De La Fuente Tied for Lead at All-American Intercollegiate

HUMBLE, Texas – After firing a pair of rounds in the 60s, University of Houston Men's Golf junior Santiago De La Fuente was tied for the individual lead at the All-American Intercollegiate with a score of 7-under 137 at Golf Club of Houston on Monday evening.

De La Fuente posted a score of 69 in Monday's First Round and bettered that by one stroke in the afternoon session on the 7,067-yard, par-72 Tournament Course to join Tennessee's Jake Hall and Louisville's Max Kennedy atop the leaderboard.

Starting his day off No. 1, De La Fuente quickly moved under par with three straight birdies on Nos. 2-4. He went on to add two more birdies for a 69 in the First Round.

Santiago De La Fuente, All-American Intercollegiate first-day recap

Santiago De La Fuente, All-American Intercollegiate first-day recap

In the afternoon, De La Fuente opened with three birdies on his front nine and added five more birdies in the afternoon for a 68.

Sophomore Wolfgang Glawe equaled De La Fuente with two rounds of par or better Monday after shooting 71-72 and was tied for 11^th at 143.

As a team, the Cougars posted a score of 580 and stood in seventh entering Tuesday's Final Round.

No. 36 Louisville held the first-day lead at 566 with #17 Kansas Stat, #29 Mississippi and #14 Tennessee tied for second at 574. #47 LSU stood in fifth at 576.

Senior Austyn Reily and super senior Braxton Watkins were tied for 62^nd at 150 while senior Marcus Wochner was tied for 91^st at 155.

Playing as individuals, sophomore Drew Murdock was tied for 37^th at 147 with super senior Campbell Gibson tied for 73^rd at 152. Redshirt freshman Ruben Lindsay was tied for 80^th at 153.

Three Cougars also competed at the All-American Individual tournament on the Member Course on Monday. Sophomore Jacob Borow was tied for 6^th at 146 while senior Nick Sutton was tied for 12^th at 149. Redshirt freshman Bryant Hiskey was tied for 23^rd at 158.

The Final Round of each tournament begins at 8 a.m., Tuesday. Admission is free to all, and all fans are invited to attend both tournaments.

LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring at the All-American Intercollegiate by visiting Golfstat.com and following the appropriate links or by clicking here.

Fans can follow live scoring at the Individuals tournament by visiting Golfstat.com and following the appropriate links or by clicking here.

PAIRINGS
For Tuesday's Final Round at the All-American Intercollegiate, Houston will compete in groups with student-athletes from LSU, Sam Houston and Louisiana Tech

Glawe will start the day for the Coogs in the first group off No. 4 with De La Fuente (second group off No. 4), Reily (No. 5), Watkins (No. 6) and Wochner (No. 7) following.

Lindsay and Gibson will begin in the first group off No. 18 with Murdock in the second group off that hole.

In the All-American Individual, Borow begins at 8 a.m., off No. 11 with Sutton (No. 13) and Hiskey (No. 16) following.

Fans can find complete All-American Intercollegiate pairings by clicking here.

Fans can find complete All-American Intercollegiate Individual pairings by clicking here.

UP NEXT
Following the All-American Intercollegiate Houston plays host in its second straight tournament when it welcomes an elite field to the Valspar Collegiate Invitational at Floridian National Golf Club on March 27-28.

From there, Houston will send individuals to the Huntsville Toyota Walden Invitational, set for March 27-28 at Walden on Lake Conroe Golf Club.

The Cougars compete as a team for the last time in the regular season when they tee off at the Aggie Invitational at Traditions Club in Bryan-College Station, Texas, on April 10-11.

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