No. 8 Texas Men’s Golf closed out its trip to St Andrews with a 4.5-1.5 victory over the University of St Andrews on Wednesday, claiming the team title at the St Andrews Links Collegiate on the Old Course.
The Longhorns got winning points from junior Daniel Bennett, fifth-year Matt Comegys, junior Eduardo Derbez Torres and sophomore Brooks Simmons, with Bennett delivering the most lopsided result of the day and Simmons sealing the overall dual-match victory on the final hole.
The event used a Medal Match Play format that blended stroke play and match play. Six-player teams went head-to-head in singles, but the winner of each match was determined by total 18-hole gross stroke-play score rather than holes won. The lower score earned the point.
Texas opened fast through Bennett, who beat Alex Timms 11-up. The match was even after three holes before Bennett grabbed the lead on the fourth, stretched it to 2-up on the fifth and then surged after a birdie on No. 6 paired with Timms’ double-bogey. From there, Bennett pulled away to a 5-up margin through six, reached 9-up through 10 holes and 11-up through 13, then held that cushion to the finish.
Comegys added the second Texas point with a 2-up comeback against Jamie Henshaw. Henshaw moved ahead 1-up after an eagle on the par-five fifth, but Comegys answered with a par on seven to pull even.
The match stayed level all the way to the 16th, where Comegys made par and Henshaw bogeyed. Comegys then finished the job with a birdie on 18 against Henshaw’s par.
St. Andrews got on the board when Ollie George defeated senior Jack Gilbert 2-up.
Gilbert started strong with a birdie on the first hole and led 1-up early, but the match tightened quickly and stayed all-square through seven holes. George then built steadily, reaching 5-up through 15.
Gilbert cut into the gap late, trimming it to 3-up after 16 and 2-up after 17, but George protected the win on the last hole.
Derbez Torres produced a commanding 9-up result over Theo Anderson-Gannon to push Texas further ahead. He took control early, built a 4-up lead through seven and still faced some pressure when Anderson-Gannon shaved the margin to 3-up after 10. Derbez Torres answered over the final stretch and kept widening the gap across the closing eight holes.
Simmons then delivered the clincher in a tight one, edging Spencer Turtz by a single stroke. Turtz climbed back from an early 2-up hole to square the match after five, and the two stayed even until the 18th. Simmons birdied the final hole while Turtz made par, giving Texas the decisive point and the dual-match win.
The last match of the afternoon ended in a tie, with freshman Sterling Hurd and Luca Suarez splitting the point. Hurd led by 2-up through 10 holes, but Suarez flipped the match and held a 2-up edge after 16. Hurd answered with par on 17 while Suarez bogeyed, then both players made par and bogey, respectively, on 18 to finish even.
Texas entered match play as the top seed after posting a 19-stroke advantage during the 36-hole stroke-play portion on Monday and Tuesday. Bennett had already taken medalist honors in stroke play with an even-par 140 over two rounds, carding a 64 and a 76.
The victory marked Texas’ second team title of the 2026-27 season and its final team competition of the fall. The Longhorns will return at the Southwestern Intercollegiate on Jan. 25-26, 2026, in Westlake Village, Calif.
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