University of Houston
at Del Walker Intercollegiate
Golf in Second Place at Del Walker Intercollegiate
11/3/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Nov. 3, 2005
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Sophomore Jordan Irwin and junior Pablo Acuna each finished the first day of the Del Walker Intercollegiate at 4-under-par 138 to stand in a tie for third place and help lead the University of Houston golf team to a second-place showing through the first 36 holes Thursday.
Irwin fired a career-best 67 in the opening round to better his previous low by two strokes and finished his day with an even-par 71 on the 6,633-yard course at Virginia Country Club.
Acuna fired back-to-back sub-par rounds of 70 and 68 for his impressive score.
Both Cougar linksters stood four strokes behind Dawie VanDer Walt of Lamar and two strikes behind Kansas' Gary Woodard on the individual leaderboard.
As a team, the Cougars posted consistent scores of 281 and 282 for a total of 563 to stand in second place, eight strokes behind first-day leader Lamar. Colorado State (569), Washington State (574) and UC Santa Barbara (575) rounded out the Top Five team leaders.
Senior Kevin Newman (143) and junior Ricky Romano (144) each finished among the Top 20 individual leaders after the first day. Senior Zach Mowbray posted a score of 147 and was tied for 30th.
The tournament wraps up with the final 18 holes Friday morning. Live results are available at www.golfstat.com.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. Lamar 285-270 -- 555
2. Houston 281-282 -- 563
3. Colorado State 282-287 -- 569
4. Washington State 286-288 -- 574
5. UC-Santa Barbara 290-285 -- 575
T6. Long Beach State 285-294 -- 579
T6. Nevada 290-289 -- 579
8. Kansas 291-292 -- 583
9. UTEP 299-286 -- 585
10. North Texas 295-292 -- 587
11. Texas-San Antonio 296-297 -- 593
12. San Jose State 297-299 -- 596
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
1. Dawie VanDer Walt, Lamar 69-65 -- 134
2. Gary Woodland, Kansas 68-68 -- 136
T3. Pablo Acuna, Houston 70-68 -- 138
T3. Jordan Irwin, Houston 67-71 -- 138
T5. Zen Brown, Colorado State 68-71 -- 139
T5. Justin Harding, Lamar 73-66 -- 139
T5. Jordan Madison, Washington State 67-72 -- 139
8. Tony Verna, UC-Santa Barbara 69-71 -- 140
T9. Joe Ryon, UC-Santa Barbara 71-70 -- 141
T9. Dusty Smith, Lamar 72-69 -- 141
T9. Ryan Wood, Long Beach State 69-72 -- 141
HOUSTON COUGARS LEADERBOARD
T3. Jordan Irwin, Houston 67-71 -- 138
T3. Pablo Acuna, Houston 70-68 -- 138
T16. Kevin Newman, Houston 71-72 -- 143
T20. Ricky Romano, Houston 73-71 -- 144
T30. Zach Mowbray, Houston 74-73 -- 147
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