University of Houston Athletics
Cougars to Compete in Two Tournaments
2/25/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
| QUERENCIA CABO COLLEGIATE | |
|---|---|
| Live Scoring | Golfstat |
| Lineup | Michael Perras Papito Gonzalez Matt Scobie Matt Williams George Gardner Emmett Oh (Ind.) |
| Time | Sunday, Feb. 26 • 18 holes 10 a.m. (CST) shotgun start
Tuesday, Feb. 28 • 18 holes |
| Location | Querencia Golf Club Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 6,928 yards • Par 71 |
| Season Stats | Statistics |
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CABO, SAN LUCAS, Mexico & SPRING, Texas â€"It will be a busy week for the University of Houston Men's Golf program as the Cougars compete in two tournament, starting Sunday morning.
The Cougars will play as a team at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate, beginning at 10 a.m. (CST) at Querencia Golf Club. That tournament runs through Tuesday with 18 holes each day on the 6,928-yard, par-71 course.
In addition, nine Cougars will compete as individuals at the Colin Montgomerie Invitational, hosted by Houston Baptist at Cypresswood Golf Club, starting with 36 holes Monday morning. That 54-hole event runs through Tuesday on the 7,169-yard, par-72 layout.
LAST TIME OUT
Posting a score of 12-under-852, the Cougars finished third at their own All-American Intercollegiate presented by Coca-Cola at the Golf Club of Houston.
Junior Michael Perras posted a score of 4-under 212 to post a season-best seventh-place finish and lead five Cougars among the top-25 individual leaders. Senior Matt Scobie and junior Papito Gonzalez tie for 19th at 1-under 215,while sophomore Matt Williams and redshirt freshman George Gardner tied for 25th at 216.
QUERENCIA CABO COLLEGIATE LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring from the Querencia Cabo Collegiate by visiting Golfstat.com and following the appropriate links or by clicking here.
QUERENCIA CABO COLLEGIATE TEAM FIELD
The Cougars will face one of the nation's elite fields when they tee off Sunday morning. The tournament features six of the nations' top 20 programs and 11 of the top 50.
The field includes No. 1 Vanderbilt, No. 5 Georgia, No. 10 Oklahoma State, No. 11 Baylor, No. 18 Wake Forest, No. 19 Texas, No. 21 Duke, No. 26 Arkansas, No. 29 Mississippi, No. 30 Florida State, No. 46 Washington, California, Rice and USF.
QUERENCIA CABO COLLEGIATE LINEUP
Michael Perras â€" Close second on team with 71.20 average and nine rounds of par or better… Tied for seventh at 4-under 212 to lead the Cougars at the All-American Intercollegiate presented by Coca-Cola… Was the 2016 NCAA Franklin Regional individual champion at 16-under 200… Native of Deer Park, Texas, and product of Deer Park High School.
Papito Gonzalez â€" Leads Cougars with 71.13 average and 11 rounds of par or better in 2016-17… Tied for eighth at Bayou City Collegiate Classic at 1-under 215… Opened that tournament with consecutive sub-par rounds… Opened Maui Jim Intercollegiate with career-low 67 and followed with 70… Led Cougars and tied for 13th at 5-under 208 on Sept. 23-25… Native of McAllen, Texas, and product of Memorial High School.
Matt Scobie â€" Three-year letterman… Has posted a 72.83 average with three rounds of par or better this season… Tied for 19th at the All-American Intercollegiate presented by Coca-Cola with score of 1-under 215. … Native of Ajax, Ontario, Canada and product of Ajax High School.
Matt Williams â€" Posted a 72.00 average with three rounds of par or better… Tied for 25th at the All-American Intercollegiate with a score of even-par 216 (Feb. 17-19, 2017)… Posted a career-low-tying 68 in the Second Round of the Maui Jim Intercollegiate (Sept. 24, 2016).
George Gardner â€"Has posted a 72.11 average with four rounds of par or better… Tied for eighth in his collegiate debut at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 10-11, 2016) with a score of 1-under-215… Began his collegiate career with a 4-under 68 at Golfcrest Country Club in Pearland, Texas… Native of Southlake, Texas and product of Carroll High School.
Emmett Oh â€" Competing as an individual… Three-year letterman… Has posted a 72.67 average with three rounds of par or better this season… Tied for 30th at Bayou City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 10-11, 2016) at Golfcrest Country Club in Pearland, Texas… Native of Calgary Alberta, Canada and product of Central Memorial School.
QUERENCIA CABO COLLEGIATE FIRST-ROUND TEE TIMES
Sunday's First Round tees off at 10 a.m. (CST) with a shotgun start. The Cougars will compete in groups with student-athletes from Arkansas, Texas and California.
Perras will go off No. 5 with Gonzalez (No. 6), Scobie (No. 7), Williams (No. 8) and Gardner (No. 9) following. Oh will compete in a group with student-athletes from Wake Forest, USF and Rice and begin off No. 15.
| COLIN MONTGOMERIE INVITATIONAL | |
|---|---|
| Live Scoring | BirdieFire |
| Lineup | Alan De Bondt (Ind.) Jacob Veerman (Ind.) Zach Tracy (Ind.) Pryce Beshoory (Ind.) Tony Gil (Ind.) Sam Elkington (Ind.) Matt Dunn (Ind.) Joshua Gibbons (Ind.) Jogan Davis (Ind.) |
| Time | Monday, Feb. 27 • 36 holes Tuesday, Feb. 28 • 18 holes |
| Location | Traditions Course Cypresswood Golf Club Spring, Texas 7,169 yards • Par 72 |
COLIN MONTGOMERIE INVITATIONAL LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring from the Colin Montgomerie Invitational by visiting Birdiefire.com and following the appropriate links or by clicking here.
COLIN MONTGOMERIE INVITATIONAL TEAM FIELD
Although not competing as a team, the Cougars will face student-athletes from Abilene Christian, Bradley, Central Arkanas, Incarnate Word, Nebraska-Omaha, Nicholls, South Dakota, Stephen F. Austin, ULM, UT Rio Grande Valley, Weber State, Western Illinois and host Houston Baptist.
COLIN MONTGOMERIE INVITATIONAL LINEUP
Alan De Bondt â€" Competing as individual… 74.33 scoring average… Will be making his spring debut… Tied for 44th at Bayou City Intercollegiate with score of 223 at Golfcrest Country Club in Pearland, Texas… Native of Antwerp, Belgium, and product of Topsportschool.
Jacob Veerman â€" Competing as individual… 76.22 scoring average… Will be making his spring debut… Tied for 44th at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic with score of 223 at Golfcrest Country Club in Pearland, Texas… Native of Sugar Land, Texas, and product of Clements High School… Joined Cougars after spending his first collegiate season at Texas A&M in 2014-15.
Zach Tracy â€" Competing as individual… 72.42 average… Third on team with six rounds of par or better… Made his collegiate debut a memorable one… Posted three straight rounds of par or better at Bayou City Collegiate Classic to lead Cougars and tie for fifth at 2-under 214 at Golfcrest Country Club in Pearland, Texas... Sat out as a redshirt with the Cougars in 2015-16… Native of Houston and product of Seven Lakes High School.
Pryce Beshoory â€" Competing as individual… 72.33 average with four rounds of par or better… Opened and closed Royal Oaks Intercollegiate with sub-par rounds and tied for 21st at 215 on Oct. 24-25… Native of Pearland, Texas, and product of Lutheran South Academy… Member of Pearland Little League team, which finished fourth at 2010 Little League World Series.
Tony Gil â€" Competing as individual… 74.00 average with one round of par or better… Opened collegiate career with score of 222 at Bayou City Collegiate Classic to tie for 39th at Golfcrest Country Club in Pearland, Texas… Closed that tournament with a 70… Native of Vaughan, Ontario, and product of Northview Heights Secondary School.
Sam Elkington â€" Making his collegiate debut… Native of Cypress, Texas, and product of Cypress Creek High School… Son of Houston All-American and 1995 PGA Championship winner Steve Elkington.
Matt Dunn â€" Competing as individual… 73.00 scoring average with one round of par or better… Making his spring debut… Tied for 21st with a score of 219 at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic at Golfcrest Country Club in Pearland, Texas… Native of Houston and product of Cypress Creek High School… Joined Cougars after spending first two collegiate seasons at Air Force.
Joshua Gibbons â€" Competing as individual… 75.00 scoring average… Making his spring debut… Made his season debut in the fall at the Royal Intercollegiate as an individual… Tied for 62nd at 225… Native of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and product of Mont Kiara International School.
Logan Davis â€" Competing as an individual… 73.00 scoring average with four rounds of par or better… Opened Royal Oaks Intercollegiate with 68 and posted score of 3-under 210 to tie for ninth and lead Cougars on Oct. 24-25… Native of Humble, Texas, and product of Atascocita High School.
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