Valero Texas Collegiate: Vanderbilt wins the Inaugural tournament

September 11, 2023 | by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com

Vanderbilt Men's Golf Team (Vanderbilt Athletics Photo)

Florida Gulf Coast's Joe Sullivan won the individual competition in a playoff to earn an exemption into the Valero Texas Open

The Vanderbilt Men's Golf team fired one of the more impressive final rounds you will see as a team to win the Inaugural Valero Texas Collegiate at TPC San Antonio OaksCourse in San Antonio, Tex.

The Commodores shot a 12-under final round to erase a three-shot deficit and win the tournament by five shots over TCU.

The 12-under 276 was the best round of the tournament by four shots (LSU shot a round two 280).

TCU finished in solo second place at 8-under, and Baylor finished in solo third place at 4-under. Virginia finished in solo fourth place at 1-under, and Oklahoma finished in solo fifth place at 1-over.

In the individual competition, Joe Sullivan of Florida Gulf Coast won in a playoff, earning an exemption into next year's Valero Texas Open.

Sullivan, Gustav Frimodt of TCU, and Johnny Keefer of Baylor all shot 6-under par to go to the three-man playoff.

Sullivan recorded a birdie on the second playoff hole to win the tournament.

An exciting end to an incredible week at the inaugural #ValeroTexasCollegiate!🏆

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— Valero Texas Open (@valerotxopen) September 12, 2023

Connor Gaunt of LSU finished in solo fourth place at 5-under.

Matthew Riedel of Vanderbilt, Luke Kluver of Oklahoma, and Carter Loflin of Georgia all finished T5 at 4-under.

The number one ranked amateur in the world, Gordon Sargent, a Vanderbilt junior, finished in T19 at 1-over.

Sargent is fresh off going 3-0 in the Walker Cup and leading the United States team to the win over Great Britain and Ireland.

Results: Valero Texas Collegiate

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Joe Sullivan	, England	600	69-71-70=210
T2	Gustav Frimodt	, Denmark	400	70-68-72=210
T2	Johnny Keefer	San Antonio, TX	400	69-69-72=210
4	Connor Gaunt	Cabot, AR	300	73-68-70=211
T5	Matthew Riedel	Houston, TX	300	72-74-66=212

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About the Valero Texas Collegiate

Valero Texas Collegiate: Vanderbilt wins the Inaugural tournament

Introduced in 2023, this is a 54-hole men's college tournament hosted by the University of Texas at San Antonio. Team (best four scores out of five players each round) and individual competitions.