired sub-par rounds in the final two rounds to win the Bayou City Collegiate Classic title on Oct. 12-13, 2015, and tied for ninth at the President's Day Challenge.
Competing for the first time with the Cougars this season, Williams has appeared in three tournaments to date and finished among the top-15 leaders in each. The Calgary, Alberta, Canada, native tied for ninth at the HB Husky Intercollegiate and enjoyed a career-best fourth-place finish at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic with a score of 2-under-par 214.
Oh has improved his standing in each of his last three rounds. He tied for 31st at the OGIO Utah Invitational after shooting a career-best 66 in the Second Round and tied for 19th at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic before tying for second at the President's Day Challenge on Monday.
Gibbons tied for 13th at the President's Day Challenge earlier this week with a score of 154. Davis started his 2015-16 season with an impressive third-place showing at the HBU Husky Intercollegiate.
ALL-AMERICAN INTERCOLLEGIATE HISTORY
For years, the All-American Intercollegiate ranked as one of the nation's premier collegiate tournaments, featuring some of the country's top student-athletes and teams.
The tournament was played every season from 1955 to 1990. After a one-year break in 1992, the tournament picked up and was played again from 1992 to 1997. The All-American Intercollegiate resumed in 2006 and was played each season through the 2008-09 campaign.
This will be the first time since 2012 that the Cougars have played host to this event. In 2012, Arkansas captured the team title with a score of 841 to finish one stroke ahead of North Texas. Individually, Texas A&M's Geoff Shaw earned medalist honors with three straight rounds in the 60s on the way to an 11-under-par 205.
The Cougars lead the way in their tournament with 23 team titles and 20 individual championships during its history
UP NEXT
Following the All-American Intercollegiate, the Cougars play host to the Querencia Cabo Collegiate on Feb. 28-March 1 at Querencia Golf Club in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
From there, the program will compete in two tournaments starting later this month. One group will compete at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate on Feb. 28-March 1, while another group will take part at the Colin Montgomerie Invitational, hosted by Houston Baptist at Cypresswood Golf Club in Spring, Texas, on Feb. 29-March 1.
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