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Golf Closes Regular Season at Aggie Invitational
4/8/2021 3:23:00 PM | Men's Golf
HOUSTON — After hosting the Bayou City Collegiate Classic, the Rice golf team will close its regular season at the Aggie Invitational this Friday-Sunday, April. 9-11. The tournament will be played at the par-72, 7,227-yard Traditions Golf Club.
JUSTIN EMIL QUOTABLE
"We are up against a tough field of teams on a difficult golf course in Aggieland. It should be a good fight out there for the guys. We need to go to battle this week and build some momentum."
TEAM FIELD
Leading the field are eight teams in the latest Golfstat Top 50 rankings, including No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 5 Texas, No. 12 Texas A&M, No. 25 Texas Tech, No. 30 Louisville, No. 33 UTSA, No. 36 Baylor, No. 46 Houston. Also joining Rice are Kansas, Lamar, Nebraska, New Mexico State, UNLV, North Texas, Northern Illinois, Prairie View A&M.
LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring of the Aggie Invitational by visiting Golfstat.com or by clicking here.
THE LINEUP
Jake Benson – No. 1 position … is currently fifth at Rice since 1991 in career stroke average (74.01), average vs. par (+2.43) 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 events this year … averaging 76.41 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.
Harrison Hineline – No. 2 position … is currently 10th at Rice since 1991 in career stroke average (74.89) and average vs. par (+3.22) … averaging a team-best 74.29 strokes per round … one of four golfers to participate in all six events this year … has led the Owls in three tournaments … 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. 3 position … second on the team in stroke average, averaging 75.29 strokes per round … one of four golfers to participate in all six 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.
Jack Diamond – No. 4 position … averaging 76.88 strokes per round in three tournaments … 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.
Thomas Bockholt III – No. 5 position … averaging 77.27 strokes per round in three tournaments … tied for 32nd-place at the season-opening Rice Intercollegiate … tied for 48th-place at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic, where he carded a season-best 71 in the final round.
Rishi Kejriwal – Individual … averaging 76.94 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.
PAIRINGS
The Owls will tee off from hole No. 10 beginning at 8:50 a.m. CT. Rice will compete in groups with student-athletes from UNLV and North Texas.
UP NEXT
Following the Aggie Invitational, the Owls will begin postseason play, Monday-Thursday, Apr. 26-29, when it travels to Texarkana, Ark., for the Conference USA Championship.
JUSTIN EMIL QUOTABLE
"We are up against a tough field of teams on a difficult golf course in Aggieland. It should be a good fight out there for the guys. We need to go to battle this week and build some momentum."
TEAM FIELD
Leading the field are eight teams in the latest Golfstat Top 50 rankings, including No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 5 Texas, No. 12 Texas A&M, No. 25 Texas Tech, No. 30 Louisville, No. 33 UTSA, No. 36 Baylor, No. 46 Houston. Also joining Rice are Kansas, Lamar, Nebraska, New Mexico State, UNLV, North Texas, Northern Illinois, Prairie View A&M.
LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring of the Aggie Invitational by visiting Golfstat.com or by clicking here.
THE LINEUP
Jake Benson – No. 1 position … is currently fifth at Rice since 1991 in career stroke average (74.01), average vs. par (+2.43) 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 events this year … averaging 76.41 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.
Harrison Hineline – No. 2 position … is currently 10th at Rice since 1991 in career stroke average (74.89) and average vs. par (+3.22) … averaging a team-best 74.29 strokes per round … one of four golfers to participate in all six events this year … has led the Owls in three tournaments … 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. 3 position … second on the team in stroke average, averaging 75.29 strokes per round … one of four golfers to participate in all six 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.
Jack Diamond – No. 4 position … averaging 76.88 strokes per round in three tournaments … 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.
Thomas Bockholt III – No. 5 position … averaging 77.27 strokes per round in three tournaments … tied for 32nd-place at the season-opening Rice Intercollegiate … tied for 48th-place at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic, where he carded a season-best 71 in the final round.
Rishi Kejriwal – Individual … averaging 76.94 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.
PAIRINGS
The Owls will tee off from hole No. 10 beginning at 8:50 a.m. CT. Rice will compete in groups with student-athletes from UNLV and North Texas.
UP NEXT
Following the Aggie Invitational, the Owls will begin postseason play, Monday-Thursday, Apr. 26-29, when it travels to Texarkana, Ark., for the Conference USA Championship.
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