All-American: Texas Tech uses strong final round to win by two shots

March 19, 2024 | by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com

Texas Tech Men's Golf team (Texas Tech Athletics Photo)

Yuki Moriyama of UNLV won the individual competition on the first playoff hole over Bret Gray

Texas Tech shot a final round of 1-under to win the 2024 All-American Intercollegiate Championship at the Golf Club of Houston, the Tournament Course, in Humble, Tex.

The Red Raiders finished 7-over after rounds of 296-288-287 to win by two shots over Sam Houston, who finished in solo second place at 9-over.

Texas Tech found themselves eleven shots back of the lead after round one, but they played the last two rounds at 1-under to complete the comeback win.

Texas State finished in solo third place at 10-over, UNLV finished in solo fourth place at 11-over, and host school Houston finished in solo fifth place at 12-over.

Yuki Moriyama of UNLV defeated Bret Gray of Sam Houston on the first playoff hole with a birdie on No. 18 after both gofers finished 5-under.

Moriyama carded rounds of 73-67-71, while Gray carded rounds of 69-72-70 to get to 5-under.

Moriyama is currently ranked No. 86 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com U.S. Rankings.

Santiago De La Fuente of Houston and Jack Burke of Texas State finished T3 at 4-under, and Caden Fioroni of UNLV finished in solo fifth place at 3-under, rounding out the top five. De La Fuente won the 2024 Latin America Amateur and will be teeing it up at The Master's Tournament in April.

Moriyama was named the Mountain West Men's Golfer of the Week after the Kanagawa, Japan native recorded his first career collegiate win.

Designed by Rees Jones, the Tournament Course at Redstone Golf Club opened in 2005 and serves as the home of Houston’s PGA Tour stop, the Shell Houston Open.

Results: All-American Individual

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Yuki Moriyama	Las Vegas, NV	600	73-67-71=211
2	Bret Gray	Universal City, TX	400	69-72-70=211
T3	Santiago De La Fuente	, Mexico	300	73-72-67=212
T3	Jack Burke	Orange, TX	300	71-71-70=212
5	Caden Fioroni	La Jolla, CA	300	73-70-70=213