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Western Refining College All-America Classic
Hamilton Tied for 15th at Western Refining All-America Classic
11/7/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
| Live Scoring | First-Day Results | Final-Round Pairings Schedule |
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| HOUSTON LEADERS | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
| 1. | Blair Hamilton | 70 | 75 | 145 | +3 | |
| OVERALL LEADERS | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
| 1. | Claudio Correa USF | 68 | 68 | 136 | -6 | |
| 2. | Adrian Meronk East Tennessee State | 70 | 68 | 138 | -4 | |
| T3. | Zach Wright LSU | 69 | 70 | 139 | -3 | |
| T3. | Max Rottluff Arizona State | 74 | 65 | 139 | -3 | |
| 5. | Zack Jaworski Vanderbilt | 71 | 69 | 140 | -2 | |
EL PASO, Texas â€" University of Houston senior Blair Hamilton stood in 15th place following the first day of the prestigious Western Refining All-America Classic at El Paso Country Club.
Hamilton opened the tournament Saturday morning with a First-Round 70 on the 6,889-yard, par-71 course and followed that with a 75 in the afternoon session for a 36-hole score of 145.
Starting the day on No. 1, Hamilton overcame a tough front nine, which saw him bogey three holes during a four-hole stretch. However, he rallied to drain three birdies on the first five holes of his back nine for his First-Round total.
He started his Second Round on No. 10 and sank a pair of birdies with two bogeys on his first six holes but could not manage any more birdies for the rest of the day.
USF's Claudio Correa fired back-to-back 68s to lead the first day at 6-under-par 136. East Tennessee State's Adrian Meronk was in second at 138 with LSU's Zach Wright and Max Rottluff of Arizona State tied for third at 139.
Hamilton became eligible for the tournament when he was named a PING All-America Honorable Mention following the 2014-15 season.
FINAL ROUND
For Sundays Final Round, Hamilton will compete in a threesome with Wake Forest's Will Zalatoris and LSU's Brandon Pierce. That groups tees off No. 10 beginning at 9:10 a.m. (CST), Sunday.
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ABOUT Blair Hamilton
This season, Hamilton ranks second among the Cougars with a 71.67 scoring average and has posted six rounds of par or better, including a season-low 66 in the Second Round at the OGIO Utah Invitational on Oct. 5-6.
After tying for 15th at the season-opening Northern Intercollegiate, Hamilton has improved his final finish at each tournament, including a fourth-place showing at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic to help the Cougars rally from a 17-stroke deficit entering the Final Round and clinch the team championship on Oct. 13.
A year ago, the Burlington, Ontario, Canada native captured the first individual title of his career at the Border Olympics and shared the title at the NCAA Lubbock Regional, becoming only the second Cougar to win a Regional individual championship.
He posted an impressive 72.03 scoring average to lead the Cougars and earned eight top-20 finishes in 12 tournaments. For his efforts all year long, Hamilton was named to the 2015 All-American Athletic Conference Team and earned a place on the PING All-Central Region squad.
ABOUT WESTERN REFINING COLLEGE ALL-AMERICA CLASSIC
The Sun Bowl Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic is one of the premier college golf tournaments in the country. Some of golf's brightest stars have traveled to El Paso to compete in the tournament since its inaugural year in 1976.
Alumni of the Golf Classic have gone on to earn more than $1.6 billion and winning 617 events on the PGA Tour. Over 145 colleges and universities have participated in the tournament, raising more than $753,000 in scholarship money for the participating institutions.
Jordan Spieth, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III, Ricky Barnes, Notah Begay and Jerry Pate are just a handful of past participants who have gone on to have successful PGA careers.
Each university represented by the Western Refining College All-Americans will receive a $1,000 scholarship.
UP NEXT
With the completion of the fall season, the Cougars will take their winter break. Houston returns to action Feb. 19-21 when it plays host to its own All-American Intercollegiate at Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas.
From there, the team will play host to the Querencia Cabo Collegiate on Feb. 28-March 1 at Querencia Golf Club in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
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