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Border Olympics
Golf in 10th Place at Border Olympics
4/3/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 3, 2004
LAREDO, Texas - Sophomore Zach Mowbray fired a 4-under-par 140 during the first day of the Border Olympics at the Laredo Country Club to stand in a tie for sixth place on Friday.
The Cougar co-captain shot 1-under-par 71 in the morning round on the X,XXX-yard, par-72 course but followed that with a 69 in the final 18 holes of the day to tie with six other golfers. Mowbray, a native of Mesa, Ariz., has led the Cougars during each of the last three tournaments.
SMU's Jerad Harklau stood atop the individual leaderboard at 10-under-par 134. Colorado State's Martin Laird as a close second at 136, while SMU's Will Dodson was in third at 138.
Freshman Ricky Romano stood in a tie for 48th place at 4-over-par 148, while senior co-captain Denton Walker was tied for 61st at 6-over-par 150.
Other Cougars in action were Blake Parks (t-76th, 77-181 - 152) and Kevin Newman (t-81st, 75-79 - 154).
The Cougars fired a team score of 11-over-par 587 through the first 36 holes to tie with North Texas and Michigan State in 10th place after the first day. UH posted a team score of 292 in the morning session and followed that with a 295 in the afternoon round for its first-day standing.
SMU had a commanding lead on the team leaderboard through the first 36 holes. The Mustangs fired a team score of 558, 11 stroke better than Baylor. BYU, San Diego State, Lamar, Colorado State, Arkansas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech rounded out the top nine leaders.
The tournament concludes with the final round slated to begin Saturday morning.
TEAM SCOREBOARD
1. SMU 282-276 - 558
2. Baylor 286-283 - 569
3. BYU 290-282 - 572
4. San Diego State 287-286 - 573
5. Lamar 289-285 - 574
6. Colorado State 291-285 - 576
7. Arkansas 293-284 - 577
T8. Texas A&M 296-282 - 578
T8. Texas Tech 290-288 - 578
T10. Houston 292-295 - 587
T10. North Texas 289-298 - 587
T10. Michigan State 297-290 - 587
T13. UT-Arlington 299-290 - 589
T13. Southeastern La. 291-298 - 589
T15. Rice 290-304 - 594
T15. Texas-San Antonio 302-292 - 594
17. Texas State 301-298 -- 599
HOUSTON COUGARS SCOREBOARD
T6. Zach Mowbray, UH 71-69 - 140
T48. Ricky Romano, UH 75-73 - 148
T61. Denton Walker, UH 76-74 - 150
T76. Blake Park, UH 71-81 - 152
T81. Kevin Newman, UH 75-79 - 154
INDIVIDUAL SCOREBOARD
1. Jerad Harklau, SMU 65-69 -- 134
2. Martin Laird, Col. St. 68-68 -- 136
3. Will Dodson, SMU 72-66 -- 138
T4. Greg Machtaler, BYU 70-69 -- 139
T4. Chris Stroud, Lamar 69-70 -- 139
T6. Zach Mowbray, Houston 71-69 -- 140
T6. Andrew Dresser, Texas Tech 70-70 -- 140
T6. Ryan Baca, Baylor 69-71 -- 140
T6. Jeremy Alcorn, Baylor 72-68 -- 140
T6. Andrew Ruthkoski, Mich. St. 70-70 -- 140
T6. Russell Helson, Lamar 70-70 -- 140
T6. *Nate Pettitt, Col. St. 66-74 -- 140
