University of Houston
Lone Star Invitational
Golf Falls to Seventh Place at Lone Star Invitational
10/18/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Oct. 18, 2010
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - University of Houston freshman Wesley McClain recorded his third straight even-par or better round Monday morning at the Lone Star Invitational to finish in a tie for seventh place.
Like the Cougars, McClain started Monday's final round slow, bogeying three of the first four holes. However, the Diboll, Texas, native rallied to birdie two of the next three holes and added two more birdies and seven pars on the back nine to finish the 54-hole event at 2-under-par 214.
"I was really proud of Wesley and his performance," second-year head coach Jonathan Dismuke said.
As a team, the Cougars posted a score of 298 to finish with a two-day total of 883 and tie for seventh place on the par-72, 7,206-yard course at Briggs Ranch Golf Club. After dropping its second-round tally by 11 strokes, Houston's final round total equaled their mark from Monday morning's first 18 holes.
"We got off to a bad start again and never had a chance. We never got moving the right way," Dismuke said. "The guys did a pretty good job of keeping their scores respectable."
UT Arlington captured the team championship with a score of 855 to finish seven strokes ahead of Notre Dame. North Texas (863), Texas State (870), UTEP (873) and Weber State (882) rounded out the top-six team leaders.
Individually, North Texas' Carlos Ortiz fired a 5-under-par 67 in the final round to finish with a score of 211, one stroke ahead of Texas State's Alastair Jones. UT Arlington's Paul McConnell and Notre Dame's Niall Platt and Chris Walker tied for third at 213.
This was the Cougars' third and final tournament of the fall season. Houston returns to action Feb. 21-22 when it competes at the Rice Intercollegiate at Houston's Westwood Country Club.
"I was fairly pleased with the fall season," Dismuke said. We played well through the first two events, and you're not going to go through a season and not have some tough tournaments. We played six different guys and got the guys some experience, so it was a good fall."
The student-athletes will train for one more week during the program's fall regular season with off-season workouts beginning in November.
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