Golf in Third Place after First Day at Rice Intercollegiate

Feb. 20, 2012

First-Day Results \| Season Statistics

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	Northwestern	289	287		576	E
2.	Florida Gulf Coast	289	290		579	+7
3.	Houston	291	291		582	+6
T4.	#35 Wichita State	299	284		583	+7
T4.	Louisiana Tech	291	292		583	+7
T6.	UTSA	294	291		585	+9
T6.	Louisiana-Monroe	299	286		585	+9
8.	Winthrop	300	291		591	+15
T9.	Texas State	293	299		592	+16
T9.	Kansas State	301	291		592	+16
11.	Air Force	301	295		596	+20
12.	New Mexico State	293	304		597	+21
13.	Missouri State	294	304		598	+22
14.	Rice	305	294		599	+23
15.	Houston Baptist	296	305		601	+25

Houston Leaders
		1	2	3	F
T5.	Roman Robledo	69	74		143	-1
T7.	Jesse Droemer	73	71		144	E
T32.	James Ross	75	73		148	+4
T46.	Curtis Reed	74	76		150	+8
T46.	Kyle Pilgrim	77	73		150	+6
T57.	Wesley McClain (Ind.)	74	77		151	+7

Overall Leaders
		1	2	3	F
T1.	Eric Chun Northwestern	71	70		141	-3
T1.	Kyle Westmoreland Air Force	70	71		141	-3
T3.	Zachery Fullerton New Mexico State	68	74		142	-2
4.	Ryan Werre UTSA	70	72		142	-2
T5.	Roman Robledo Houston	69	74		143	-1
T5.	Jordan McLaurin Missouri State	70	73		143	-2

HOUSTON - Freshman Roman Robledo and sophomore Jesse Droemer stood among the top-seven individual leaders to lead the University of Houston golf team to a third-place showing following the first day of the Rice Intercollegiate at Westwood Country Club on Monday.

Playing under overcast skies and cool temperatures, the Cougars posted back-to-back team rounds of 291. Houston finished the first day with a score of 582, six strokes behind first-day leader Northwestern and three strokes back of Florida Gulf Coast. Wichita State (583) and Louisiana Tech (583) rounded out the top-five team leaders.

"I saw a lot of improvement from our opening round last week. We hit the ball better and we took advantage of some of the scoring opportunities," third-year head coach Jonathan Dismuke said. "However, We need to clean up our rounds a bit. We are giving away too many shots away and not converting as much as I would like. If we can do that Tuesday, we have a chance to win, and that's all you can ask for after a 36-hole day."

The final round tees off at 8 a.m., Tuesday. Fans can follow live scoring by visiting GolfStat.com or by clicking here.

Robledo, a freshman out of Harlingen, Texas, posted the team's lowest score of the day with a first-round 69 and stood in a tie for fifth with a 36-hole score of 1-under-par 143 on the 7,184-yard, par-72 course. Robledo began his day with back-to-back birdies and posted only one bogey through his first 18 holes to tie for the second-lowest score of the day.

Making his spring debut, Droemer shot the team's lowest score in the afternoon session with a 1-under-par 71 and finished the day at 144 to tie for seventh. The Sealy, Texas, native was steady throughout the second round, recording two birdies with only one bogey to damper his round.

Both of those guys played really well. Anytime you have a good team performance, you have to have guys with solid individual performances. I am very proud of those guys," Dismuke said. "James, Kyle and Curtis also pitched in with some good rounds. Hopefully, we can come out Tuesday and have a really good day."

Junior James Ross, who also was making his spring debut, posted an even-par 72 in the afternoon round and was tied for 32nd at 148.

Other Cougars in action were sophomore Curtis Reed (t-46th, 150), freshman Kyle Pilgrim (t-46th, 150) - who was making his collegiate debut - and sophomore Wesley McClain (t-57th, 151), who competed as an individual.

On the individual leaderboard, Northwestern's Eric Chun and Air Force's Kyle Westmoreland were tied for first at 141. New Mexico State's Zachary Fullerton and UTSA's Ryan Werre were tied for third at 142, while Missouri State's Jordan McLaurin joined Robledo at 143.

UP NEXT
Following the Rice Intercollegiate, the Cougars will compete in their second tournament of the week when they tee off at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate at Classic Golf Club in Palm Desert, Calif. That two-day, 54-hole event begins Saturday morning.

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