Golf Moves to Ninth at Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate

Sunday, February 26

Classic Golf Club (Palm Desert, Calif.)

All Day

University of Houston

Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate

Golf Moves to Ninth at Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate

2/26/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

Feb. 26, 2012

Final Results \| Season Statistics

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	UNLV	279	283	282	844	-20
2.	Texas Tech	287	281	283	851	-13
3.	Auburn	280	291	284	855	-9
4.	Saint Mary's (Calif.)	284	294	283	861	-3
T5.	SMU	291	287	284	862	-2
T5.	Texas A&M	287	294	281	862	-2
7.	UT Arlington	285	287	291	863	-1
8.	Kent State	282	292	290	864	E
9.	Houston	295	285	287	867	+3
10.	Baylor	289	288	292	869	+5
11.	Arizona	304	284	290	878	+14
12.	Iowa State	293	292	300	885	+21
T13.	Colorado	299	297	291	887	+23
T13.	Denver	294	294	299	887	+23
15.	UC Riverside	301	296	293	890	+26
16.	San Francisco	292	291	308	891	+27
17.	Southern Utah	300	299	295	894	+30
18.	Cal Poly	307	296	294	897	+33
19.	Idaho	297	297	304	898	+34
20.	Santa Clara	301	297	306	904	+40
21.	Nebraska	305	307	298	910	+46
22.	Wyoming	310	303	299	912	+48
23.	Hawai'i	304	307	304	915	+51
24.	UTEP	316	307	307	929	+65

Houston Leaders
		1	2	3	F
T13.	Curtis Reed	73	71	70	214	-2
T21.	Jesse Droemer	73	72	71	216	E
T35.	James Ross	76	69	73	218	+2
T44.	Roman Robledo	74	73	73	220	+6
T59.	Kyle Pilgrim	75	75	73	223	+7

Overall Leaders
		1	2	3	F
T2.	Kevin Penner UNLV	67	69	73	209	-7
T2.	Joakim Mikkelsen Baylor	72	70	68	210	-6
T2.	Derek Ernst UNLV	70	70	70	210	-6
T2.	Corey Conners Kent State	67	75	68	210	-6
T5.	Clement Sordet Texas Tech	73	69	69	211	-5
T5.	Blayne Barber Auburn	67	73	71	211	-5
T5.	Blake Biddle UNLV	72	72	67	211	-5

PALM DESERT, Calif. - Posting a team score of 1-under-par 287 during the final 18 holes, the University of Houston golf team moved to ninth place Sunday with a 54-hole score of 867 during the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate at the Classic Club.

After second-round play was suspended due to darkness, the Cougars returned to the 7,305-yard, par-72 course Sunday morning to complete that round. Although the Cougars were at 7-under-par as they began the day, the team gave away a few shots but still managed to post a second-round total of 285 - the third-lowest second-round score.

"We finished the second round poorly and gave some shots away," head coach Jonathan Dismuke said. "We were always in touch with a good final round but weren't able to get closer. This was the strongest field against which we competed to this point in the season."

Junior James Ross overcame a tough first round to shoot a second-round 69, the Cougars' best round of the tournament. The Edinburgh, Scotland, native finished in a tie for 35th with a score of 218.

In the final round, sophomores Curtis Reed and Jesse Droemer each posted sub-par rounds to lead the Cougars to their team total. Reed earned his best finish of the season with a 13th-place showing, Lowering his score with each round, the Castroville, Texas, native shot a 70 in the final round and finished at 214.

Like Reed, Droemer bettered his score with each round and tied for 21st at 216, The Sealy, Texas, native ended his tournament with a 2-under-par 70 on Sunday.

"Curtis had a great event. He had two nice rounds to finish the tournament," Dismuke said. "Jesse was always in touch with a good score all three rounds."

Other Cougars in action were freshmen Roman Robledo (t-44th, 220) and Kyle Pilgrim (t-59th, 223).

UNLV captured the team title with a score of 844, seven strokes ahead of Texas Tech. Auburn (855), Saint Mary's (Calif.) (861), SMU (862) and Texas A&M (862) rounded out the top-six team leaders.

UNLV's Kevin Penner earned medalist honors with a score of 209, one stroke ahead of Baylor's Joakim Mikkelsen, UNLVs Derek Ernst and Kent State's Corey Conners.

UP NEXT
Following the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate, the Cougars return to action March 5-6 when they compete at the Louisiana Classic in Lafayette, La.