University of Houston
Hall of Fame Invitational
Golf Finishes 16th at Hall of Fame Invitational
3/20/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 20, 2005
HOUSTON - The University of Houston golf team finished in a tie for 16th place after the final round Sunday at the Hall of Fame Invitational at Redstone Golf Club.
The Cougars, fired a team score of 308 on the par-72, 7,538-yard course, to record a 54-hole total of 40-over-par 904 and tie with Penn State. UH finished 58 strokes behind Oklahoma State. UNLV (848), New Mexico (865), Texas A&M (878), TCU (879), Arizona (879), Purdue (880), Kentucky (881), Texas (881), South Carolina-Aiken (881) and Oklahoma (881) rounded out the Top 10 team leaders.
Individually, sophomore Pablo Acuna fired a 1-over-par 72 for the second straight day to finish at 5-over-par 221 and tie for 29th in the tournament. He was the leading Cougar at the tournament.
Sophomore Ricky Romano and freshman Ricky Romano tied for 57th place at 10-over-par 226. Other Cougars in action were junior Kevin Newman (232, t-80th) and junior Zach Mowbray (236, t-93rd).
UNLV's Ryan Moore captured medallist honors after finishing the three-day event at 10-under-par 206. Oklahoma State's Ryan Moore, who shot a tournament-record 64 on Saturday, finished second at 207, while UNLV's Andres Gonzales placed third at 208
The Cougars continue a busy month with their fourth tournament in March at the Border Olympics, hosted by Texas A&M, on March 25-26 at Laredo Country Club.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. Oklahoma State 292-270-284 -- 846
2. UNLV 287-276-285 -- 848
3. New Mexico 292-282-291 -- 865
4. Texas A&M 294-296-288 -- 878
T5. TCU 285-289-305 -- 879
T5. Arizona 296-296-287 -- 879
7. Purdue 301-282-297 -- 880
T8. Kentucky 299-284-298 -- 881
T8. Texas 298-282-301 -- 881
T8. South Carolina-Aiken 308-282-291 -- 881
T8. Oklahoma 292-293-296 -- 881
12. Wake Forest 290-301-297 -- 888
13. Vanderbilt 297-300-298 -- 895
14. Arkansas 309-288-299 -- 896
15. California 313-293-291 -- 897
T16. Houston 300-296-308 -- 904
T16. Penn State 309-294-301 -- 904
18. Rice 312-304-305 -- 921
19. Gustavus Adolphus 326-307-318 -- 951
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
1. Ryan Moore, UNLV, 70-68-68 -- 206
2. Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State, 76-64-67 -- 207
3. Andres Gonzales, UNLV, 74-67-67 -- 208
T4. Spencer Levin, New Mexico, 70-72-69 -- 211
T4. Zack Robinson, Oklahoma State, 72-67-72 -- 211
6. Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State, 70-69-73 -- 212
T7. Dane Burkhart, South Carolina-Aiken, 75-67-71 -- 213
T7. John Holmes, Kentucky, 75-69-69 -- 213
T7. Pariya Junhasavasdikul, Purdue, 74-71-68 -- 213
T7. Kyle Reifers, Wake Forest, 66-75-72 -- 213
UH LEADERBOARD
T29. Pablo Acuna, 75-73-73 -- 221
T57. Ricky Romano, 76-75-75 -- 226
T57. Jordan Irwin, 72-73-81 -- 226
T80. Kevin Newman, 77-75-80 -- 232
T93. Zach Mowbray, 81-75-80 -- 236
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