University of Houston Athletics
University of Houston
Pepperdine/Club Glove Invitational
Golf in 12th Place at Club Glove Intercollegiate
10/12/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Oct. 11, 2004
SOMIS, Calif. - The University of Houston golf team stood in 12th place Monday after the first two rounds of the Club Glove Intercollegiate at Saticoy Country Club.
The Cougars struggled through the first 36 holes, shooting a team score of 306 in the first round and followed that with a score of 300 in the afternoon session. UH stood 33 strokes behind host Pepperdine on the 6,858-yard, par-72 course.
Arizona State (576), SMU (579), Coastal Carolina (579), UC Irvine (580), Texas-El Paso (590), Texas Tech (591), UC Riverside (594), Kent State (594) and Baylor (595) rounded out the Top 10 team leaders.
Pepperdine's Michael Putnam stood atop the individual leaderboard at 7-under-par 137 after firing back-to-back sub-par rounds to open the tournament. He stood three strokes ahead of Alejandro Canizares (Arizona State), Scott Abbott (SMU) and Jay Choe (UC Irvine).
Individually, freshman Jordan Irwin fired an even-par 72 in the afternoon round and stood in a tie for 29th place at 4-over-par 148 to lead the Cougars.
Other Cougars in action were Pablo Acuna (77-75 - 152, t-43rd), Ricky Romano (76-76 - 152, t-43rd), Zach Mowbray (77-77 - 154, t-50th) and Jordan Hasbrouck (80-79 - 159, t-56th).
The tournament concludes with the final 18 holes Tuesday morning.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. Pepperdine 289-284 - 573
2. Arizona State 293-283 - 576
3. SMU 288-291 - 579
Coastal Carolina 288-291 - 579
5. UC Irvine 286-294 - 580
6. Texas-El Paso 294-296 - 590
7. Texas Tech 293-298 - 591
8. UC Riverside 295-299 - 594
Kent State 297-297 - 594
10. Baylor 292-303 - 595
11. North Carolina State 302-295 - 597
12. Houston 306-300 - 606
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
1. Michael Putnam, Pepperdine 67-70 - 137
2. Alejandro Canizares, Arizona State 75-65 - 140
Scott Abbott, SMU 69-71 - 140
Jay Choe, UC Irvine 72-68 - 140
5. Will Dodson, SMU 69-73 - 142
Colin Wilcox, Pepperdine 73-69 - 142
Pat Moore, Arizona State 71-71 - 142
8. Dustin Johnson, Coastal Carolina 76-68 - 144
Colt Knost, SMU 75-69 - 144
Jeremy Kirkland, Coastal Carolina 72-72 - 144
Brendan Steele, UC Riverside 71-73 - 144
Alex Coe, Pepperdine 73-71 -- 144
UH LEADERBOARD
t-29. Jordan Irwin, Houston 76-72 - 148
t-43. Pablo Acuna, Houston 77-75 - 152
t-43. Ricky Romano, Houston 76-76 - 152
t-50. Zach Mowbray, Houston 77-77 - 154
t-56. Jordan Hasbrouck, Houston 80-79 -- 159
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