Houston Finishes Play at American Championships

Tuesday, April 23

Copperhead Course – Innisbrook GC – Palm Harbor, Fla.

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University of Houston

American Athletic Conference

4/23/2019 4:13:00 PM | Men's Golf

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Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	Memphis	286	282	284	852	E
2.	SMU	285	289	290	864	+12
3.	UCF	291	289	285	865	+13
4.	#38 USF	290	293	287	870	+18
5.	Temple	291	289	293	873	+21
t6.	Cincinnati	296	290	292	878	+26
t6.	UConn	296	295	287	878	+26
8.	ECU	299	293	292	884	+32
9.	Houston	297	298	294	889	+37
10.	Wichita State	292	305	304	901	+49

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
t19.	Alexander Frances	75	70	75	220	+7
t21.	Braxton Watkins	72	77	72	221	+8
t28.	Matt Williams	74	75	73	222	+9
t34.	Zach Tracy	76	76	74	226	+13
t40.	Logan Young	77	77	75	229	+16

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	#74 McClure Meissner SMU	66	66	68	200	-13
2.	#64 Austin Squires Cincinnati	73	67	66	206	-7
3.	Brad Bawden Memphis	70	69	69	208	-5
4.	Kyler Tate UCF	70	71	68	209	-4
t5.	#54 Albin Bergstrom USF	69	71	72	212	-1
t5.	Chase Harris Memphis	72	71	69	212	-1

PALM HARBOR, Fla. – The University of Houston Men's Golf program closed play at the American Athletic Conference Championships with a ninth-place finish on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrok Resort on Tuesday afternoon.

The Cougars posted their lowest team total of the 54-hole event with a score of 294 in the Final Round on the 7,125-yard, par-71 layout but were unable to rise higher in the final standings. Houston finished with a three-day total of 889.

Competing in his first American Athletic Conference Championships, sophomore Alexander Frances finished with a score of 220 and tied for 19^th.

Also playing in his first postseason event, freshman Braxton Watkins fired the team's low round for the second time at the tournament with a 72 Tuesday and tied for 21^st at 221. The Texarkana, Ark., native opened the Championships with a 72 Sunday.

Competing in his final event with the Cougars, senior Matt Williams tied for 28^th at 222. Junior Zach Tracy tied for 34^th at 226, while junior Logan Young tied for 40^th at 229.

Memphis captured the team title with a score of 852 to finish 12 shots ahead of runner-up SMU. UCF finished third at 865 with No 38 USF (870), Temple (873), Cincinnati (878), UConn (878) and ECU (884) following.

SMU's McClure Meissner earned medalist honors with a score of 13-under 200 to finish six strokes ahead of Cincinnati's Austin Squires.

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