Men's Golf Finishes Second at Border Olympics

Saturday, March 12

Laredo, Texas (Laredo CC)

All Day

University of Houston

Border Olympics

3/12/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

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Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	#26 Baylor	277	279		556	-20
2.	#37 Houston	283	281		564	-12
3.	Rice	285	282		567	-9
t4.	Sam Houston State	290	279		569	-7
t4.	Louisiana-Lafayette	286	283		569	-7
6.	McNeese State	286	286		572	-4
7.	Sacramento State	291	283		574	-2
t8.	UTSA	293	284		577	+1
t8.	Texas State	299	278		577	+1
10.	Notre Dame	296	283		579	+3
t11.	UTEP	300	280		580	+4
t11.	ULM	294	286		580	+4
13.	New Mexico State	294	287		581	+5
14.	Stephen F. Austin	291	293		584	+8
15.	Nevada	296	293		584	+8
16.	Little Rock	296	295		591	+15
17.	Southern Miss	297	295		592	+16
18.	St. Mary's (Texas)	309	298		607	+31

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
t2.	Michael Perras (Ind.)	67	70		137	-7
t6.	Blair Hamilton	68	71		139	-5
t8.	Papito Gonzalez	70	70		140	-4
t14.	Joshua Gibbons (Ind.)	68	73		141	-3
t22.	Vincent Martino	74	69		143	-1
t40.	Alan De Bondt	74	71		145	+1
t40.	Logan Davis	71	74		145	+1
t52.	Emmett Oh (Ind.)	78	69		147	+3

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	Haraldur Magnus Louisiana-Lafayette	66	68		134	-10
t2.	Michael Perras (Ind.) Houston	67	70		137	-7
t2.	Martin Eriksson McNeese State	66	71		137	-7
t2.	Freddy Andersen Baylor	67	70		137	-7
t2.	Aaron Beverly Sacramento State	71	66		137	-7

LAREDO, Texas - University of Houston Men's Golf sophomore Michael Perras finished a rain-shortened Border Olympics with a score of 7-under-par 137 to tie for second and lead the Cougars to a second-place finish on Saturday afternoon at Laredo Country Club.

Originally scheduled for 54 holes over two days, the tournament was shortened to 36 holes with 18 holes on Friday and the final 18 holes Saturday. However, additional rain forced play to be suspended at 4:10 p.m., Friday.

The First Round resumed at early Saturday morning with continuous play proceeding into the Second and final round.

Perras finished the First Round with a score of 67, thanks to six birdies and only one bogey. In the Second Round, the Deer Park, Texas, native drained an eagle his second hole of the round and used a steady round with only one birdie and one bogey for the rest of the day.

As a team the Cougars posted back-to-back sub-par rounds with scores of 283 and 281 to finish with a total of 564. Baylor captured the team championship with a score of 556 with Rice (567), Sam Houston State (569) and Louisiana-Lafayette (569) following the Cougars.

McNeese State (572) Sacramento State (574), UTSA (577) Texas State (577) and Notre Dame (579) rounded out the top-10 team leaders.

Perras was one of four Cougars to finish among the top-14 individual leaders. Senior All-American Blair Hamilton opened the tournament with a 68 in the First Round. Standing at 2-over-par through 12 holes, the Burlington, Ontario, Canada, capped his first round with six consecutive birdies.

Hamilton drained three birdies in the Final Round on the way to a 71 and tied for sixth at 139.

Sophomore Papito Gonzalez fired consecutive 70s and tied for eighth at 140. The McAllen, Texas, native drained four birdies in his First Round and added five birdies in the Second Round for his third top-10 finish in his last four tournaments.

Sophomore Joshua Gibbons recorded a 68 in his First Round with four birdies in a 5-hole stretch and tied for 14th at 141. Senior Vincent Martino tied for 22nd at 143 with a Final-Round 69, while sophomore Alan De Bondt and redshirt freshman Logan Davis each tied for 40th at 145. Junior Emmett Oh tied for 52 at 147.

While the Laredo, Texas, area averages about 20 inches of rainfall per year, Thursday saw two inches of rain fall in the area with more hitting the area Friday. Most teams were about halfway through their First Rounds when play was suspended.

UP NEXT
Following the Border Olympics, the Cougars will host the Valspar Collegiate Invitational on March 21-22 at Floridian Golf Club.

From there, the team will compete at the 3M Augusta Invitational on April 2-3 at Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Ga.

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