UH Golf hosts the The All America Intercollegiate Invitational at the Golf Club of Houston. The event has long been considered one of the nation’s premier collegiate tournaments,
Coach Dave Williams revolutionized golf when he started the AAII in 1955. Until then, matches were played against just one other team. Coach Williams brought together 20 to all play against one another in a tournament format.
The Coogs have long dominated the tourney, winning over 60 variations of team championships.
Swinging Cougar logo
Ginny & Coach Dave Williams
First-Ever AAII Champs – The Houston Cougars
Hal Underwood sinks an eagle to get into a playoff.
Bob Barbarossa
1962 AAII Champs
1965 All America Champ Jim Grant
1969 AAII Champs John Mahaffey, Bob Barbarossa, Bruce Ashworth, and Doug Olson
AAII Champ Hal Underwood
Billy Tuten finished 3rd and 10th in his two AAII appearances.
AAII Champions
All America Champ Homero Blancas
And the crowd gets into it
Barbarossa pumps his fist
Barbarossa sinks a putt
Billboard advertising the All America
Bruce Ashworth birdies the last
Coach Bill Yeoman taking in the AAII
Coach Dave Williams: The Greatest Golf Coach of All Time
Coach Williams and Family
Hal Underwood won the AAII in 1967 & 1968
Coogs react to a missed put
Cougar Bob Barbarossa
Crowds approve as UH’s Wright Garrett sinks an eagle putt
Defending Champion Homero Blancas
Doug Olson
Fred Marti
David Ishii won the AAII in 1974 and 1977
From the 1961 AAII Program
Mike Mitchell (Shasta behind him)
Hal Underwood from the bunker
Two-time AAII winner Homero Blancas
Photos from the AAII Program
UH President Phillip G Hoffman presenting AAI title to Marty Fleckman
Jim Grant – AAII champ
Kermit Zarley shot 280 (-8) to win the 1963 All America.
National Champion Richard Crawford
Notes and Quotes from the AAII Program
Team Capitan Randy Petri in 1965
The 1968 Ruling
The college golfer is somewhat unique …
This photo of Coach Dave Williams appeared in SI
Tom Wright 1967 Champs
UH’s Kermit Zarley was the 1963 AAII Champion
