No. 3 MGOLF Ready for Valspar Collegiate

Monday, March 27

Palm City, Florida

Texas Tech Athletics

Valspar Collegiate

No. 3 MGOLF Ready for Valspar Collegiate

March 26, 2023 | Men's Golf

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The two-day event features six top-10 teams and three top-five teams

By: Andrew Stern

PALM CITY, Fla. – The No. 3 ranked Texas Tech men's golf program returns from a nearly three week hiatus this week when they head to the Valspar Collegiate hosted by the University of Houston at Floridian National.

The 16-team field features eight top-20 teams, six top-10 teams and three members of the top-five in the most recent GolfStat rankings.

The action begins on Monday with 36 holes before wrapping up Tuesday with the third and final round.

Tech is paired with No. 2 Arizona State, No. 4 UNC and host Houston. The Red Raiders will tee off from holes 1-4 for the 7 a.m. (CT) shotgun start Monday morning.

THE COURSE:
Floridian National Golf Club • Palm City, Fla. Par 71 • 7,114 Yards

THE FIELD:
Arizona State (2)
Duke (37)
Florida State (7)
Georgia Southern (18)
Houston (48)
Lamar (162)
Marquette (60)
Minnesota (82)
North Carolina (4)
Northwestern (26)
Ohio State (34)
Pepperdine (9)
Texas (10)
Texas A&M (14)
Texas Tech (3)
Wake Forest (36)

THE LINEUP:

THE LAST TIME OUT:
Powered by a -2 performance from freshman Matthew Comegys, No. 2 Texas Tech finished fourth at the loaded 15-team Cabo Collegiate.

Texas Tech finished at +2 overall after firing a team score of 287 (+3) Tuesday, while Comegys ended up tied for eighth for his first career top-10 finish.

No. 1 Vanderbilt cruised to a 12-shot lead after finishing -18 overall. Ole Miss finished second at -6 overall followed by No. 3 Arizona State (-1).

Tech finished fourth, followed by No. 9 FSU (+8), No. 23 Baylor (+19), No. 19 Arizona (+19), No. 4 Stanford (+21) and Arkansas (+21).

Houston (+25) finished 10th followed by No. 14 Tennessee (+26), No. 18 Oklahoma State (+26), No. 17 Alabama (+42), Rice (+65) and Abilene Christian (+69).

Vandy's Wells Williams finished at -10 overall to take home individual medalist honors by five shots.

UP NEXT:
The Red Raiders kick-off a busy month of April with the Calusa Cup next Sunday-Tuesday (Apr. 2-4) hosted by the University of Iowa in Naples, Florida.