Houston Cougars golf

Houston Cougars
Houston Cougars
University	University of Houston
Conference	The American
Head coach	Men's: Jonathan Dismuke (14th season); Women's: Lydia Gumm (1st season);
Location	Houston, Texas
Course	Golf Club of Houston; Par: 72; Yards: 7,422
Nickname	Houston Cougars
Colors	Scarlet and white;
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), Richard Crawford (1959, 1960), Kermit Zarley (1962), Marty Fleckman (1965), John Mahaffey (1970), Billy Ray Brown (1982)
NCAA championship appearances
	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, 2016
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 American: Michael Perras (2017)

The Houston Cougars golf program is an NCAA Division I golf program at the University of Houston. The men's program, under head coach Jonathan Dismuke, and the women's program, coached by Lydia Gumm, both compete in the American Athletic Conference.

Team members who went on to professional golf careers include Fuzzy Zoeller, Fred Couples, Steve Elkington, Nick Faldo, Bruce Lietzke, Billy Tuten, John Mahaffey, Bill Rogers, Blaine McCallister and Billy Ray Brown. Future broadcaster Jim Nantz was also a member of the team.

The men's golf program is one of the oldest sports 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, behind only Yale. The team also holds 20 conference championships and has produced 44 All-Americans.

References[]

^ "Logos - University of Houston Athletics". June 12, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.

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[1] "Logos - University of Houston Athletics". June 12, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.

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