{"id":465624,"date":"2026-02-08T03:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T03:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/465624\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T03:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T03:16:08","slug":"no-4-mens-golf-finishes-as-runner-up-at-amer-ari-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/465624\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 4 Men\u2019s Golf finishes as runner-up at Amer Ari Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WAIMEA, Hawaii \u2014 The No. 4 Texas Men&#8217;s Golf team carded a final-round 21-under 267 on Saturday to finish as the runner-up in the Amer Ari Invitational at Mauna Lani Resort. The Longhorns established program records for both 54-hole total score (800) and 54-hole score vs. par (64-under) during the event.<\/p>\n<p>Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/luke-potter\/15003\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15003\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Potter<\/a> placed fourth in the individual standings with a three-round score of 18-under 198 (63-65-70). Seniors <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/tommy-morrison\/12861\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12861\" target=\"_blank\">Tommy Morrison<\/a> (69-67-64) and <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/christiaan-maas\/12860\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12860\" target=\"_blank\">Christiaan Maas<\/a> (69-66-65) both tied for eighth at 16-under 200. During Saturday&#8217;s final round, Texas counted scores from Morrison (8-under 64), Maas (7-under 65), graduate Matt Comegy (4-under 68) and Potter (2-under 70) to record a team round of 21-under 267. Competing as an individual, junior <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/jack-gilbert\/12869\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12869\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Gilbert<\/a> posted a 7-under 65 in his final round.<\/p>\n<p>The Longhorns, who were tied for sixth after the opening round and in third place after Friday&#8217;s second round, moved up one spot on the final day to finish in second place with a 54-hole score of 64-under 800 (269-264-267). Texas set a school record for low 54-hole total score with its three-round total of 800. The previous mark was 808 at last year&#8217;s Amer Ari Invitational (Feb. 6-8, 2025). The Longhorns also established a program record for low 54-hole total vs. par at 64-under. The previous record was 56-under at last year&#8217;s Amer Ari Invitational.<\/p>\n<p>No. 7 Auburn earned the team title with a 54-hole score of 77-under 787 (256-273-258). Texas placed second at 64-under 800, while No. 5 Arizona State placed third at 58-under 806 (265-269-272). The 20-team field featured nine squads in the top 25 and four in the top 10 of the final fall Bushnell\/Golfweek Division I Coaches poll (Oct. 31). \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Koivun of Auburn claimed individual medalist honors with a three-round total of 25-under 191 (62-62-67). Auburn&#8217;s Cayden Pope placed second at 20-under 196 (65-68-63), and Michael Mjaaseth of Arizona State finished third at 19-under 197 (63-63-71). Potter took fourth at 18-under 198.<\/p>\n<p>The Longhorns are back in action when they travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 1-3 (Sunday-Tuesday) to compete in the Southern Highlands Collegiate.<\/p>\n<p>The Lineup<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSenior <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/tommy-morrison\/12861\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12861\" target=\"_blank\">Tommy Morrison<\/a> carded an 8-under 64 on Saturday and jumped 11 spots to finish in a tie for eighth in the individual standings at 16-under 200 (69-67-64). Starting on hole 3, Morrison posted seven birdies (holes 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 2) along with an eagle on the par-five 15th against just one bogey during his final round. He has now recorded four top-eight individual performances in six events this season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSenior <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/christiaan-maas\/12860\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12860\" target=\"_blank\">Christiaan Maas<\/a> fired a 7-under 65 in his final round and tied for eighth at 16-under 200 (69-66-65). Starting on hole 2, Maas tallied seven birdies (holes 2, 6, 7, 11, 13, 15 and 1) along with an eagle on the par-five 10th hole against one double-bogey on Saturday. He has now registered four top-eight individual finishes in six tournaments this year.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSenior <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/luke-potter\/15003\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15003\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Potter<\/a> recorded a 2-under 70 on Saturday and finished fourth in the individual standings at 18-under 198 (63-65-70). Starting on hole 1, Potter posted six birdies (holes 2, 5, 7, 9, 13 and 15) in his final round. He has now recorded three top-six performances in five events this season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/eduardo-derbez-torres\/14999\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14999\" target=\"_blank\">Eduardo Derbez Torres<\/a> carded a 2-under 70 in his final round and tied for 24th at 12-under 204 (68-66-70). Starting on hole 1, Derbez Torres tallied six birdies (holes 2, 5, 7, 12, 14 and 15) on Saturday. \u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tGraduate <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/matt-comegys\/15004\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15004\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Comegys<\/a> fired a 4-under 68 on Saturday and tied for 38th at 9-under 207 (69-70-68). Starting on hole 3, Comegys posted five birdies (holes 6, 10, 15, 16 and 17) against just one bogey in his final round.&#13;<br \/>\n\tCompeting as an individual, junior <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/jack-gilbert\/12869\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12869\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Gilbert<\/a> carded a 7-under 65 in his final round and tied for 38th at 9-under 207 (72-70-65). Starting on hole 16, Gilbert posted a bogey-free round on Saturday while making seven birdies (holes 16, 18, 1, 7, 12, 13 and 15).&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WAIMEA, Hawaii \u2014 The No. 4 Texas Men&#8217;s Golf team carded a final-round 21-under 267 on Saturday to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-465624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}