Golf Set to Host Bayou City Collegiate Classic

HOUSTON — After a hiatus last year, the Rice Golf team is set the host the Bayou City Collegiate Classic,
Sept. 30-Oct. 1, at Westwood Golf Club in Houston.

TEAM FIELD

The Owls will field two teams in the tournament and are joined by Abilene Christian, Houston, Houston Christian, Lamar, Louisiana-Monroe, Samford, Sam Houston, UT-Arlington, UTRGV, and Wichita State. LSU, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Texas A&M will send individuals.

JUSTIN EMIL QUOTABLE

"We are so excited to host our home tournament at Westwood Golf Club. It's a great opportunity for our team and I can't thank the staff and membership enough for allowing us to take the course for three days."

LIVE SCORING

Fans can follow live scoring of the Bayou City Collegiate Classic by visiting Scoreboard.com or by clicking here.

THE LINEUP

Rice will feature two teams. The A Team will consist of junior Lukas Boandl, sophomore Reggie Zhu, freshman Daniel Zou, sophomore Jaivir Pande, and senior Blake Benson. The B Team will feature redshirt sophomore Davis Byrd, sophomore Braeden Hoyt, graduate Nicholas Li, freshman William Johnson, and senior Raghav Chugh.

A TEAM

Lukas Boandl – No. 1 position … leads the team with a 69.33 stroke average and four rounds of par or better … has four rounds in the 60's … the 69.33 stroke average is the lowest through two tournaments in school history … won his first career tournament at the Argent Financial Classic (9/8-10), finishing -10 to become the fourth golfer in school history to shoot -10 or better in a tournament … tied the second lowest score in the first round when he fired a 65 … tied or 18^th at the Ram Masters Invitational (9/17-18).

Reggie Zhu – No. 2 position … second on the team with a 71.83 stroke average … two rounds of par or better … tied for 20^th-place at the Argent Financial Classic (9/8-10) … fired a season-best 69 in the second round of the Ram Masters Invitational (9/17-18) … AAC Golfer of the Week (2/21/24).

Daniel Zou – No. 3 position … is third on the team with a 72.00 stroke average … second on the team with three rounds of par or better … in his first career tournament, tied for 34^th-place at the Argent Financial Classic (9/8-10), where he fired a 72 in the first round … tied for 24^th-place at the Ram Masters Invitational (9/17-18), where he closed the tournament with back-to-back 69's.

Jaivir Pande – No. 4 position … has a 72.67 stroke average … two rounds of par or better … earned his first career top-20 finish at the Ram Masters Invitational (9/17-18), tying for 15^th-place at -1 … closed the tournament with rounds of 68-67 … tied for 71^st-place at the Argent Financial Classic (9/8-10).

Blake Benson – No. 5 position … has a 72.83 stroke average … tied for 15^th-place at the Ram Masters Invitational (9/17-18) at -1 … fired a career-low 67 in the final round.

TEAM B

Davis Byrd – No. 1 position … seeing first action of the year … will participate in his first tournament since 2022-23 after redshirting last season.

Braeden Hoyt – No. 2 position … participating in second tournament of the season … averaging 77.67 strokes per round … last year, participated in six tournaments … had a 74.63 stroke average … five rounds of par or better, including two in the 60's.

Nicholas Li – No. 3 position … seeing his first action of the year … last year, saw only action at the Bentwater Intercollegiate, finishing in 73rd-place (2/12-13).

William Johnson – No. 4 position … seeing his first career collegiate action … averaged 69.5 strokes per round in his junior events...won the American Junior Golf Association's Amundi Evian Showcase, firing a two-day score of -10 134, recording 13 birdies and an eagle in the tournament...won eight events on the New England PGA Junior Tour, and in 2020, was named its Player of the Year after earning five Top 10 finishes, including a pair of runner-ups...won the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour's World Golf Village Fall Junior Open last year while finishing runner-up at the Pennsylvania Spring Junior Open...in his junior career, he averaged 73.7 strokes per round.

Raghav Chugh – No. 5 position … participating in first tournament of the year … is first in school history in career stroke average (72.73) and average vs. par (1.09), second in rounds in the 60's (15), third in top five finishes (5), fourth in top 10 finishes (9), seventh in rounds of par or better (35), and eighth in top 20 finishes (12) … last year, participated in 10 tournaments … led the team 73.39 stroke average … third on the team with eight rounds of par or better … tied for 11th-place at the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational at -6 (10/9-10) … tied his career-best round with the 67 in the second round.

PAIRINGS

Play will begin with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Rice's A Team will tee off from holes No. 1-3 and will compete in groups with student-athletes from Abilene Christian and Sam Houston. Its B Team will tee off from holes 11-13 and will compete with student-athletes from Houston Christian and Lamar. Tuesday's tee times and pairings will depend on results following the previous round.

UP NEXT

Following the Bayou City Collegiate Classic, the Owls will head to Dallas for the Trinity Forest Invitational on Oct. 6-8.

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