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M. Golf Mon, Sep 11 Final
M. Golf 2nd
vs Texas Intercollegiate - Day 1
M. Golf Tue, Sep 12 Final
M. Golf 2nd
vs Texas Intercollegiate - Day 2
Hawks Creek Golf Club
M. Golf Mon, Sep 18 Final
M. Golf 5th
at Waco River Classic - Day 1
M. Golf Tue, Sep 19 Final
at Waco River Classic - Day 2
M. Golf Tue, Oct 03 Final
M. Golf 1st
vs UHV vs. Texas Southern, Prairie View A&M Tri-Match
Victoria Country Club
M. Golf Mon, Oct 16 Final
M. Golf 1st
vs UHV Fall Classic - Day 1
M. Golf Tue, Oct 17 Final
M. Golf 1st
vs UHV Fall Classic - Day 2
M. Golf Mon, Feb 05 Final
M. Golf 7th
at Texas A&M-International Jack Brown Memorial Invite - Day 1
Laredo Country Club
M. Golf Tue, Feb 06 Final
M. Golf 7th
at Texas A&M-International Jack Brown Memorial Invite - Day 2
Laredo Country Club
M. Golf Mon, Feb 26 Final
vs UHV Claud Jacobs Invitational - Day 1
Victoria Country Club
M. Golf Tue, Feb 27 Final
vs UHV Claud Jacobs Invitational - Day 2
Victoria Country Club
M. Golf Mon, Mar 04 Final
at Schreiner Shoot-Out - Day 1
Comanche Trace Golf Club
M. Golf Tue, Mar 05 Final
at Schreiner Shoot-Out - Day 2
Comanche Trace Golf Club
M. Golf Mon, Mar 25 10:00 AM
at The Battle at Laughlin Ranch - Day 1
Laughlin Ranch Golf Club
M. Golf Tue, Mar 26 Final
M. Golf 7th
at The Battle at Laughlin Ranch - Day 2
Laughlin Ranch Golf Club
M. Golf Mon, Apr 15 8:00 AM
at Texas Wesleyan Spring Invite - Day 1
Squaw Creek Golf Course
M. Golf Tue, Apr 16 Final
M. Golf 2nd
at Texas Wesleyan Spring Invite - Day 2
Squaw Creek Golf Course
M. Golf Mon, Apr 29 Final
M. Golf 1st
vs RRAC Tournament - Day 1
Victoria Country Club
M. Golf Tue, Apr 30 Final
M. Golf 1st
vs RRAC Tournament - Day 2
Victoria Country Club
M. Golf Wed, May 01 Final
M. Golf 1st
vs RRAC Tournament - Day 3
Victoria Country Club
M. Golf Tue, May 21 Final
M. Golf 13th
at 72nd NAIA Men's Golf National Championships - Round 1
M. Golf Wed, May 22 Final
M. Golf 7th
at 72nd NAIA Men's Golf National Championships - Round 2
M. Golf Thu, May 23 Final
M. Golf 6th
at 72nd NAIA Men's Golf National Championships - Round 3
M. Golf Fri, May 24 Final
M. Golf 5th
at 72nd NAIA Men's Golf National Championships - Round 4
M. Golf Mon, Sep 09 8:00 AM
at Texas Wesleyan Texas Intercollegiate - Day 1
M. Golf Tue, Sep 10 Final
M. Golf 3rd
at Texas Wesleyan Texas Intercollegiate - Day 2
M. Golf Mon, Sep 16 8:00 AM
at Waco River Classic - Day 1
M. Golf Tue, Sep 17 Final
M. Golf 6th
at Waco River Classic - Day 2
M. Golf Thu, Oct 17 Final
M. Golf 1st
vs vs. Texas Southern
The Club at Colony Creek
M. Golf Mon, Oct 21 Final
vs UHV Fall Classic - Day 1
The Club at Colony Creek
M. Golf Tue, Oct 22 Final
vs UHV Fall Classic - Day 2
Riverside Golf Course
M. Golf Mon, Feb 24 8:00 AM
vs Claud Jacobs Invitational - Day 1
Victoria Country Club
M. Golf Tue, Feb 25 8:00 AM
vs Claud Jacobs Invitational - Day 2
Victoria Country Club
M. Golf Mon, Mar 03 8:00 AM
at Schreiner Shoot-Out - Day 1
Comanche Trace Golf Club, Kerrville, TX
M. Golf Tue, Mar 04 8:00 AM
at Schreiner Shoot-Out - Day 2
Comanche Trace Golf Club, Kerrville, TX
M. Golf Mon, Mar 24 TBA
at The Battle at Laughlin Ranch - Day 1
Laughlin Ranch Golf Club, Bullhead City, AZ
M. Golf Tue, Mar 25 TBA
at The Battle at Laughlin Ranch - Day 2
Laughlin Ranch Golf Club, Bullhead City, AZ
M. Golf Mon, Apr 07 TBA
at St. Mary's Battle at Riverhill - Day 1
Riverhill Country Club, Kerrville, TX
M. Golf Tue, Apr 08 TBA
at St. Mary's Battle at Riverhill - Day 2
Riverhill Country Club, Kerrville, TX
M. Golf Mon, Apr 14 TBA
at Texas Wesleyan Spring Invite - Day 1
Squaw Creek Golf Course, Fort Worth, TX
M. Golf Tue, Apr 15 TBA
at Texas Wesleyan Spring Invite - Day 2
Squaw Creek Golf Course, Fort Worth, TX
M. Golf Mon, May 05 TBA
at RRAC Championships - Day 1
San Antonio, TX
M. Golf Tue, May 06 TBA
at RRAC Championships - Day 2
San Antonio, TX
M. Golf Tue, May 20 TBA
at NAIA National Championships - Round 1
TPC Deere Run, Silvis, IL.
M. Golf Wed, May 21 TBA
at NAIA National Championships - Round 2
TPC Deere Run, Silvis, IL.
M. Golf Thu, May 22 TBA
at NAIA National Championships - Round 3
TPC Deere Run, Silvis, IL.
M. Golf Fri, May 23 TBA
at NAIA National Championships - Round 4
TPC Deere Run, Silvis, IL.
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UHV's Joshua Van Der Wath hits a tee shot during the first round of the 2024 NAIA Men's Golf Championships at Dalton Golf and Country Club in Dalton, Ga., on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Sam Fowler/UHV Athletics)
UHV's Joshua Van Der Wath hits a tee shot during the first round of the 2024 NAIA Men's Golf Championships at Dalton Golf and Country Club in Dalton, Ga., on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Sam Fowler/UHV Athletics)

No. 7 Men’s Golf set to open season at tournament hosted by national runner-up

The No. 7-ranked UHV Men's Golf team understands what it takes to be successful.

The Jaguars are coming off a fifth-place finish at the 2024 NAIA Men's Golf National Championships – the second best team finish in school history behind their fourth-place finish in 2022 – and a fourth straight trip to the national tournament.

They'll begin their push for a fifth consecutive National Championship appearance Sept. 9-10 when they travel to Hawks Creek Golf Course in Fort Worth for the Texas Wesleyan Fall Invite. The Rams finished as national runners-up last year at the national tournament.

"That's why we scheduled this right out of the gate," said head coach Garrett Adair. "We get to see where we are compared to one of the best programs in the nation on both sides. I'm looking for us to go up there and compete, and show that our team belongs. There's not much separating us and these other teams."

UHV returns third-team NAIA All-Americans Joshua Van der Wath and Nathan Biais.

Van der Wath, a senior from Johannesburg, South Africa, finished T-8 at the national tournament last year with rounds of 71-75-73-75—294, securing an automatic bid to the 2025 National Championship at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill., should UHV not qualify as a team.

He boasted two wins at the Prairie View A&M-Texas Southern Tri-Match and UHV Fall Classic, and four Top 10 finishes last season. He closed the year as the No. 34-ranked golfer in the NAIA with a 73.2 adjusted scoring average by Scoreboard powered by Clippd, which keeps all statistics for collegiate golf.

Biais, a freshman from Chassors, France, returns as the reigning Red River Athletic Conference individual champion after shooting rounds of 69-67-70—206 (-10) to set a new record low score in a conference tournament for the Jaguars. He finished last year as the 41st-ranked golfer in the NAIA.

The Jaguars also return junior Paul Chopin, a native of Portiers, France. He finished T-5 (67-78-79—221) at the RRAC Tournament last year at Victoria Country Club.

Adair hopes that level of experience helps a group which features five new faces in Lucky Boonsrirat, Hugo Panos, Brady Copley, Ryan Romero and Ruben Valdez.

"It's going to be fun," Adair said. "Obviously, we've seen them playing in practice and in qualifying, but now we get to get them out into a tournament setting and see how they do. We have three strong guys coming back and they got a lot of confidence last year. So, really looking forward to getting these guys in the tournament environment, get some pressure on them and see how they do."

This is the first of three scheduled tournaments in the fall for the Jaguars. They'll compete in the Waco River Classic Sept. 16-17 and then the UHV Fall Classic Oct. 21-22.