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Feb. 19, 2010

NEXT UP:  No. 14 Texas resumes competition this weekend at the Puerto Rico Classic.

WHERE:  Rio Mar Country Club – Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

WHEN:  Sunday, Feb. 21 through Tuesday, Feb. 23.  The tournament field will play 18 holes each day.  Tee times for Sunday are set for 8 a.m. local time (6 a.m. Central). 

THE TOURNAMENT FIELD:  (Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index rankings) #12 Alabama, #28 Clemson, #37 East Tennessee State, #24 Georgia, #19 Georgia Tech, #36 Kent State, #42 Michigan, Northwestern, Oklahoma, #1 Oklahoma State, Ohio State, Purdue, #10 Texas, UNC-Greensboro, #40 Virginia Tech

LIVE SCORING:  Live scoring will not be available for this event.

LAST TIME OUT:  Junior Bobby Hudson registered his second career college victory earlier this month at the 22-team Mauna Lani Invitational, where the Horns took fourth place. 

TEXAS STARTERS
Charlie Holland (Sr. – Dallas, Texas)
•74.00 stroke average in nine rounds this season
•tied for eighth at the season-opening Topy Cup last September in Japan
•tied for 29th at the Horns’ most recent event, the Mauna Lani Invitational

Bobby Hudson (Jr. – Memphis, Tenn.)
•72.50 stroke average in 10 rounds this season
•collected his second career college win earlier this month at the 120-player Mauna Lani Invitational
•tied for 17th at the Olympia Fields Invitational last fall

Lance Lopez (Sr. – Missouri City, Texas)
•73.00 stroke average in seven rounds this season
•tied for 16th in his most recent team start last fall at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate
•tied for 28th at the Western Refining All-American Golf Classic, an individual-only event, last November

Cody Gribble (Fr. – Dallas, Texas)
•ranks second on the team with a 72.31 stroke average in 13 rounds this season
•tied for third in his first college event, last fall’s Olympia Fields Invitational
•placed second at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate

Dylan Frittelli (So. - Pretoria, South Africa)
•holds a team-leading 71.77 stroke average in 13 rounds this season
•defending individual champion at the Puerto Rico Classic
•landed top-10 individual finishes earlier this season at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate, the UTSA Lone Star Invitational and the Baylor Intercollegiate 

LAST SEASON: Texas registered six top-five finishes, including two victories, in 12 events played during the 2008-09 season.  The Longhorns opened last season by sharing the team championship with LSU at the 2008 Gopher Invitational in Wayzata, Minn.  UT added a victory at the 19-team Turtle Bay Collegiate Invitational last fall in Kahuku, Hawaii.

Texas placed eighth at the Big 12 Championships last spring before taking third at the NCAA Austin Regional Championship at The University of Texas Golf Club to qualify for the NCAA Championships.  Texas placed 26th in the 30-team field at the NCAA Championships.

WHO RETURNS:  Texas returns four student-athletes who started all 12 events last season, and another, senior Lance Lopez, who competed in 11 of 12 events.  Lopez earned honorable mention All-America honors from the Golf Coaches’ Association of America (GCAA) last season after winning the NCAA Austin Regional Championship.  Senior Charlie Holland enjoyed a productive summer that culminated with a semifinals appearance at the U.S. Amateur Championship last month in Tulsa, Okla.

Junior Bobby Hudson (Memphis, Tenn.) started all 12 events last season and contributed one top-10 individual finish.  Sophomores Adam Wennerstrom (Austin, Texas), Steffan Schmieding (Austin, Texas), Brett Spencer (Plano, Texas) and redshirt freshman Julio Vegas (Maturin, Venezuela) are joined by true freshmen Cody Gribble (Dallas, Texas) and Johnathan Schnitzer (Houston, Texas).