University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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w r (X r X T TV o. u DX m A- a lu X ' For the first time in the history of varsity athletics, golf was made a conference sport during the spring of 1927. The squad was coached by Butler and Penick, and was captained by Don Price. The other members of the squad were Gibson Payne, Morris Gydeson, a sophomore with much promise, Tom Haynie, Pat Patrick, and Shorty Long. The conference meet was held at the Brook Hollow country club of Dallas. The Longhom team won the meet after a hard-fought struggle with the Aggies. On the first day of the tour- nament, the Aggies managed to tie the Steers in the low medal score, but on the following day the Texas team began to show their superiority, and there was never a doubt as to the outcome from then on. Wilson of T. C. U. proved to be the best individual golfer of them all. He de- feated Bremer, the Aggie star, in an uphill fight, and then defeated the star of the Texas team, Gibson Payne. The meet was a success in every sense of the word, and the sport promises to be one of the most promising of all the minor sports of the University. There was much interest shown, and the meets of 1928 should be even better than the meets of 1927. The first matches of the year were played with the San Antonio Country Club. The Club- men were the superior of the meet, and the Texas team won only one match. The second meet was held with Rice Institute of Houston, with the Texas team winning four matches to two for Rice. These matches merely put the champions in shape for the conference meet. The season of 1928 has gotten under way, and there are a number of prospects out for the team that should do a great deal toward winning the conference meet again. Gibson Payne has been elected captain. The team practices every afternoon on the municipal links. The meets so far arranged will push the Longhorns to the end if they expect to win. Every school in the con- ference has taken up the sport, and it is expected that the competition will be much harder this coming year. The Aggie team will be intact, and the Rice Owls are threatening to put a better team on the field than they did last year. ' i ■ Pag 14 1 jri, ji Jt r l