Men’s Golf in Second after First Day at Bayou City Collegiate Classic

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Men's Golf program stood in second, and junior Grant Doggett and freshman Jayk Altic stood 1-2 in the individual standings following the first 36 holes of the Bayou City Collegiate Classic on Monday evening.

The Cougars opened the tournament with a score of 279 and followed that with a total of 283 in the afternoon session for a 36-hole score of 562 on the 7,184-yard, par-72 course at Westwood Golf Club.

Host Rice held a two-stroke advantage over the Cougars entering Tuesday's Final Round.

Doggett fired back-to-back rounds in the 60s, including a First-Round 66, and finished the first day at 11-under 133 to finish one shot ahead of his teammate. Making his collegiate debut, Altic added consecutive rounds in the 60s as well, including a 67, with birdies on the first two holes of his Cougar career.

Starting his day off No. 2, Doggett moved under par with a birdie on the par-4 fourth hole but endured a double-bogey 6 on the 445-yard seventh hole. Fortunately, that would be the last blemish on the Beach City, Texas, natives morning scorecard.

Doggett drained birdies on five of the next seven holes with back-to-back efforts on Nos. 10-11 and added a birdie at No. 3 with an eagle on the 542-yard 18^th hole in the First Round.

He enjoyed similar success in the afternoon. Doggett sank a birdie on his first hole in the Second Round and overcame his lone bogey in the afternoon with three birdies over the next four holes.

He added additional birdies at No. 13 and No. 18 to set the tournament's 36-hole record low.

Playing as an individual in his first collegiate event, Altic drained birdies on each of his first two holes and added additional birdies at No. 6 and No. 10. The Houston native rallied from his lone bogey in the morning to post birdies at No. 13 and No. 16 to finish with a 67.

In the afternoon, Altic rallied from a slow start which saw him make bogeys on two of his first three holes. However, four straight birdies at Nos. 5-8 returned him to red numbers with additional birdies on No. 11 and No. 15 for a score of 8-under 136.

Sophomore Hsuan-Yi Chen joined Doggett and Altic among the Top-10 leaders and was tied for ninth at 2-under 142. The Daxi, Taiwan, native posted a 70 in the Second Round.

Senior Kevin An was tied for 13^th at 1-under after opening the tournament with a 69.

Senior Hudson Weibel was 20^th at 144. Playing as an individual, senior Bryant Hiskey II was tied for 21^st at 145 while junior Chi Chun Chen was tied for 28^th at 146. Junior Enrique Karg, who joined the Cougars during the summer after transferring from Utah State, was tied for 64^th at 153.

Lamar (574), Louisiana (574), UT Arlington (580), Abilene Christian (580), Valparaiso (586), UT Rio Grande Valley (590), Utah Valley (592) and ULM (593) completed the Top-10 leaders.

Rice's Henry Daly and Louisiana's Malan Potgieter were tied for third at 137 while ULM's Louis Anceaux stood in fifth at 138.

The Cougars are looking for their second straight team and individual championship sweep to open the 2025-26 campaign. In its last action, Houston used a record-setting day to sweep the team and individual championships at season-opening Argent Financial Classic at Squire Creek Country Club in Choudrant, La., on Sept. 7-9

The Cougars used a school-record low round of 23-under 265 to finish with a three-day score of 32-under 832 and win by six strokes over South Alabama.

Weibel fired his third straight round in the 60s on the way to a bogey-free 66 and tied with Louisiana's Malan Potgieter at 13-under 275 through 54 holes. On the second hole of the playoff, Weibel holed out an eagle from 123 yards out to capture the first title of his collegiate career.

The tournament concludes with the Final Round beginning with an 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, shotgun start.

LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring from the Bayou City Collegiate Classic by clicking here.

TEE TIMES
For Tuesday's Final Round, Houston will compete in groups with student-athletes from Rice and Lamar.

Chi Chun Chen begins the day off No. 1 at 9 a.m., Tuesday, with Weibel (9:10 a.m.), An (9:20 a.m.), Hsuan-Yi Chen (9:30 a.m.) and Doggett (9:40 a.m.) following.

Hiskey begins his Houston career off No. 1 at 7:50 a.m., with Altic (8 a.m.) following. Karg starts his Final Round off No. 10 at 8 a.m.

Fans can find Bayou City Intercollegiate pairings and tee times by clicking here.

UP NEXT
Following the Bayou City Intercollegiate, the Cougars open October when they tee off at the Trinity Forest Invitational at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas on Oct. 6-8.

Houston then wraps up its fall season at The Bryson Invitational on the Ralston Creek Course at Daniel Island Club in Charleston, S.C., on Oct. 13-15.

The Cougars will enjoy the holiday break before opening the spring season when they play host to the Border Olympics at Laredo Country Club in Laredo, Texas, on Feb. 16-17, 2026. The Cougars welcome HCU, Illinois State, Lamar, Louisiana, New Mexico State, North Texas, Sam Houston, Tarleton State, Troy, UT Rio Grande Valley, Wichita State and Wright State to the tournament.

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