Golf Ties for Fifth at Tiger Invitational

Tuesday, March 12

Auburn, Ala. (Grand National Golf Club)

All Day

University of Houston

Tiger Invitational

3/13/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

March 13, 2013

Final Results \| Season Stats

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	#41 Mississippi State	292	300	297	889	+25
2.	Memphis	296	302	298	896	+32
3.	#21 Auburn	301	294	304	899	+35
4.	South Alabama	301	300	299	900	+36
T5.	Houston	301	299	301	901	+37
T5.	Kentucky	307	297	297	901	+37
T5.	#42 Chattanooga	298	301	302	901	+37
T8.	Kennesaw State	293	312	297	902	+38
T8.	#24 Wake Forest	293	303	306	902	+38
10.	East Carolina	290	309	305	904	+40
11.	#45 North Carolina	299	312	298	909	+45
12.	Charlotte	295	309	306	910	+46
13.	Samford	310	309	308	927	+63
14.	Yale	308	313	312	933	+69
15.	Troy	313	312	312	937	+73

Houston Leaders
		1	2	3	F
T17.	Curtis Reed	76	73	76	225	+9
T25.	Wesley McClain	72	82	73	227	+11
T25.	Kyle Pilgrim	78	72	77	227	+11
T30.	Roman Robledo	75	78	75	228	+12
T65.	Vincent Martino	81	76	80	237	+21

Overall Leaders
		1	2	3	F
1.	Chad Ramey Mississippi State	72	71	70	213	-3
2.	Niclas Carlsson Auburn	72	70	74	216	E
T3.	Benjamin Weilguni Chattanooga	73	72	73	218	+2
T3.	Will Pearson Memphis	73	71	73	218	+2
5.	Evan Beck Wake Forest	70	75	76	221	+5

OPELIKA, Ala. - The University of Houston golf team played steady golf throughout the final day to move up two places and tie for fifth place at the Tiger Invitational on Tuesday afternoon.

Rain forced the postponement of second-round play, so teams played 36 holes beginning Tuesday morning. After shooting a team score of 299 in the morning session, Houston totaled a tally of 301 in the afternoon round to tie with Kentucky and No. 42 Chattanooga for fifth place at 901.

It was the first time in seven events during the 2012-13 season that the Cougars did not place among the top-seven team leaders

No. 41 Mississippi State won the team title with a score of 889 to finish seven strokes ahead of Memphis. Host and 21st-ranked Auburn finished third at 899, while South Alabama placed fourth with a score of 900.

Junior Curtis Reed finished the two-day, 54-hole tournament with a score of 225 to tie for 17th and lead the Cougars in the second straight tournament.

Junior Wesley McClain fired the team's lowest final round with a score of 73 to tie for 25th at 227. Sophomore Kyle Pilgrim started the day with a 72 in the morning round and tied with McClain at 227.

Other Cougars in action were sophomore Roman Robledo (t-30th, 228) and freshman Vincent Martino (t-65th, 237).

Chad Ramey of Mississippi State won medalist honors after posting his third straight sub-par round and finishing at 3-under-par 213. He was the only competitor to finish below par for the entire tournament.

Auburn's Niclas Carlsson finished second at 216, while Chattanooga's Benjamin Weilguni and Will Pearson of Memphis tied for third at 218.

UP NEXT
Following the Tiger Invitational, the Cougars get back to work when they play host at the Border Olympics on Friday and Saturday at Laredo Country Club in Laredo, Texas.