{"id":451833,"date":"2026-09-30T05:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T05:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/451833\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T05:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T05:34:08","slug":"bresnu-wins-ben-hogan-collegiate-earns-pga-exemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/451833\/","title":{"rendered":"Bresnu wins Ben Hogan Collegiate, earns PGA exemption"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT WORTH, Texas\u00a0\u2013 Texas Tech senior Adam Bresnu<\/a> captured his first Division I individual title Tuesday, winning the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational at Colonial Country Club. The victory also earned Bresnu an exemption into the 2027 PGA TOUR Charles Schwab Challenge.<\/p>\n

“It feels amazing, an unbelievable feeling right now,” said Bresnu. “I had two putts to win, and I couldn’t feel my hands on the first putt, and I had a tap-in on the second, and I’m glad I made it. Coach Sands was with me the whole tournament. He helped me a lot, golf-wise and mentally. I’m really glad he was there with me today.”<\/p>\n

Bresnu finished atop the 80-player field at 7-under 203, shooting 3-under 67 in the final round to win by one stroke over Georgia’s JD Culbreth. Bresnu opened his final round with a birdie on No. 1 before a bogey on No. 3 dropped him back to even for the round. He regained the lead with a stretch of three consecutive birdies on Nos. 8-10 before closing with eight straight pars to secure the victory. Bresnu finished as one of just seven players in the field to finish under par.<\/p>\n

“I was happy to shoot under par every round here because the course is really tough and probably one of the toughest on the PGA TOUR,” Bresnu said. “It was a really good feeling to hit a lot of fairways and greens. Unbelievable place and unbelievable city; super happy, it was my first D-I win, so super proud right now.”<\/p>\n

Bresnu opened the tournament Monday with rounds of 1-under 69 and 3-under 67 to take a share of the lead after 36 holes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Guided by Bresnu’s individual victory, the No. 5 Red Raiders finished tied for third at 12-over 852 in the 16-team field, which featured 14 top-25 programs. Texas Tech carded a 5-over 285 in the final round to finish tied with No. 14 North Carolina.<\/p>\n

No. 11 Alabama won the team title at even-par 840, while No. 1 Auburn finished second at 5-over 845. No. 8 Texas and No. 10 Vanderbilt tied for fifth at 14-over 854.<\/p>\n

Ben Gregg<\/a>, who opened the Red Raiders’ first two tournaments of the season with a victory and a runner-up finish, continued his strong start to the season with a tie for 16th at 3-over 213 behind rounds of 73-69-71.<\/p>\n

Tim Wiedemeyer<\/a> finished tied for 32nd at 7-over 217 after rounds of 74-69-74, while Connor Graham<\/a> and Simon Hovdal<\/a> tied for 57th at 12-over 222. Graham carded rounds of 72-77-73, while Hovdal finished with rounds of 74-74-74.<\/p>\n

The Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational marks the final stroke-play tournament of Texas Tech’s fall schedule. The Red Raiders will complete their fall season at the Big 12 Match Play, Oct. 12-13, at the Salt Lake City Country Club in Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n

Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational Team Leaderboard\u00a0(Final Results)

\n1. No. 11 Alabama: 274-282-284=840 (E)

\n2. No. 1 Auburn: 274-280-291=845 (+5)

\nT-3. No. 5 Texas Tech: 288-279-285=852 (+12)

\nT-3. No. 14 North Carolina: 271-285-296=852 (+12)

\nT-5. No. 8 Texas: 280-283-290=854 (+14)

\nT-5. No. 10 Vanderbilt: 279-279-296=854 (+14)

\n7. No. 2 Oklahoma State: 276-298-284=858 (+18)

\nT-8. No. 23 UCLA: 279-294-289=862 (+22)

\nT-8. No. 12 Georgia: 288-288-286=862 (+22)

\n10. No. 18 Oklahoma: 288-287-289=864 (+24)

\n11. TCU: 282-288-295=865 (+25)

\n12. No. 9 Georgia Tech: 287-289-290=866 (+26)

\n13. No. 21 Pepperdine: 298-286-284=868 (+28)

\nT-14. No. 20 Stanford: 292-295-296=883 (+43)

\nT-14. Virginia: 285-297-301=883 (+43)

\n16. No. 3 Arizona State: 297-293-298=888 (+48)<\/p>\n

Red Raiders in the Field (Final Results)

\n1. Adam Bresnu<\/a>: 69-67-67=203 (-7)

\nT-16. Ben Gregg<\/a>: 73-69-71=213 (+3)

\nT-32. Tim Wiedemeyer<\/a>: 74-69-74=217 (+7)

\nT-57. Connor Graham<\/a>: 72-77-73=222 (+12)

\nT-57. Simon Hovdal<\/a>: 74-74-74=222 (+12) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT WORTH, Texas\u00a0\u2013 Texas Tech senior Adam Bresnu captured his first Division I individual title Tuesday, winning the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-451833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}