After finishing as runners-up to Stanford at the NCAA Finals last season, the Texas Longhorns enter this season as the preseason No. 1 ranked team, per the opening Golfweek Coaches Poll.
Long-time head coach John Fields boasts one of his most talented returning groups this season, as Texas returns four of its starting five golfers from last year’s squad. They’ll be led by the nation’s top-ranked amateur in Cole Hammer. Hammer gained valuable experience away from a collegiate setting while competing for the U.S. Walker Cup team in England this past summer. He contributed towards the United States’ first cup victory overseas in 12 years.