University of Houston Athletics
Golf Falls to Fifth at U.S. Collegiate Championships
4/6/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 6, 2002
TUCSON, Ariz. - The University of Houston golf team endured heavy winds Saturday and stood in fifth place after 36 holes at the U.S. Collegiate Championships.
After posting the second best team score during the first round, the Cougars recorded a team score of 301 on Saturday to stand 13 strokes behind Texas. Oklahoma State and Arizona tied for second at 577 with Arizona State standing in fourth at 580.
Although the Cougar individual scores went up Saturday, two linksters remained among the top 10 individual leaders. Kevin Hermis, who opened the tournament with a career-best 66, posted a score of 73 and stood in fifth place with a score of 139.
Junior Simon Robinson shot a 77 on Saturday and tied for 10th with a 36-hole score of 144.
Other UH golfers were Brad McIntosh (149, t-29th), John Wine (150, t-32nd) and Brett Callas (152, t-40th).
Hunter Mahan of Oklahoma State, who fired a 62 in the first round, remained atop the leaderboard at 135, two strokes ahead of John Klauk of Texas.
With gusts on the course up to 35 mph, only six individuals posted six sub-par rounds on the day.
TEAM RESULTS 1. Texas 278-290 -- 568 2. Oklahoma State 281-296 -- 577 Arizona 290-287 -- 577 4. Arizona State 286-294 -- 580 5. Houston 280-301 -- 581 6. Georgia Tech 282-300 -- 582 7. TCU 289-297 -- 586 8. UNLV 296-300 -- 596 9. Northwestern 289-311 -- 600 10. Kent State 297-304 -- 601
HOUSTON COUGAR GOLFERS 5. Kevin Hermis 66-73 -- 139 T-10. Simon Robinson 67-77 -- 144 T-29. Brad McIntosh 74-75 -- 149 T-32. John Wine 73-77 -- 150 T-40. Brett Callas 76-76 -- 152
TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS 1. Hunter Mahan, Oklahoma St. 62-73 -- 135 2. John Klauk, Texas 67-70 -- 137 3. Chris Nallen, Arizona 65-73 -- 138 J.J. Wall, Texas 67-71 -- 138 5. Kevin Hermis, Houston 66-73 -- 139 6. *Steve Shuert, TCU 70-71 -- 141 7. Tom Johnson, Northwestern 67-75 -- 142 Matt Weibring, Georgia Tech 69-73 -- 142 9. Andy Doeden, TCU 70-73 -- 143 10. Jesse Mueller, Arizona State 71-73 -- 144 Simon Robinson, Houston 67-77 -- 144
