Golf in Seventh Place at Morris Williams Intercollegiate
3/25/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 25, 2002
AUSTIN, Texas - The University of Houston golf team stood in seventh place Monday after the first round at the Morris Williams Intercollegiate.
The Cougars battled cold and windy conditions to fire a first-round team score of 299 in the morning session before the second round was suspended due to darkness at approximately 6:30 p.m. (Central). The golfers had between two to five holes remaining in their round when play was stopped on the 6,906-yard, par-72 course at the Austin Country Club.
Individually, sophomore Brad McIntosh continued his hot recent play, firing a 1-under-par 71, to stand in a tie for fifth place overall. Junior Simon Robinson tied for 15th place with a score of 73, while Brett Callas was in 39th place at 76.
Other Cougar golfers were Kevin Hermis (79, t-58th) and Scott Ferguson (82, t-74th).
BYU stood atop the team leaderboard with a score of 289. Oklahoma was second at 293 with Texas, Oklahoma State and North Florida rounding out the top five leaders.
Brock Mulder of SMU grabbed the individual lead after the first 18 holes with a score of 68. John Klauk and Rusty Kennedy, both of Texas, and Hunter Mahan of Oklahoma State were in second place at 70.
Second-round play is slated to resume on Tuesday, March 26 at 8:30 a.m. Pairings for the third round will be the same as they were for the first and second rounds, with the final round scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
TEAM RESULTS 1. BYU 289 2. Oklahoma 293 3. Texas 294 4. Oklahoma State 295 5. North Florida 297 6. SMU 298 7. Houston 299 Pepperdine 299 9. Northwestern 300 10. USC 301 11. Fresno State 302 12. TCU 303 13. New Mexico 305 14. UNLV 314 15. Texas A&M 318
TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS 1. Brock Mulder, SMU 33-35 -- 68 2. John Klauk, Texas 36-34 -- 70 Hunter Mahan, Okla. St. 36-34 -- 70 *Rusty Kennedy, Texas 31-39 -- 70 5. Brad McIntosh, Houston 36-35 -- 71 Ron Harvey, Jr, BYU 35-36 -- 71 Randy Creighton, Pepperdine 38-33 -- 71 Jared Overton, BYU 34-37 -- 71 *Tim Sanchez, Texas 34-37 -- 71 10. Jonathan Echols, Fresno St. 36-36 -- 72 Bret Guetz, TCU 39-33 -- 72 Erik Labitzke, N. Florida 36-36 -- 72 Matt Cohn, Oklahoma 38-34 -- 72 *Stephen Polanski, TCU 36-36 -- 72
HOUSTON COUGAR GOLFERS T-15. Simon Robinson, Houston 37-36 -- 73 T-39. Brett Callas, Houston 38-38 -- 76 T-58. Kevin Hermis, Houston 35-44 -- 79 T-74. Scott Ferguson, Houston 40-42 -- 82