Houston Cougars golf

Houston Cougars
Houston Cougars
University	University of Houston
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Head coach	Men's: Jonathan Dismuke (16th season); Women's: Lydia Gumm (4th season);
Location	Houston, Texas
Course	Golf Club of Houston; Par: 72; Yards: 7,422
Nickname	Houston Cougars
Colors	Scarlet and white;
NCAA champions
	Men:; 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985
NCAA individual champions
	Men:; Rex Baxter (1957); Phil Rodgers (1958); Richard Crawford (1959, 1960); Kermit Zarley (1962); Marty Fleckman (1965); John Mahaffey (1970); Billy Ray Brown (1982)
NCAA runner-up
	Men:; 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972
NCAA Championship appearances
	Men:; 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
	Men:; 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; The American: 2023 Women:; The American: 2016, 2018, 2019
Individual conference champions
	Missouri Valley; Men:; Rex Baxter (1956, 1957); Phil Rodgers (1958); Jacky Cupit (1959, 1960) Southwest; Men:; Keith Fergus (1974, 1976); Ed Fiori (1977); Terry Snodgrass (1978); Fred Couples (1979); Ray Barr (1980, 1981); John Slaughter (1984); Steve Elkington (1984, 1985); Tray Tyner (1987); Lance Combrink (1995) C-USA; Men:; Andy Sanders (1999, 2000); Brad McIntosh (2001); Roman Robledo (2013) The American; Men:; Michael Perras (2017); Santiago de la Fuente (2023); Women:; Leonie Harm (2019)

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 Big 12 Conference.

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 21 conference championships and has produced 44 All-Americans.

Team members who went on to professional golf careers include Fuzzy Zoeller, Fred Couples, Steve Elkington, Nick Faldo, Butch Harmon, Bruce Lietzke, Billy Tuten, John Mahaffey, Bill Rogers, Blaine McCallister, Dave Marr, Fred Marti and Billy Ray Brown.^[2] Future broadcaster Jim Nantz was also a member of the team.^[3]

The women's golf program began in 2013.^[4]

^ "Logos - University of Houston Athletics". June 12, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
^ "HOUSTON'S GOLFING DYNASTY: RECRUITING AND HARD WORK". The New York Times. 1985-05-19. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
^ "Jim Nantz Named Ambassador of Golf". uhcougars.com. April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
^ "UH women's golf head coach Gerrod Chadwell leaves program". thedailycougar.com. June 8, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2023.

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

[2] "HOUSTON'S GOLFING DYNASTY: RECRUITING AND HARD WORK". The New York Times. 1985-05-19. Retrieved 2023-04-23.

[3] "Jim Nantz Named Ambassador of Golf". uhcougars.com. April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2023.

[4] "UH women's golf head coach Gerrod Chadwell leaves program". thedailycougar.com. June 8, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2023.

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