Houston Men’s Golf Opens Spring at Rice Intercollegiate

Monday, January 25

Houston, TX

University of Houston

Rice Intercollegiate

Houston Men’s Golf Opens Spring at Rice Intercollegiate

1/24/2021 12:27:00 PM | Men's Golf

Live Scoring Pairings

After 321 days away from competition, Cougars tee off at Westwood Country Club in Houston

HOUSTON – For the first time in 321 days, the University of Houston Men's Golf program returns to the course when it opens play at the Rice Intercollegiate at Westwood Country Club in Houston on Monday morning.

The one-day, 36-hole event begins with a shotgun start at 8 a.m., on the 7,184-yard, par-72 course.

Monday's play will be the first time Houston Men's Golf has competed since George Gardner, Laurence Crea and Alex Isakson teed off as individuals at the Colin Montgomerie Invitational in Spring, Texas. It will be the first time the Cougars have competed in a team-scoring event since March 3, 2020, at the Cabo Collegiate.

LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring at the Rice Intercollegiate by clicking here.

THE LINEUP
Under the direction of Director of Golf Jonathan Dismuke, who is in his 12^th season with the Cougars, Houston will be represented by senior Alexander Frances, senior Andrew Gibson, sophomore Austin Reily, junior Braxton Watkins, senior Logan Young and senior Luke Long.

Sophomore Trip Morris and seniors Matt Cole and Laurence Crea will compete as individuals.

Long finished as the team leader a year ago with a 70.71 scoring average and 15 rounds of par or better, including career-low-tying 66 in the Final Round at the White Sands Invitational.

Young stood second on the team with a 72.17 scoring average and tied with Cole for the team's low round of the season with a personal-best 65 in the Final Round at the Trinity Forest Invitational on Sept. 24, 2019. Cole first set the team's low round of the year the day before at that event.

Cole (11), Gibson (10) and Frances (10) were among the Cougars' leaders with double-digit rounds of par or lower in 2019-20.

TEAM FIELD
The Cougars will face student-athletes from Baylor, Sam Houston State, Lamar, Houston Baptist and host Rice.

PAIRINGS
Frances will lead the Cougars at 8 a.m., Monday, off No. 1 with Gibson (No. 2), Reily (No. 4), Watkins (No. 5), Young (No. 6) and Long (No. 7 following). Cole starts his season off No. 15 with Crea (No. 16) and Morris (No. 18) following.

Complete pairings can be found by clicking here.

UP NEXT
Following the Rice Intercollegiate, the Cougars will play host to their own All-American Intercollegiate on Feb. 14-16 at Golf Club of Houston.

Houston will compete against an impressive field, featuring Baylor, Georgia Stae, Lamar, Louisiana, Louisiana Tech, Louisville, New Mexico, New Mexico State, North Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Rice, Sam Houston State, Texas, Texas A&M, ULM, UT Arlington and UTSA.

From there, the Cougars will continue their hosting duties, this time at the Border Olympics at Laredo Country Club in Laredo, Texas, on Feb. 22-23. There, Houston will face Abilene Christian, Arkansas State, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Houston Baptist, Illinois State, Kent State, Little Rock, Louisiana, Michigan, New Mexico State, Rice, Sam Houston State, Texas, ULM and UTSA.

STAY CONNECTED
Fans can receive updates by following @UHCougarMGolf on Twitter and catch up with the latest news and notes on the team by clicking LIKE on the team's Facebook page at UHCougarMGolf. Fans also can follow the team on Instagram at uhcougarmgolf.

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