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Louisiana Classics
Golf in 15th Place at Louisiana Classics
3/7/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 7, 2005
LAFAYETTE, La. - The University of Houston golf team stood in 15th place after the first round of the Louisiana Classics at Oakbourne Country Club before intermittent thunderstorms halted the rest of Monday's action.
Fixed tee times will be used - according to the scores from the first round - for round two on Tuesday, which is slated to begin at 7:30 a.m.
The Cougars fired a team score of 308 during the first 18 holes Monday to stand 24 strokes behind Tulsa. SMU was second after the first day at 287, while Kent State (291), Kansas (292), Missouri (292), Louisville (292), Texas State (293), North Texas (294) and Arkansas State (298) rounded out the Top 10 team leaders.
Individually, sophomore Ricky Romano, who was named to the 204 Conference USA All-Freshmen Team, led the Cougars with a score of 2-over-par 74 to stand in a tie for 29th place.
Other Cougars in action Monday were Pablo Acuna (76, t-49th), Zach Mowbray (78, t-63rd) and Jordan Irwin and Kevin Newman, both of whom tied for 74th place with 80s.
Missouri's Ben Scott grabbed the individual first-round lead after shooting a 68. Tyler Docking (Kansas), Anthony Broussard (North Texas) and Ryan Yip (Kent State) tied for second with scores of 69.
) TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. Tulsa 284
2. SMU 287
3. Kent State 291
T4. Kansas 292
T4. Texas Tech 292
T4. Missouri 292
T4. Louisville 292
8. Texas State 293
9. North Texas 294
10. Arkansas State 298
11. Rice 300
T11. Southeastern La 300
13. Louisiana-Lafayette 302
14. Colorado 307
15. Houston 308
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
1. Ben Scott, Missouri 68
T2. Tyler Docking, Kansas 69
T2. Anthony Broussard, North Texas 69
T2. Ryan Yip, Kent State 69
5. Austin Hackett, Tulsa 70
T6. Daryl Fathauer, Louisville 71
T6. Ryan Cromwell, TX State 71
T6. Sam Korbe, Tulsa 71
T6. Kyle Roberts, Ark. St. 71
T6. Tyler Symons, Texas Tech 71
T6. Ryan Henry, Tulsa 71
T6. Wes Homan, SMU 71
UH LEADERBOARD
T29. Ricky Romano, Houston 74
T49. Pablo Acuna, Houston 76
T63. Zach Mowbray, Houston 78
T74. Jordan Irwin, Houston 80
T74. Kevin Newman, Houston 80
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