Men’s Golf in Fourth after First Day at Bayou City Collegiate Classic

HOUSTON – University of Houston junior Santiago De La Fuente and super senior Campbell Gibson were tied for sixth at 5-under 139 to lead the Cougars after the first day at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic at Westwood Golf Club on Monday evening.

As a team, the Cougars posted a team score of 283 in the morning round and followed that with a 284 in the afternoon session to tie for fourth with a score of 9-under 567 on the 7,184-yard, par-72 layout.

Starting each round off No. 1, De La Fuente drained his first birdie of the day on the par-5 fifth hole but ran into trouble with back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 8-9. Fortunately, that would be the only blemishes on his card in the First Round.

Campbell Gibson, First-Day Recap, Bayou City Collegiate Classic

Campbell Gibson, First-Day Recap, Bayou City Collegiate Classic

The Mexico City native played a bogey-free back nine with birdies on No. 11, No. 15 and No. 17 to finish with a 70.

In the afternoon, De La Fuente birdied three of his first four holes and overcame his lone bogey of the round at No. 9 with his final birdie of the day at No. 12 for a 69.

Competing in his first team-scoring tournament with the Cougars, Gibson led the Cougars with seven birdies in the First Round. Starting off No. 2 with a bogey, the Dundee, Scotland, native birdied three straight holes at Nos. 5-7.

After consecutive bogeys on Nos. 8-9, Gibson birdied No. 10 and quickly followed with another at No. 12 before sinking additional birdies on No. 15 and No. 1 for a 70.

In the afternoon, Gibson overcame an early birdie on Nos. 2, alternating birdies and pars over the next six holes with his final birdie of the day at No. 17 to shoot 69 and join De La Fuente in a tie for sixth.

Senior Austyn Reily posted scores of 71-72 and joined De La Fuente and Gibson among the Top-20 leaders at 143.

Playing as an individual, sophomore Drew Murdock was tied for 20^th at 143 after posting a 70 in the First Round.

Competing as an individual, senior Nick Sutton and sophomore Wolfgang Glawe were tied for 43^rd at 147. Senior Marcus Wochner, super senior Braxton Watkins and redshirt freshman Ruben Lindsay were tied for 49^th at 148.

Sam Houston held the team lead at 18-under 558 to finish six strokes ahead of Oral Roberts. The Cougars were tied with Lamar at 567 with UT Arlington in fifth at 568.

Individually, Sam Houston's Bret Gray stood atop the leader board at 9-under 135 with Lamar's Hugo Hellman in second at 136. UT Arlington teammates Daniel Cronje and Zak Jones joined Oral Roberts' Jared Strathe in a tie for third at 138.

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PAIRINGS
For Tuesday's Final Round, Houston will compete in groups with student-athletes from Sam Houston and Oral Roberts.

Wochner begins the day off No. 1 at 9:09 a.m., with Glawe (9:18 a.m.), Reily (9:27 a.m.), Gibson (9:36 a.m.) and De La Fuente (9:45 a.m.) following. Lindsay and Watkins start off No. 10 at 7:57 a.m., with Sutton (8:06 a.m.) and Murdock (8:15 a.m.) following.

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UP NEXT
Following the Bayou City Collegiate Classic, Houston continues its spring slate when it tees off at the Cabo Collegiate at Twin Dolphin Club in Los Cabos, Mexico, on March 5-7.

Houston will also send individuals to compete at the HCU Colin Montgomerie Invitational on March 6-7 at Sweetwater Country Club in Sugar Land, Texas.

From there, the Cougars play host to their own All-American Intercollegiate on March 20-21 at Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas.

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