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Gallery: Wildcats win West Texas Classic in Abilene’s first women’s golf tournament

March 4, 2025 by Daniel Curd

ACU hosted the first West Texas Classic at Abilene Country Club on Monday and Tuesday. The Wildcats won the team championship with a 21-over 581, finishing 12 strokes ahead of second-place Tarleton State. Ryann Honea secured the individual title, finishing 2-under 138 as the only golfer to finish below par. Due to heavy winds, the tournament ended ... [Read More…]

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Golf competes in Southland Conference Championship

April 18, 2016 by Mary Kate Rotenberry

The ACU golf team will be competing in the Southland Conference Championship this week at the Stonebridge Ranch Country Club in McKinney. The team is coming off one of their worst performances this season, but head coach Tom Shaw is not worried. "They have already put it behind them," Shaw said. "Attitude wise we will be ready to go. We ... [Read More…]

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ACU Golf Struggles at the Jim West Intercollegiate

April 15, 2016 by Mary Kate Rotenberry

FINAL RESULTS The ACU golf team finished 11th at the Jim West Intercollegiate earlier this week at Wolfdancer Golf Club. ACU finished with 901 points (+37) collectively. Saint Mary's University won the tournament with a score of 848 points (-16). The golf team struggled hitting the ball well this week. Head coach Coach Shaw said the team ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats travel to Arkansas for fourth spring tournament

March 27, 2016 by Mary Kate Rotenberry

The golf team will compete for the fourth time this spring in the Arkansas-Little Rock First Tee Classic. The tournament will take place on the Chenal Country Club, a private club built in 1990 that includes two golf courses, the Founders course and the Bear Den Mountain Course. The tournament will take place on the Bear Course which is a 7,326 ... [Read More…]

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PGA Tour course challenges golf team

March 18, 2016 by Mary Kate Rotenberry

FINAL RESULTS The ACU golf team finished ninth over the week long holiday at the Bob Sitton Invitation at TPC Four Seasons in Dallas. The Wildcats completed the tournament with a score of 896, (+44). Long Beach State won the tournament with a score of 867, (+15). The course played by 17 teams challenged the players and forced them to be ... [Read More…]

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Golf finishes seventh in Houston

March 2, 2016 by Mary Kate Rotenberry

FINAL STATS The men's golf team finished seventh on Tuesday at the Colin Montgomery-HBU Invitational. The tournament happened at Traditions Cypresswood Golf Club. On the par 72 Traditional course, ACU's team of five scored 887 after the final round, finishing 23 over par. Houston Baptist's B team ended up winning the tournament with a score ... [Read More…]

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Golf travels to Houston for Colin Montgomerie Invitational

February 28, 2016 by Mary Kate Rotenberry

TOURNAMENT CENTRAL The ACU golf team will tee off in Houston for their second tournament this spring at the Houston Baptist Spring Invitational. The Traditions at Cypresswood Golf Club is a 36-hole course stretching over 600 acres. The two courses included are both the Traditional and Cypress course, but the Traditional course is where the ... [Read More…]

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Golf finishes fifth in opening spring tournament

February 24, 2016 by Mary Kate Rotenberry

FINAL RESULTS The golf team finished fifth at the Atchafalaya Intercollegiate early this week among 12 teams in the team's first competition of the spring semester. The tournament ran short, with only one full 18-hole round on Monday, due to rain delays during both rounds of the tournament. ACU fell behind Wichita State University, Nicholls, ... [Read More…]

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Delivering Diamondback: PGA legend brings top-notch golf course to Abilene

December 12, 2015 by Jonathan Raitz

With three holes left, Charles Coody held a one stroke lead in the 1969 Masters, but was tripped up on the 16th tee. "There was a phrase that is coined on the tour of playing out of somebody's bag, and I never really did that," Coody said." I knew it was a good six-iron to get back there, and after inadvertently seeing that my playing partner ... [Read More…]

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Golf wraps up fall season, looks forward to spring

November 6, 2015 by Collin Thompson

The fall season of the ACU men's golf team came to a close on Oct. 27 when the final day of their trip to the rural town of College Grove, Tennessee was met with rain, causing The Grove Intercollegiate tournament to come to an end early, leaving the Wildcats in 10th place. Now the team wait as they prepare for their next tournament, The ... [Read More…]

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