Texas Edges ASU for NCAA Crown

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Texas junior Travis Vick birdied the first two holes of his match with Arizona State's Cameron Sisk on Wednesday, and he went 3 up when he won the third hole with a par. But Sisk then won three of the next four holes with pars to level the match, which ended up being the one that determined the 2022 NCAA team championship.

In the end, Vick settled the matter in the Longhorns' favor by making a two-putt par on the 520-yard, par-4 18th hole at Grayhawk Golf Club. That halved the hole and secured a 1-up victory over Sisk -- which gave Texas a 3-2 victory.

And with that, the Longhorns claimed their fourth national title in college golf. The first two of those titles came in 1971 and '72, when their lineup featured future PGA Tour stars Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite. Texas won its third in 2012, getting the winning point from Dylan Frittelli, another future PGA Tour winner who made a 20-foot birdie putt to beat Alabama's Cory Whitsett 1 up, as the Longhorns defeated the Crimson Tide 3-2. In another of the matches in that year's final, Texas freshman Jordan Spieth beat Alabama freshman Justin Thomas 3&2. 

The 2021-22 Texas lineup had three seniors who are considered potential future PGA Tour stars -- Cole Hammer, Parker Coody and his twin brother, Pierceson Coody. (The Coody twins are the grandsons of 1971 Masters champion Charles Coody.) Hammer, who first gained national attention when he qualified for the U.S. Open as a 15-year-old, got off to a bad start Wednesday, losing the first and third holes with bogeys. His opponent, Mason Anderson, went 4 up with birdies at the fifth and seventh holes, on the way to a 3&2 victory. 

But the Longhorns got two points from the Coody boys. Parker birdied the first two holes, shot 32 (3 under) on the front nine, and went on to dismiss James Leow 6&5. Pierceson Coody birdied the second hole, won the 470-yard, par-4 third with a par, and shot 33 on the front side. He played eight holes on the back nine in even par, and that was good enough to hold off another potential future PGA star, ASU freshman Preston Summerhays, 2&1. 

The fourth match out was between Mason Nome of Texas and David Puig of ASU, and it was the tightest match of the day. Neither player ever led by more than 1 up, and Puig eventually won it on the 19th hole. That tied the team score at 2-all and set the stage for Vick. 

After squandering his early 3-up lead with the three front-nine bogeys, Vick regained the lead with a birdie at the ninth (468 yards, par 4). Sisk came right back with a birdie at the 10th (399, par 4), but Vick pulled ahead once again, 2 up, with birdies at the 468-yard, par 4 12th and the 430-yard, par-4 14th. Sisk cut his deficit in half by winning the par-3 16th (173 yards) with a par, before the last two holes were halved with pars. 


Men's NCAA Division I ChChampionships

At Grayhawk Golf Club

Par 70, 7,289 yards

Scottsdale, Ariz. 

Match Play

Quarterfinals

(No. 1) Vanderbilt def. (No. 8) Texas Tech 3-2

(No. 7) Arizona State def. (No. 2) Oklahoma 3-2

(No. 6) Pepperdine def. (No. 3) North Carolina 3-2

-- Dylan Menante, P, def. Ryan Burnett, NC, 19 holes

-- David Ford, NC, def. Joe Highsmith, P, 1 up

-- Joey Vrzich, P, def. Peter Fountain, NC, 3-2

-- Austin Greaser, NC, def. William Mouw, P, 2&1

-- Derek Hitchner, P, def. Ryan Gerard, NC, 2&1

(No. 4) Texas def. (No. 5) Oklahoma State 3-2


Semifinals

Texas def. Vanderbilt 3-1-1

Arizona State def. Pepperdine 4-1

-- Mason Anderson, ASU, def. Dylan Menante, P, 19 holes

-- Preson Summerhays, ASU, def. Joe Highsmith, P, 2 up

-- David Puig, ASU, def. Joey Vrzich, P, 2&1

-- William Mouw, P, def. James Leow, ASU, 3&2

-- Cameron Sisk, ASU, def. Derek Hitchner, P, 2&1


Final

Texas 3, Arizona State 2

-- Mason Anderson, ASU, def. Cole Hammer, Texas, 3&2

-- Parker Coody, Texas, def. James Leow, ASU, 6&5

-- Pierceson Coody, Texas, def. Preston Summerhays, ASU, 2&1

-- David Puig, ASU, def. Mason Nome, Texas, 19 holes

-- Travis Vick, Texas, def. Cameron Sisk, Pepperdine, 1 up







Stroke Play

Final results (top 8 teams advanced to match play)

T1. Vanderbilt                     282-282-281-289--1134 

T1. Oklahoma                     287-275-277-294--1134

T1. North Carolina              288-281-280-285--1134

4. Texas                               291-291-278-277--1137

5. Oklahoma State               289-277-277-298--1141

6. Pepperdine                      294-282-277--293--1146

7. Arizona State                   290-292-277--289--1148

8. Texas Tech                       297-287-285-284 --1153

Failed to advance 

9. Arkansas                           294-286-286-293--1159

T10. Auburn                          285-296-288-291--1160

T10. Florida                           300-285-286-289--1160

T12. Georgia                          291-292-289-299--1171

T12. Georgia Tech                  298-289-290-294--1171

14. Ole Miss                           297-287-293-300--1177

15. Oregon                              2875-300-291-306--1182

Missed 54-hole team cut -- 877

16. Texas A&M                        300-287-292--879

17. Kansas                              286-297-297--880

18. Stanford                             295-290-297--882

T19. Arizona                            386-306-291--883

T19. Wake Forest                    303-285-295--883

T21. Florida State                    291-300-296--887

T21. Brigham Young                295-302-290--887

23. Ohio State                          300-300-293--893

24. North Florida                      306-298-291--895

25. Georgia Southern              295-305-297--897

26. Liberty                                290-303-305--898

27. Utah                                   297-311-296--904

28. South Florida                     297-311-296--904

29. East Tennessee State        297-308-306--911

30. College of Charleston         305-313-295--913

Individuals 

1. Gordon Sargent, Vanderbilt      70-68-68-74--280

T2. Ryan Burnett, North Carolina  71-69-70-70--280

T2. Parker Coody, Texas               72-70-68-70--280

T2. E. Lopez-Chacarra, Okla. St.   73-70-65-72--290

T5. Chris Gotterup, Oklahoma        73-66-68-74--281

T5. David Ford, North Carolina       71-70-69-71--281

T5. William Mouw, Pepperdine       71-70-70-70--281

T5. Cameron Sisk, Arizona State    70-73-68-70--281

9. Fernandez De Oliveira, Arkansas  71-71-68-72--282

10. Sam Bennett, Texas A&M            77-70-72-64--283 (playing as an individual)

T25. Derek Hitchner, Pepperdine    76-67-71-74--288

Missed individual cut 

Ben Sigel, Kansas                             74-74-77--225