{"id":587770,"date":"2026-04-05T21:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/587770\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T21:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:03:09","slug":"mens-golf-finishes-seventh-at-augusta-haskins-award-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/587770\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Golf Finishes Seventh at Augusta Haskins Award Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUGUSTA, Ga. \u2013 University of Houston Men’s Golf sophomore Hsuan-Yi Chen<\/a> lowered his score for the second straight round on the way to a career-low 66 to surge into a tie for 19th during the Final Round of the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational on Sunday afternoon.
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\nChen drained four birdies and added an eagle in a bogey-free round to lead the Cougars over the final 18 holes. Starting off No. 5, the Taiwan native drained birdies at No. 6and No. 9 on his first nine and made an eagle-3 on the 601-yard, par-5 11th hole before closing the tournament with birdies at No. 13 and No. 17.
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\nHis total topped his previous lows of 68 during the First Round of the Valspar Collegiate Invitational (March 23, 2026) and the Second Round of the Argent Financial Classic (September 8, 2025).
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\nJunior Grant Doggett<\/a> overcame a tough to start to post a 72 in the Final Round and tied for 14th at 9-under 207 to lead Houston. Standing 4-over through the first five holes, the Beach City, Texas, native drained four birdies over the final 13 holes to earn his fifth Top-20 finish of the year.
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\nJunior Chi Chun Chen<\/a> and senior Hudson Weibel<\/a> were tied for 31st at 212 while senior Bryant Hiskey II<\/a> was tied for 65th at 221.
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\n#16 North Carolina claimed the team championship with a score of 810 to finish 15 shots ahead of #6 Oklahoma State. #14 Pepperdine (826), #4 LSU (832), #26 Notre Dame (836) and #23 Georgia (836) rounded out the Top Six with #10 Illinois (840), Oregon State (842) and host Augusta (846) completing the Top 10.
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\nNorth Carolina’s Sihan Sandhu defeated Thomas Horne of Georgia Southern on the third hole of a playoff after each tied for first at 15-under 201. Pepperdine’s Mahanth Chirravuri and Niall Sheils Donegan of North Carolina tied for third at 202 with Carson Bertagnole (North Carolina) and Grayson Wood (Georgia) tied for fifth at 203.
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\nUP NEXT
\nFollowing the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational, Houston closes the regular season at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate at Finley Golf Club in Chapel Hill, N.C., on April 11-12.
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\nFrom there, the Cougars take their first steps in the postseason when they tee off at the Big 12 Championships at Prairie Dunes Golf Club in Hutchinson, Kan., on April 27-29.
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\nFrom there, Houston looks to compete in NCAA Regional play for the sixth consecutive season. NCAA Regionals play will be held May 18-20 at six sites across the country. Those venues include: University of Georgia Golf Course (Athens, Ga.; hosted by Georgia); Bermuda Run Country Club (Bermuda Run, N.C., hosted by Wake Forest); Traditions Club (Bryan, Texas; hosted by Texas A&M); Ohio State Golf Club (Columbus, Ohio; hosted by Ohio State); Trysting Tree Golf Club (Corvallis, Ore., hosted by Oregon State) and Chin Southern Dunes (Maricopa, Ariz.; hosted by Arizona State).
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\nThe Cougars will learn their postseason fate during the NCAA Selection Show at 1 p.m. (CDT), Wednesday, May 6, on Golf Channel.
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\nThe Top-Five teams from each NCAA Regional advance to play at the NCAA Championships, set for May 29-June 3 at\u00a0 Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif.
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