University of Houston
Del Walker Invitational
Golf in 11th Place at Long Beach State Tournament
11/6/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Nov. 6, 2003
LONG BEACH, Calif. - After a month-long break, the University of Houston golf team returned to action and stood in 11th place Thursday through the first two rounds of the Del Walker Intercollegiate in Long Beach, Calif.
The tournament concludes Friday morning with the final 18 holes on the par-71 course at Virginia Country Club.
Freshman Ricky Romano and sophomore Zach Mowbray led the Cougars during the first day with scores of 3-over-par 145 in Thursday's action. Romano fired a 1-over-par 72 in the morning round for his best score of the day, while Mowbray was one stroke better with an even-par 71.
Other Cougars competing at the event were Denton Walker (73-76 - 149, t-45th), Jordan Hasbrouck (78-74 - 152, t-59th) and Blake Parks (75-77 - 152, t-59th).
Long Beach State stood atop the team leaderboard with a team score of 570 through the first two rounds. The 49ers placed two shots ahead of Texas-San Antonio and five strokes in front of UC Riverside. Lamar, Arizona, Cal Poly, San Jose State, UC Santa Barbara, Pacific and North Texas rounded out the Top 10 team leaders.
Individually, Lamar's Chris Stroud stood in first place at 11-under-par 131. Bret Lederer of Long Beach State was in second place at 133.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. Long Beach State 289-281 - 570
2. Texas-San Antonio 284-288 -- 572
3. UC Riverside 291-294 -- 575
4. Lamar 295-281 -- 576
5. Arizona 296-281 - 577
5. Cal Poly 288-289 -- 577
7. San Jose State 289-289 -- 578
7. UC Santa Barbara 290-288 -- 578
7. Pacific 294-284 -- 578
10. North Texas 294-292 -- 586
11. Houston 291-297 -- 588
12. CS Northridge 294-298 -- 592
13. Oregon State 300-295 -- 595
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
1. Chris Stroud, Lamar, 66-65 -- 131
2. Bret Lederer, Long Beach State, 63-68 -- 133
3. Brian Six, UC Santa Barbara, 67-68 -- 135
4. Troy McKinley, Pacific, 71-67 -- 138
5. Mike Mezei, UTSA, 67-72 -- 139
6. Michael Schaeffer, UTSA, 72-68 -- 140
T-7. Nathan Tyler, Arizona, 75-66 -- 141
T-7. Todd Saukkola, Long Beach State, 69-72 -- 141
9. Brendan Steele, UC-Riverside, 72-70 -- 142
T-10. Eric Riehle, UC-Riverside, 73-70 -- 143
T-10. Billy Whalen, Arizona, 72-71 -- 143
T-10. Bryant Reyes, San Jose State, 72-71 -- 143
T-10. Zach King, Cal Poly, 71-72 -- 143
T-10. Ryan Dwight, Cal Poly, 69-74 - 143
UH SCOREBOARD
T-20. Ricky Romano, 72-73 - 145
T-20. Zach Mowbray, 71-74 - 145
T-45. Denton Walker, 73-76 - 149
T-59. Jordan Hasbrouck, 78-74 - 152
T-59. Blake Parks, 75-77 -- 152
