Gibson Leads Houston in AAI Final Round

Tuesday, February 18

Golf Club of Houston – Humble, Texas

University of Houston

All-American Intercollegiate

2/18/2020 4:45:00 PM | Men's Golf

Junior ties for fifth to earn career-best finish

Scoring \| Results

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	Sam Houston State	277	287	276	840	-24
2.	#8 Wake Forest	278	290	276	844	-20
3.	Rice	290	283	279	852	-12
4.	Louisiana	278	298	286	862	-2
t5.	#32 Houston	294	292	278	864	E
t5.	UTSA	281	292	291	864	E
7.	#30 South Carolina	292	290	286	868	+4
8.	Louisiana Tech	293	292	286	871	+7
9.	ULM	289	287	298	874	+10
10.	Lamar	300	290	289	879	+15
11.	UT Arlington	298	296	292	886	+22
12.	Middle Tennessee	298	302	292	892	+28
13.	Texas State	306	302	295	903	+39

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
t7.	Andrew Gibson (Ind.)	69	71	71	211	-5
t10.	Braxton Watkins	73	70	69	212	-4
t10.	Luke Long	72	71	69	212	-4
t10.	Laurence Crea (Ind.)	70	71	71	212	-4
t19.	Matt Cole (Ind.)	72	72	71	215	-1
t30.	Logan Young (Ind.)	73	70	75	218	+2
t36.	Alexander Frances	74	74	72	220	+4
t45.	George Gardner	75	77	70	222	+6
t54.	Austyn Reily	77	77	70	224	+8
t62.	Zach Tracy (Ind.)	83	71	72	226	+10
t75.	Alex Isakson (Ind.)	79	81	74	234	+18
81.	Sam Elkington (Ind.)	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	Jack Randle Sam Houston State	69	70	66	205	-11
2.	Luis Carrera (Ind.) Sam Houston State	68	66	74	208	-8
t3.	#93 Noah Steele Sam Houston State	72	70	67	209	-7
t3.	Alex Fitzpatrick Wake Forest	69	69	71	209	-7
t5.	Thomas Bockholt Rice	75	68	67	210	-6
t5.	Ting-Wei Hsieh Sam Houston State	67	72	71	210	-6

HUMBLE, Texas – For the third straight day, University of Houston junior Andrew Gibson recorded a sub-par round to earn a career-best finish following the Final Round of the All-American Intercollegiate at Golf Club of Houston on Tuesday afternoon.

Gibson fired a 1-under 71 on the 7,067-yard, par-72 course to finish the three-day tournament at 5-under 211. He topped his previous best finish of 12^th at the Trinity Forest Invitational on Sept. 22-24, 2019.

The Perthshire, Scotland, native began his day off No. 10 and stood at +4 through 12 after a double bogey on No. 2 and a bogey on No. 3.

Fortunately, Gibson rallied impressively to play the final six holes at -5. He started the rally with a birdie on No. 4 and followed that with another birdie on the 450-yard, par-4 sixth hole. After a par on No. 7, Gibson returned to even par for the day with an eagle on the 560-yard, par-5 eighth hole and capped the tournament with a birdie on No. 9.

As a team, the Cougars posted their low round of the tournament with a 278 and tied for fifth with UTSA at even-par 864

Sam Houston State swept the team and individual titles. The Bearkats finished with a score of 840 to finish four strokes ahead of No. 8 Wake Forest, while Jack Randle earned medalist honors at 11-under 205, thanks to a Final Round 66.

Rice (852) and Louisiana (862) finished third and fourth, respectively, with the Cougars tying with UTSA. No. 30 South Carolina (868), Louisiana Tech (871), ULM (874) and Lamar (879) rounded out the Top 10.

Luis Carrera finished second on the individual leaderboard at 208, while No. 90 Noah Steele (Sam Houston State) and No. 54 Alex Fitzpatrick (Wake Forest) tied for third at 209.

Sophomore Braxton Watkins, junior Luke Long and junior Laurence Crea each tie for 10^th at 212. Long overcame a his lone bogey of the day on No. 6 with a bogey on No. 8 and two birdies in his first three holes to start his back nine.

Watkins lowered his score for the third straight day with a strong finish. Standing at even par through 12 holes, the Winthrop, Ark., native drained three straight birdies and overcame a bogey on No. 17 with a birdie on the final hole for a Final-Round 69.

Crea sank three birdies in his round on the way to a 71 Tuesday.

Senior Matt Cole tied for 19^th at 215, while senior Logan Young tied for 30^th at 218. Junior Alexander Frances tied for 36^th at 220, while senior George Gardner tied for 45^th at 220, thanks to a 70 on Tuesday.

Making his collegiate debut, freshman Austyn Reily tied for 54^th at 224 with a career-low 70 in the Final Round. Senior Zach Tracy tied for 62^nd at 226, while senior Alex Isakson tied for 75^th at 234.

UP NEXT
Following the All-American Intercollegiate, the Cougars will play host to the Border Olympics at Max Mandel Golf Course in Laredo, Texas, on Feb. 24-25. Fans should note that that locations was recently changed from Laredo Country Club due to course renovations.

From there, the Cougars will host the Cabo Collegiate (March 1-3) and Valspar Collegiate Invitational (March 16-17).

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