Frances Leads at Montgomerie Invite

Monday, February 26

Spring, Texas (Augusta Pines Golf Club)

All Day

University of Houston

Colin Montgomerie Invitational

2/26/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

Feb. 26, 2018

Scoring \| Results \| Schedule

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	Bradley	281	285		566	-10
2.	Abilene Christian	288	279		567	-9
3.	UT Rio Grande Valley	289	287		576	E
4.	Northern Colorado	294	283		577	+1
5.	Weber State	293	287		580	+4
6.	UIW	293	289		582	+6
7.	Houston Baptist	293	290		583	+7
t8.	Central Arkansas	297	287		584	+8
t8.	North Dakota State	292	292		584	+8
10.	Southeastern Louisiana	295	291		586	+10
11.	Prairie View A&M	292	297		586	+10
12.	Western Illinois	303	299		602	+26
13.	North Dakota	324	308		632	+56

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	Alexander Frances (Ind.)	70	64		134	-10
2.	Pryce Beshoory (Ind.)	69	67		136	-8
t21.	Andrew Gibson (Ind.)	71	73		144	E
t38.	Sam Elkington (Ind.)	77	72		149	+5

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	Alexander Frances (Ind.) Houston	70	64		134	-10
2.	Pryce Beshoory (Ind.) Houston	69	67		136	-8
3.	Garrett Glanton Abilene Christian	67	71		138	-6
t4.	Ethan Brue Bradley	70	70		140	-4
t4.	Joshua Matz Northern Colorado	75	65		140	-4
t4.	Carlos Trevino Houston Baptist	68	72		140	-4

SPRING, Texas Ã¢â‚¬" University of Houston freshman Alexander Frances fired a 64 in the Second Round to grab the individual lead at the Colin Montgomerie Invitational with a score of 10-under 134 on Monday at Augusta Pines Golf Club.

Frances was one of four Cougars competing as individuals. Sophomore teammate Pryce Beshoory stood in second at 8-under 136, while redshirt freshman Andrew Gibson Ã¢â‚¬" making his collegiate debut Ã¢â‚¬" was tied for 21st at 144. Sophomore Sam Elkington was tied for 38th at 149.

After shooting 70 in the First Round on Monday morning, Frances played bogey-free golf in the afternoon to become the eighth player in school history to shoot 64 or better in a round. He became the first Cougar to go that low since current teammate Michael Perras fired a 63 in the First Round at the HBU Husky Intercollegiate on Sept. 21, 2015.

Starting on No. 16, Frances opened with consecutive pars before draining five birdies in a six-hole stretch. He started his run with a birdie on No. 18 and added back-to-back birdies on Nos. 1-2 before going back-to-back again on Nos. 4-5.

Frances closed the front nine with a birdie on the par-3 ninth hole and added back-to-back birdies for the third time on Nos. 11-12.

Frances stood two strokes ahead of teammate Pryce Beshoory, who fired back-to-back rounds in the 60s Monday.

In the morning round, Beshoory started his day on No. 15 and sank four birdies in a five-hole stretch late on the back nine and early on the front nine.

In the afternoon, he overcame his lone bogey of the round on No. 17 with back-to-back birdies on No. 18- and No. 1. He added birdies on No. 3 and No. 5 and sank back-to-back birdies on Nos. 12-13 to finish the day at 136.

Making his collegiate debut after sitting out a year ago as a redshirt, Gibson overcame his lone bogey in the first round on No. 4 with a birdie on the par-4 fifth hole and added another birdie on No. 14 for his first sub-par round.

Bradley held the team lead at 566 to stand one stroke ahead of Abilene Christian. UTRGV (576), Northern Colorado (577) and Weber State (580) rounded out the top-five leaders.

FINAL ROUND
The tournament concludes with an 8 a.m., shotgun start Tuesday. Elkington will go off No. 17 with Gibson (No. 16), Beshoory (No. 15) and Frances (first group off No. 14) following.

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UP NEXT
Following the Colin Montgomerie Invitational, the Cougars return to action when they play host to the Querencia Cabo Collegiate on March 4-6 at Querencia Golf Club in San Jose, Cabo, Mexico.

From there, Houston will host the Border Olympics on March 9-10 at Laredo Country Club in Laredo, Texas.

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