# Texas Longhorns men's golf

The Texas Longhorns men's golf team represents the University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's golf competition. The Longhorns competed in the Big 12 Conference through the 2024 season and moved to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) on July 1, 2024.
The program has a strong golf tradition, dating back to its first season in 1927. Since then the Longhorns have won national titles back-to-back in 1971 and 1972, again in 2012 and the most recent in 2022, and finished runner-up six other times (1949, 1983, 1989, 1994, 2016, 2019). Individual national champions were Ed White (1935), Ben Crenshaw (1971, 1972, and 1973), Tom Kite (1972), and Justin Leonard (1994).
Longhorns who have won the U.S. Amateur include Justin Leonard and David Gossett. Longhorn golfers have gone on to win 10 major championships as professionals: Crenshaw (2), Kite (1), Leonard (1), Mark Brooks (1), Jordan Spieth (3), and Scottie Scheffler (2). Both Spieth and Scheffler have also reached the number one position in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Legendary golf instructor Harvey Penick was a long-time coach at Texas. The team has been coached by John Fields since 1998.

## Yearly record

Source
| Season | Coach | Conference | NCAA |
| Southwest Conference ||||
| 1927 | Tom Penick | 1st | |
| 1928 | Tom Penick | 1st | |
| 1929 | Tom Penick | 3rd | |
| 1930 | Tom Penick | 2nd | |
| 1931 | Harvey Penick | 3rd | |
| 1932 | Harvey Penick | 1st | |
| 1933 | Harvey Penick | 1st | 4th |
| 1934 | Harvey Penick | 1st | 5th |
| 1935 | Harvey Penick | 1st | |
| 1936 | Harvey Penick | 1st | |
| 1937 | Harvey Penick | 1st | |
| 1938 | Harvey Penick | 1st | |
| 1939 | Harvey Penick | 2nd | 14th |
| 1940 | Harvey Penick | 1st | 17th |
| 1941 | Harvey Penick | 1st | 6th |
| 1942 | Harvey Penick | 1st | |
| 1943 | Harvey Penick | 1st | |
| 1944 | Harvey Penick | 1st | |
| 1945 | Harvey Penick | 1st | |
| 1946 | Harvey Penick | 1st | |
| 1947 | Harvey Penick | 1st | 30th |
| 1948 | Harvey Penick | 2nd | 12th |
| 1949 | Harvey Penick | 1st | 2nd |
| 1950 | Harvey Penick | 1st | 11th |
| 1951 | Harvey Penick | 1st | 13th |
| 1952 | Harvey Penick | 1st | 4th |
| 1953 | Harvey Penick | 2nd | 6th |
| 1954 | Harvey Penick | 1st | 8th |
| 1955 | Harvey Penick | 6th | 23rd |
| 1956 | Harvey Penick | 3rd | |
| 1957 | Harvey Penick | 3rd | 18th |
| 1958 | Harvey Penick | 5th | |
| 1959 | Harvey Penick | 5th | |
| 1960 | Harvey Penick | 6th | 34th |
| 1961 | Harvey Penick | 6th | 20th |
| 1962 | Harvey Penick | 4th | |
| 1963 | Harvey Penick | 3rd | 6th |
| 1964 | George Hannon | 1st | 27th |
| 1965 | George Hannon | 1st | T-17th |
| 1966 | George Hannon | 3rd | T-27th |
| 1967 | George Hannon | 3rd | T-13th |
| 1968 | George Hannon | 1st | T-4th |
| 1969 | George Hannon | 2nd | 8th |
| 1970 | George Hannon | 1st | T-6th |
| 1971 | George Hannon | DNP | 1st |
| 1972 | George Hannon | 1st | 1st |
| 1973 | George Hannon | 1st | 3rd |
| 1974 | George Hannon | T-1st | 15th |
| 1975 | George Hannon | T-1st | T-17th |
| 1976 | George Hannon | 2nd | 6th |
| 1977 | George Hannon | 4th | |
| 1978 | George Hannon | 2nd | |
| 1979 | George Hannon | T-3rd | |
| 1980 | George Hannon | 3rd | T-12th |
| 1981 | George Hannon | 1st | 16th |
| 1982 | Jimmy Clayton | 3rd | 7th |
| 1983 | Jimmy Clayton | 1st | 2nd |
| 1984 | Jimmy Clayton | 3rd | T-16th |
| 1985 | Jimmy Clayton | 3rd | 5th |
| 1986 | Jimmy Clayton | 5th | 17th |
| 1987 | Jimmy Clayton | 4th | 20th |
| 1988 | Jimmy Clayton | 2nd | 11th |
| 1989 | Jimmy Clayton | 1st | 2nd |
| 1990 | Jimmy Clayton | 1st | 22nd |
| 1991 | Jimmy Clayton | 1st | T-9th |
| 1992 | Jimmy Clayton | 1st | 6th |
| 1993 | Jimmy Clayton | 1st | 5th |
| 1994 | Jimmy Clayton | 1st | 2nd |
| 1995 | Jimmy Clayton | 1st | 3rd |
| 1996 | Jimmy Clayton | 5th | 13th |
| Big 12 Conference ||||
| 1997 | Jimmy Clayton | 2nd | |
| 1998 | John Fields | 2nd | |
| 1999 | John Fields | 3rd | |
| 2000 | John Fields | 4th | 5th |
| 2001 | John Fields | T-2nd | |
| 2002 | John Fields | 1st | T-3rd |
| 2003 | John Fields | 1st | T-9th |
| 2004 | John Fields | 1st | 4th |
| 2005 | John Fields | 4th | 23rd |
| 2006 | John Fields | 2nd | |
| 2007 | John Fields | 4th | T-11th |
| 2008 | John Fields | 2nd | 19th |
| 2009 | John Fields | 8th | 26th |
| 2010 | John Fields | 3rd | T-21st |
| 2011 | John Fields | 3rd | T-12th |
| 2012 | John Fields | 2nd | 1st |
| 2013 | John Fields | 1st | 5th |
| 2014 | John Fields | 1st | 13th |
| 2015 | John Fields | 1st | T-5th |
| 2016 | John Fields | 1st | 2nd |
| 2017 | John Fields | 1st | 12th |
| 2018 | John Fields | 2nd | T-5th |
| 2019 | John Fields | T-3rd | 2nd |
| 2020 | John Fields | Season canceled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic | Season canceled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic |
| 2021 | John Fields | 3rd | T-25th |
| 2022 | John Fields | 3rd | 1st |
| 2023 | John Fields | 4th | 19th |
| 2024 | John Fields | 1st | 13th |
| Total | Total | SWC: 39 Big 12: 9 | 4 |

## Individual champions
### NCAA

Texas has had 4 individuals claim the NCAA Individual Championship on 5 occasions, with a tie in 1972.
| Year | Name |
| 1935 | Ed White |
| 1971 | Ben Crenshaw |
| 1972 | Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite |
| 1973 | Ben Crenshaw |
| 1994 | Justin Leonard |

### Conference

Texas has had 32 separate golfers win a conference title on 40 separate occasions, 3 of which were a shared title.
Southwest Conference :
| Year | Name |
| 1928 | Gib Payne |
| 1933 | Ed White |
| 1934 | Ed White |
| 1935 | Ed White |
| 1936 | Bill Welch |
| 1937 | Bill Welch |
| 1940 | Buck Luce |
| 1941 | Leonard Spitzer |
| 1942 | John Russell |
| 1943 | Bill Roden |
| 1944 | Frank Hoover |
| 1945 | Joe Ruby |
| 1946 | Hugh Dahlberg |
| 1947 | Ed Hopkins |
| 1948 | Bob Watson |
| 1949 | Bob Watson |
| 1952 | Wes Ellis |
| 1953 | Julian Oates |
| 1954 | Joe Golden |
| 1960 | Terry Dill (Tie) |
| 1964 | Pat Thompson |
| 1965 | Randy Geiselman |
| 1966 | Mason Adkins |
| 1969 | Rik Massengale |
| 1970 | Dean Overturf |
| 1972 | Ben Crenshaw |
| 1973 | Ben Crenshaw |
| 1975 | Lance Ten Broeck |
| 1983 | Brandel Chamblee |
| 1991 | Justin Leonard |
| 1992 | Justin Leonard (Tie) |
| 1993 | Justin Leonard |
| 1994 | Justin Leonard |
Big 12 Conference :
| Year | Name |
| 1999 | David Gossett |
| 2004 | Jason Hartwick |
| 2006 | Matt Rosenfeld |
| 2013 | Brandon Stone |
| 2015 | Scottie Scheffler |
| 2018 | Doug Ghim (Tie) |
| 2021 | Cole Hammer |

## National honors

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