Houston Cougars golf
| Houston Cougars | |
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| University | University of Houston |
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| Conference | The American |
| Location | Houston, TX |
| Head Coach | Men's: Jonathan Dismuke (1st year) Women's: None (n/a year) |
| Course | Redstone Golf Club Par: 72 Yards: 7,457 |
| Nickname | Houston Cougars |
| Colors | Scarlet and White
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| NCAA Champions | |
| 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985 | |
| NCAA Individual Champions | |
| Rex Baxter (1957), Phil Rodgers (1958), Dick Crawford (1959-1960), Kermit Zarley (1962), Marty Fleckman (1965), John Mahaffey (1970), Billy Ray Brown (1982) | |
| NCAA Team Appearance | |
| 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2014, 2015 | |
| Conference Champions | |
| Missouri Valley: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 Southwest: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985 C-USA: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2013 | |
| Individual Conference Champions | |
| Missouri Valley: Rex Baxter (1956-1957), Phil Rodgers (1958), Jacky Cupit (1959-1960) Southwest: Keith Fergus (1974, 1976), Ed Fiori (1977), Terry Snodgrass (1978), Fred Couples (1979), Ray Barr (1980-1981), Steve Elkington (1984-1985), Tray Tyner (1987), Lance Combrink (1995) C-USA: Andy Sanders (1999-2000), Brad McIntosh (2001), Roman Robledo (2013) | |
The Houston Cougars golf program is an NCAA Division I golf program at the University of Houston. The program competes in the American Athletic Conference as a men's-only sport, and its head coach is Jonathan Dismuke.
Team members who went on to professional golf careers include Fuzzy Zoeller, Fred Couples, Steve Elkington, Bruce Lietzke, John Mahaffey, Bill Rogers, and Blaine McCallister. Future broadcaster Jim Nantz was also a member of the team for a while.
The program is one of the oldest sports traditionally played at the University of Houston, as it began in 1946 along with the football program. The team is one of the most successful college programs in history, with 16 team national championships and eight individual national championships. This makes the team the second-most successful team of all time, only behind Yale. The team also holds 20 conference championships, and 44 All-Americans.
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