Location
Golf Club of Houston
Humble, Texas
7,096 yards • Par 72
TEAM FIELD
The Cougars will compete in a 18-team field with four of those among the top 50 in the latest Golfstat national rankings.
The field includes Houston, Rice, No. 8 Auburn, No. 13 Wake Forest, No. 34 South Carolina, No. 47 Mississippi, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Georgia State, Lamar, McNeese, North Texas, Sam Houston State, SMU, South Alabama, Southeastern Louisiana and UTSA.
A disappointing finish on our home course after a good start. Auburn was awesome. Nearly all the ranked teams finished ahead of us. I’ve noticed that rankings in golf are more accurate than most people realize. Some teams have the talent and some don’t and we fall somewhere in between.
Fifth player hurt us. One of our alts played very well and would have helped team score a lot. We do not have the depth yet where 4 and/or 5 spots are consistent.
It depends on what we define as a rut. On the positive side CJD has us competing in the NCAA Regionals every year since 2012 and the NCAA Championship tournament in 2014, 2015 and 2016. CJD was instrumental in getting the Golf Club of Houston as our home course. UH men finished #19, #26 and #10 in the final rankings between 2014-2016. We have a women’s golf program since his arrival.
The negative is that we have won only ONE conference championship during his tenure, but in golf it doesn’t matter as much since the top few finishers are invited to the NCAA Regionals.
Overall we are a better program than the immediate years prior to his coming to Houston. As a program, we are more improved than many of our other programs during the past 8-9 years since he’s been the head coach.
The UH golf program has won 16 national titles in its history and the bar of expectation is set very high; that said, I believe we’re an above average to good program that hopefully will continue to improve over time and become a force once again in the NCAA.
