Texas Tech University Athletics
Red Raiders Top Golfstat Rankings After Fall Season
November 08, 2019 | Men's Golf
LUBBOCK, Texas – After winning three of four tournaments in the fall season, the Texas Tech men's golf team has secured a No. 1 Golfstat Team Ranking going into the spring.
The Red Raiders earned tournament victories at The Carmel Cup, the Iverness Intercollegiate and won the Big 12 Match Play Tournament to highlight a fall season that took them from preseason No. 18 to the top spot in the nation for the first time in program history.
Individually, Sandy Scott won The Carmel Cup to open his senior season and would earn Big 12 Golfer of the Month on Wednesday after a top-5 showing at the Tavistock Collegiate to close out the fall campaign. A senior from Scotland, Scott also competed at The Walker Cup as a member of the Great Britain & Ireland team. He is currently ranked No. 6 in the Golfstat Player Rankings followed by junior Kyle Hogan who is at No. 7 in the rankings. Hogan closed his fall season with a third-place showing at the Tavistock Collegiate at 7-under-par to help Tech finish fourth. Andy Lopez, who won the Iverness and went 5-0 at the Big 12 Match Play, currently has a 70.74 scoring average for the Red Raiders.
Texas Tech will go into the spring season atop the rankings followed by Oklahoma, Georgia Tech, BYU and Duke. The Red Raiders maintain a 70.55 adjusted scoring average and a 90.20 relative percentage after competing in four fall events. The team is also ranked No. 3 in the Golfweek statistical ratings after going 10-1 against top-25 opponents in the fall. The Red Raiders will return to competition on Feb. 6 at the Amer Ari in Kona, Hawaii to begin a spring season that will lead into the Big 12 Championship (April 27-29) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The program has advanced to 18 straight NCAA tournaments.
The Red Raiders earned tournament victories at The Carmel Cup, the Iverness Intercollegiate and won the Big 12 Match Play Tournament to highlight a fall season that took them from preseason No. 18 to the top spot in the nation for the first time in program history.
Individually, Sandy Scott won The Carmel Cup to open his senior season and would earn Big 12 Golfer of the Month on Wednesday after a top-5 showing at the Tavistock Collegiate to close out the fall campaign. A senior from Scotland, Scott also competed at The Walker Cup as a member of the Great Britain & Ireland team. He is currently ranked No. 6 in the Golfstat Player Rankings followed by junior Kyle Hogan who is at No. 7 in the rankings. Hogan closed his fall season with a third-place showing at the Tavistock Collegiate at 7-under-par to help Tech finish fourth. Andy Lopez, who won the Iverness and went 5-0 at the Big 12 Match Play, currently has a 70.74 scoring average for the Red Raiders.
Texas Tech will go into the spring season atop the rankings followed by Oklahoma, Georgia Tech, BYU and Duke. The Red Raiders maintain a 70.55 adjusted scoring average and a 90.20 relative percentage after competing in four fall events. The team is also ranked No. 3 in the Golfweek statistical ratings after going 10-1 against top-25 opponents in the fall. The Red Raiders will return to competition on Feb. 6 at the Amer Ari in Kona, Hawaii to begin a spring season that will lead into the Big 12 Championship (April 27-29) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The program has advanced to 18 straight NCAA tournaments.
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