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Desert Shootout
Golf Finishes Ninth at Desert Shootout
3/19/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 19, 2011
Final Results | Season Statistics
GOODYEAR, Ariz. - Freshman Wesley McClain fired a 3-under-par 69 for the second straight day to move into the top-20 individual leaders and helped lead the University of Houston golf team to a ninth-place finish Saturday at the Desert Shootout.
With his final-round score, McClain tied his season low and recorded season personal bests with his 36- and 54-hole totals.
As a team, the Cougars posted a score of 283 to finish ninth. Although Houston gained only one place in the final standings, the Cougars tied for the third-lowest round of the day on the 7,015-yard, par-72 course at Palm Valley Golf Course.
"Today was quite a bit better. This was, by far, our best round, and I was very pleased with the guys," head coach Jonathan Dismuke said following the round. "We just need to get off to better starts. If we can get off to better starts, we are going to be very competitive in some tournaments."
Three other Cougars fired par or better during the final 18 holes. Freshman Curtis Reed posted a 70 on Saturday and tied for 62nd with a score of 220. Freshman Bryn Flanagan (214) and sophomore transfer Will Dusenbury (217) each posted 70s to tie for 28th and 47th, respectively.
Freshman Jesse Droemer tied for 54th with a score of 219, and sophomore Jordan Rumora, playing as an individual, tied for 77th with a score of 227.
Oklahoma captured the team title after shooting the lowest round of the day at 272 to finish with a tournament-record-low score of 816, 22 shots ahead of Iowa State. TCU (839), North Texas (843), Tulsa (844), BYU (845), Saint Mary's (Calif.) (848) and Denver (855) rounded out the top-eight team leaders.
Individually, Sooners Abraham Ancer (195) and Will Kropp (201) each fired 9-under-par 63s to finish 1-2 in the final standings. BYU's Zachary Blair placed third at 203 with two others tied for fourth at 206.
UP NEXT
The Cougars return to action on Friday when they play host to the Border Olympics at Laredo Country Club in Laredo, Texas.
Houston will welcome Air Force, Arkansas, Baylor, Lamar, Liberty, Kansas, Kansas State, Rice, New Mexico State, Indiana, UT Arlington, UTSA, North Texas, Oklahoma, Toledo, Wichita, Washington State and Texas State.
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