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AUSTIN, Texas – No . 11 Texas Men's Golf fired a third-round 270 to advance to its 11th-straight and 67th total NCAA Championship appearance on Wednesday at UT Golf Club.

Juniors Doug Ghim and Scottie Scheffler closed the three-day event in the top-three, Ghim earning runner-up honors and Scheffler finishing third.

Ghim fired every round in the 60s, following a 68 and 69 with a 67 to finish 9-under par.

He made six birdies on the third day two only two bogeys for his sixth top-5 finish of the season and third-straight top-2.

Ghim started the day with a birdie on hole one's par-4 before making a bogey on two. He made three-straight pars before making birdies on six and nine to make the turn at 2-under par. On the back nine, he made his next birdie on 11's par-5 and a bogey on 13, but fired back with another birdie on 14 to continue at 3-under par. He made three pars and a birdie on 17's par-4 to close the round, -4 under par.

His 16 birdies over three rounds were the second-most in the field.

Scheffler repeated a first-round 66 with a third-round 66 for the Horns' low score of the day.

He also began his round with a birdie, following with six-straight pars. He closed the front nine with a bogey on eight and a birdie on nine's par-5 to make the turn at 2-under. He made three more birdies on the back nine on 11, 14, and 17, offsetting a bogey on hole 13 to finish the round 5-under par.

Scheffler has five top-three finishes on the season, including the last three.

Senior Gavin Hall rounded out the top-10 for the Longhorns, closing the tournament with a 72. He had four birdies during the second round for his fifth top-10 finish of the season.

Freshman Spencer Soosman had his best round of the tournament with an even 71, making four birdies on the third day to tie for 45th. Sophomore Steven Chervony made eight birdies for a third-round 75.

As a team, the Longhorns finished two strokes behind Oklahoma State at 11-under par. The Horns finished with a field-high 66 birdies. Iowa State's Nick Voke won medalist honors after firing a course-record 61 during the third round to finish 14-under par.

Texas will compete in its 67th NCAA Championship in Sugar Grove, Ill., from May 26-31.

Post-Round Comments

Texas junior Doug Ghim

"If you told me someone was going to shoot 61 today, I would have told you that you were crazy, but I think I did a pretty good job of keeping my emotions in check. I made a couple of good birdies, unfortunately it wasn't enough.

I didn't really want to know [how the leader was doing], I was just trying to play the golf course as well as I could. I kind of heard murmers around the 15th hole and my assistant coach pulled me aside and told me there was nothing I could have done, and to let's just finish strong, to keep my chin up because I played well."

Texas junior Scottie Scheffler

"Doug and I played solid today, some of the guys struggled today with some big numbers, which didn't help. It was still a good day…under par on this golf course is always a good score. Today wasn't enough to win, but it was good enough to make it to Nationals.

We don't like losing to anyone. Coming in second is no fun, but it was still a good tournament. We still have a lot of confidence going into Nationals."

Texas head coach John Fields

"It's great. I'm really happy for our guys. If you would have told me at the beginning of the week that our team was going to shoot 11-under par with the conditions that we have, I would have said that is spectacular golf. Oklahoma State played great today. They ended up 13-under and beat us by two shots. Iowa State in the Big 12 shoots 20-under par on our golf course and they have the individual champion with a 61 today was just fantastic. Scottie Scheffler and Doug Ghim —Doug finishes second, Scottie third, Gavin just outside of the top 10—they're the strength of our team right now. We have a little bit of inexperience on the back end, but I'm happy with our guys.

Oklahoma State has had a great year, they have been ranked as high as number one and have been two, three, four—they're a great team and we knew that at the beginning of the year. It has taken us awhile to achieve some chemistry on our team, simply because we have had to switch out the fourth and fifth guys, based on the experience that they have and one guy in a slump. It has been challenging. And yet our guys have achieved—we won the Big 12 and finished second in the NCAA Austin Regional. We don't have anything to be upset right now. We have a lot of momentum going into the National Championship, we will prepare well and go there with a chance to win."

Oklahoma State head coach Alan Bratton (NCAA Regional team champion at 13-under par)

"You always want to go into the nationals with momentum, and obviously you have to take care of your business at the regionals. It's always a potentially unsettling week. We didn't get off to the greatest start in the first round, but I was pleased with what our guys did the last two days. It was a treat to play this golf course, as I haven't been here in five years. The course was in phenomenal condition, and it's always good to have a chance to compete with the Longhorns and everybody else. We'll just appreciate making another NCAA Championship and get ready for that next week.

Our guys have been playing well. Today's round (14-under par) just says we took care of our business. We didn't make many birdies in the first round, but this team – when they have their game – they make them if they just stay patient. That's what I was mostly pleased with. We just stayed patient and put up a good score today."

Iowa State senior Nick Voke (individual medalist at 14-under, course-record 10-under 61 today)

"I actually got off to a shaky start. I made two good up-and-downs from short-sided positions at the first two holes. I hit an amazing 7-iron into the third hole and rolled in a 9-footer (for birdie). I started to feel good and had my coach on the bag. I managed to birdie the fourth and just played solid golf. I holed a 7-footer on the sixth. I made a 10-footer for par on the seventh which was huge. I was 3-under at that stage, and my round really could have gone either way. I had a good up-and-down for par on 8, and then I stumped three wedges in a row at 9, 10 and 11 and went birdie, birdie, birdie. I hit another wedge to a foot on 13 and made birdie, and the next hole I rolled in a 17-footer for eagle. All of a sudden after 14 holes, I'm 9-under. I pulled my 3-wood on the par-four 15, and I had to chop it out of the hazard. I had about 100 yards left and hit it to within 5-feet and then holed that putt. That was a huge momentum par there. I managed to hole a 20-footer on the next for birdie to get to 10-under. I was thinking I had a chance at a 59, but I just missed a putt on 17 and had an up-and-down save at 18. I can't complain.

It (winning medalist honors at the NCAA Regional) means the world to me. I have had a really good career at Iowa State. Every year, I've got better and better. That's a credit to the coaches and facilities that we have. To be able to top off my senior year like this is pretty special. What I'm more excited about though is how the other boys were firing today as well. Now we're through to the Big Dance in Chicago, and we're looking to have a good week over there. Ruben (Sondjaja) and Jack (Carter) and I, the seniors on this team, we always talk about wanting to leave this place in a better spot than we found it. We've certainly done that, not only in terms of the golf, but also the environment and atmosphere we are creating there. I think the coaches really appreciate that. Today was a team effort, and I think I was just the cherry on top."

Iowa State head coach Andrew Tank (team shot a final-round 21-under par today to finish third at the NCAA Regional and advance to NCAAs)

"Just an incredible day and really pleased for our team. This is something you dream about and you want, and we actually achieved it. I've felt like we have had the potential for this type of performance throughout the year, but there's not a better round of golf in the season to do it. This is huge for our program to advance (to the NCAA Championship). We did it back in 2014, which was the first time we achieved that in 50-some years. This performance sort of backs that up and shows that was not a fluke. We are building something special. I'm just so happy for the guys. They've worked hard and it's great to see the good efforts pay off.

Nick Voke's 61 was spectacular. I had a front row seat, which I was fortunate to have. He's that kind of a player. He is explosive. He can come out and shoot those kind of scores. I'm just happy for him as a senior. He had an unfortunate injury in his freshman year (2014) and missed out on playing in the NCAA Regional, which was the year we advanced to NCAAs. I was thinking about that today, knowing this was his chance to make it to nationals."

NCAA Austin Regional

UT Golf Club

Par 71; 7,355 Yards

TEAM LEADERBOARD

1. Oklahoma State 287-282-270=839 (-13)

2. TEXAS 277-288-276=841 (-11)

3. Iowa State 290-292-263=845 (-7)

4. Ole Miss 282-294-278=854 (+2)

5. Arizona State 290-293-276=859 (+7)

6. Wake Forest 294-293-276=863 (+11)

7. NC State 290-297-277=864 (+12)

8. College of Charleston 291-295-289=875 (+23)

9. Kansas 296-301-279=876 (+24)

10. McNeese State 303-300-274=877 (+25)

T11. Georgia Southern 295-292-292=879 (+27)

T11. Liberty 294-305-280=879 (+27)

13. Wichita State 307-288-291=887 (+35)

14. Saint Peter's 319-316-309=944 (+92)

PLAYER LEADERBOARD

1. Nick Voke, Iowa State 70-67-61=199 (-14)

2. DOUG GHIM, TEXAS 68-69-67=204 (-9)

3. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER, TEXAS 66-73-66=205 (-8)

4. Braden Thornberry, Ole Miss 68-72-69=209 (-4)

T5. Zachary Olsen, Oklahoma State 73-70-67=210 (-3)

T5. Will Zalatoris, Wake Forest 69-72-69=210 (-3)

T5. Kristoffer Ventura, Oklahoma State 70-70-69=210 (-3)

T5. Viktor Hovland, Oklahoma State 71-72-67=210 (-3)

T5. Alex Del Rey Gonzalez, Ariz. State 70-71-68=210 (-3)

T10. GAVIN HALL, TEXAS 69-70-72=211 (-2)

T10. Jacob McBride, NC State 68-74-69=211 (-2)

T10. Jared du Toit, Arizona State 74-69-68=211 (-2)

T10. Ruben Sondjaa, Iowa State 73-72-66=211 (-2)

T10. Zach Bauchou, Oklahoma State 74-70-67=211 (-2)

TEXAS LEADERBOARD

T45. Spencer Soosman 74-77-71=222 (+9)