Monday, April 26
Texarkana, AR
All Day
Rice University
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Conference USA Championship
Golf Begins Postseason Play at Conference USA Championship
4/25/2021 11:23:00 AM | Men's Golf
HOUSTON — The Rice golf team will begin postseason play this Monday-Thursday, April 26-29, at the Conference USA Championship in Texarkana, Ark. The tournament will be played at the par-72, 6,969-yard Texarkana Country Club.
FORMAT
The Championship will consist of three rounds of stroke play. After the final round, the top four teams will advance to the semifinals of match play. The winners of the semifinal matches will face off in the finals.
JUSTIN EMIL QUOTABLE
"We are excited to go compete for another championship this week in Texarkana. The team has had some individual success at Texarkana Country Club and we are looking to build on that this week. We have nothing to lose so we are going to leave it all out there."
TEAM FIELD
Leading the field are six teams in the latest Golfstat Top 100 rankings, including No. 33 Charlotte, No. 38 UAB, No. 44 UTSA, No. 74 North Texas, No. 79 Florida Atlantic and No. 95 Middle Tennessee. Also joining Rice are Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Old Dominion, Southern Miss, UTEP and WKU.
LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring of the Conference USA Championship by visiting Golfstat.com or by clicking here.
THE LINEUP
Harrison Hineline – No. 1 position … is currently 10th at Rice since 1991 in career stroke average (74.92) and average vs. par (+3.21) … averaging a team-best 74.52 strokes per round … one of four golfers to participate in all six team events this year … has led the Owls in four tournaments … tied for seventh-place at the Lone Star Invitational … tied for 16th-place at the Louisiana Classics, where he twice fired a season-best 71 … led the Owls with a tie for 22nd-place at the Rice Intercollegiate … tied for 28th-place at the Trinity Forest Invitational … tied a career-low with a 66 in the first round of the Bayou City Collegiate Classic.
Rodrigo Martin – No. 2 position … second on the team in stroke average, averaging 75.65 strokes per round … one of four golfers to participate in all six team events this year … has led the Owls in three tournaments … tied for 16th-place at the Louisiana Classics, where he fired a career-best 66 in the first round … recorded his first career top-20 finish at the Trinity Forest Invitational, tying for 20th-place … led the team with a 21st-place finish at the Border Olympics … finished in 42nd-place at the Rice Intercollegiate.
Jake Benson – No. 3 position … is currently fifth at Rice since 1991 in career stroke average (74.09), average vs. par (+2.50) and career rounds in the 60's (11) … is fourth in career rounds of par or better (40) … one of four golfers to participate in all six team events this year … is third on the team in stroke average, averaging 76.45 strokes per round … had his best finish of the season at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic, tying for 16th-place … tied his season-best round with a 69 in the first round … tied for 31st-place at the Louisiana Classics, including firing a season-best 69 in the second round … finished in 38th-place at the Rice Intercollegiate … fired a season-best 71 in the final round of the Trinity Forest Invitational … 2020 First Team All-Conference USA ... Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar ... 2019 Conference USA Champion.
Jack Diamond – No. 4 position … averaging 76.82 strokes per round … had the best tournament of his career at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic, earning his first career top ten finish, tying for seventh-place … twice shot a career-best 69 … tied for 32nd-place at the Rice Intercollegiate.
Rishi Kejriwal – No. 5 position … averaging 77.35 strokes per round … had a season-best finish at the Trinity Forest Invitational, tying for 28th-place … finished in 35th-place at the Rice Intercollegiate.
Austin Escamilla – Substitution … averaging 78.00 strokes per round in four tournaments … earned his second career top ten finish at the Lone Star Invitational, tying for seventh-place … tied his season-best with a 73 in the first round … last year, had a stroke average of 76.67 … tied for 51st-place at the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational (10/7-8) ... tied for 62nd-place at the All-American Intercollegiate (2/16-18), where he fired a season-best 72 in the second round.
PAIRINGS
Rice will tee off from hole No. 10 beginning at 8 a.m. CT. Rice will compete in groups with student-athletes from Southern Miss and UTEP.
FORMAT
The Championship will consist of three rounds of stroke play. After the final round, the top four teams will advance to the semifinals of match play. The winners of the semifinal matches will face off in the finals.
JUSTIN EMIL QUOTABLE
"We are excited to go compete for another championship this week in Texarkana. The team has had some individual success at Texarkana Country Club and we are looking to build on that this week. We have nothing to lose so we are going to leave it all out there."
TEAM FIELD
Leading the field are six teams in the latest Golfstat Top 100 rankings, including No. 33 Charlotte, No. 38 UAB, No. 44 UTSA, No. 74 North Texas, No. 79 Florida Atlantic and No. 95 Middle Tennessee. Also joining Rice are Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Old Dominion, Southern Miss, UTEP and WKU.
LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring of the Conference USA Championship by visiting Golfstat.com or by clicking here.
THE LINEUP
Harrison Hineline – No. 1 position … is currently 10th at Rice since 1991 in career stroke average (74.92) and average vs. par (+3.21) … averaging a team-best 74.52 strokes per round … one of four golfers to participate in all six team events this year … has led the Owls in four tournaments … tied for seventh-place at the Lone Star Invitational … tied for 16th-place at the Louisiana Classics, where he twice fired a season-best 71 … led the Owls with a tie for 22nd-place at the Rice Intercollegiate … tied for 28th-place at the Trinity Forest Invitational … tied a career-low with a 66 in the first round of the Bayou City Collegiate Classic.
Rodrigo Martin – No. 2 position … second on the team in stroke average, averaging 75.65 strokes per round … one of four golfers to participate in all six team events this year … has led the Owls in three tournaments … tied for 16th-place at the Louisiana Classics, where he fired a career-best 66 in the first round … recorded his first career top-20 finish at the Trinity Forest Invitational, tying for 20th-place … led the team with a 21st-place finish at the Border Olympics … finished in 42nd-place at the Rice Intercollegiate.
Jake Benson – No. 3 position … is currently fifth at Rice since 1991 in career stroke average (74.09), average vs. par (+2.50) and career rounds in the 60's (11) … is fourth in career rounds of par or better (40) … one of four golfers to participate in all six team events this year … is third on the team in stroke average, averaging 76.45 strokes per round … had his best finish of the season at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic, tying for 16th-place … tied his season-best round with a 69 in the first round … tied for 31st-place at the Louisiana Classics, including firing a season-best 69 in the second round … finished in 38th-place at the Rice Intercollegiate … fired a season-best 71 in the final round of the Trinity Forest Invitational … 2020 First Team All-Conference USA ... Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar ... 2019 Conference USA Champion.
Jack Diamond – No. 4 position … averaging 76.82 strokes per round … had the best tournament of his career at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic, earning his first career top ten finish, tying for seventh-place … twice shot a career-best 69 … tied for 32nd-place at the Rice Intercollegiate.
Rishi Kejriwal – No. 5 position … averaging 77.35 strokes per round … had a season-best finish at the Trinity Forest Invitational, tying for 28th-place … finished in 35th-place at the Rice Intercollegiate.
Austin Escamilla – Substitution … averaging 78.00 strokes per round in four tournaments … earned his second career top ten finish at the Lone Star Invitational, tying for seventh-place … tied his season-best with a 73 in the first round … last year, had a stroke average of 76.67 … tied for 51st-place at the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational (10/7-8) ... tied for 62nd-place at the All-American Intercollegiate (2/16-18), where he fired a season-best 72 in the second round.
PAIRINGS
Rice will tee off from hole No. 10 beginning at 8 a.m. CT. Rice will compete in groups with student-athletes from Southern Miss and UTEP.
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