Cougars 9th at Cleveland Golf Classic
3/8/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. - Nationally ranked Arizona State placed three of its golfers in the top 10 on its way to winning the team title at the 24th annual Cleveland Golf Classic held at the North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, Calif., on Tuesday (Mar. 6). Houston finished ninth among the 15-team field with a rained-shortened total of 604 (36-over par).
The Sun Devils shot a two round total of 581, including 287 on Tuesday, to finish six strokes ahead of second place TCU (587). Oregon State was third (592), followed by Washington (598) and three teams tied for fifth with a score of 600.
David Yarnes of Oregon State, who shot the day's lowest score on Monday (70), finished with a solid 72 on Tuesday to win individual medalist honors with an even par total of 142. Yarnes was one stroke better than runners up Matt Jones and Jin Park of Arizona State and Steve Conway of UCLA. Houston sophomore Simon Robinson fired back-to-back scores of 73-73 for a two-round total of 146 to finish tied for sixth and four shots off the lead. All-America candidate Andy Sanders tied for 24th with a seven-over 149.
Weather was the determining factor in the tournament. Rain and wind allowed for only one difficult round on Monday, as just three teams shot under 300 and only three golfers shot par or lower. Tuesday's round featured sunnier skies, no rain and yielded generally lower scores for the teams involved, with nine teams shooting under 300 and 10 golfers at par or lower.
FINAL Team Scores 1 Arizona State 294-287--581 2 Texas Christian 301-286--587 3 Oregon State 296-296--592 4 Washington 296-302--598 5 Fresno State 304-296--600 5 Minnesota 307-293--600 5 USC 302-298--600 8 New Mexico 305-296--601 9 Houston 304-300--604 10 Oregon 307-299--606 11 Oklahoma 309-299--608 12 Cal-Berkley 305-304--609 13 UCLA 306-304--610 14 BYU 310-301--611 15 Pepperdine 312-303--615 Individuals & Houston scores 1 David Yarnes (2), Oregon State 70 72 142 t2 Jin Park (3), Arizona State 71 72 143 t2 Matt Jones (2), Arizona State 73 70 143 t2 Steve Conway (4), UCLA 71 72 143 5 Bret Guetz (3), Texas Christian 74 71 145 t6 Anthony Arvidson (1), Oregon State 74 72 146 t6 Simon Robinson (2), Houston 73 73 146 t24 Andy Sanders (1), Houston 75 74 149 t33 Brad McIntosh (4), Houston 79 72 151 t62 Kevin Hermis (3), Houston 77 81 158 78 Scott Ferguson (5), Houston 81 81 162