University of Houston
Border Olympics
Golf Finishes in 14th Place at Border Olympics
4/3/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 3, 2004
LAREDO, Texas - University of Houston sophomore Zach Mowbray fired an even-par 72 during the final round of the Border Olympics on Saturday to tie for seventh on the individual leaderboard.
It was Mowbray's third consecutive even-par round or better at the tournament and it marked the fourth consecutive tournament in which the Cougar co-captain led the team in scoring. His seventh place finish tied a season best for the Cougars.
In addition, Mowbray set a new 54-hole career-best at 4-under-par 212 and his 3-under-par 69 in the second round Friday tied his previous 18-hole best, set earlier this season at the Morris Williams Intercollegiate.
Other Cougars in actions were Ricky Romano (t-54th, 75-73-77 - 225); Kevin Newman (t-75th, 75-79-76 - 230); Blake Parks (t-80th, 71-81-80 - 232); and Denton Walker (84th, 76-74-83 - 233).
Colorado State's Martin Laird fired a 1-under-par 71 in the final round to win medallist honors at 9-under-par 207. SMU's Jerad Harklau and Baylor's Ryan Baca tied for second at 208.
As a team, the Cougars posted a team score of 305 during Saturday's final round on the 7,125-yard, par-72 course at Laredo Country Club to finish in 14th place in a 17-team field. SMU captured the team championship with a 54-hole score of 852 to finish seven strokes ahead of Baylor. BYU, Colorado State, San Diego State, Arkansas, host Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Lamar, North Texas and Texas-Arlington rounded out the Top 11 leaders.
The Cougars will now take a few weeks off before returning to action on April 19-21 at the Conference USA Championships in Dade City, Fla.
TEAM SCOREBOARD
1. SMU 282-276-294 - 852
2. Baylor 286-283-290 - 859
3. BYU 290-282-290 - 862
4. Colorado State 291-285-290 - 866
5. San Diego State 287-286-296 - 869
6. Arkansas 293-284-295 - 872
7. Texas A&M 296-282-297 - 875
8. Texas Tech 290-288-298 - 876
9. Lamar 289-285-303 - 877
T10. North Texas 289-298-294 - 881
T10. UT-Arlington 299-290-292 - 881
T12. Southeastern La. 291-298-301 - 890
T13. Texas-San Antonio 302-292-296 - 890
14. Houston 292-295-305 - 892
15. Michigan State 297-290-306 - 893
16. Rice 290-304-307 - 901
17. Texas State 301-298-309 - 908
HOUSTON COUGARS SCOREBOARD
T7. Zach Mowbray, Houston 71-69-72 - 212
T54. Ricky Romano, Houston 75-73-77 - 225
T75. Kevin Newman, Houston 75-79-76 - 230
T80. Blake Parks, Houston 71-81-80 - 232
84. Denton Walker, Houston 76-74-83 - 233
INDIVIDUAL SCOREBOARD
1. Martin Laird, Col. St. 68-68-71 - 207
T2. Jerad Harklau, SMU 65-69-74 -- 208
T2. Ryan Baca, Baylor 69-71-68 -- 208
T4. Chris Stroud, Lamar 69-70-71 - 210
T4. Oscar Alvarez, BYU 73-68-69 - 210
6. Greg Machtaler, BYU 70-69-72 - 211
T7. Zach Mowbray, Houston 71-69-72 - 212
T7. Aaron Choi, San Diego State 68-73-71 - 212
9. Will Dodson, SMU 72-66-75 - 213
T10. David Tasker, Texas A&M 71-70-73 - 214
T10. Andrew Dresser, Texas Tech 70-70-74 - 214
