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Golf Slips to 13th Place at Hall of Fame Invitational
March 19, 2005
HOUSTON - The University of Houston dropped to 13th place after firing a team score of 296 on Saturday during the second round of the Hall of Fame Invitational at Redstone Golf Club. The Cougars posted a 36-hole total of 596 to stand 34 strokes behind second-day team leader Oklahoma State which fired a tournament-best 270 in the second round. UNLV was a close second at 563, while TCU (574), New Mexico (574) and Texas (580) rounded out the top five team leaders. Individually, freshman Jordan Irwin led the Cougars for the second straight day after shooting a 1-over-par 73. The Calgary, Alberta, native, who recently won medallist honors at the Palmetto Intercollegiate, stood at 1-over-par 145 to stand in a tie for 23rd. Sophomore Pablo Acuna equaled Irwin's 73 on the golf course Friday and was tied for 40th place at 4-over-par 148 after 36 holes. Other Cougars in action were Ricky Romano (76-75 - 151, t-60th), junior Kevin Newman (77-75 - 152, t-67th) and junior Zach Mowbray (81-75 - 156, t-83rd). UNLV's Ryan Moore stood atop the individual leaderboard at 6-under-par 138 to stand a stroke ahead of Oklahoma State teammates Pablo Martin and Zach Robinson. Fellow Cowboy Tyler Leon was a big story on Saturday as well as he bounced back from a opening-round 76 to shoot 64 on Saturday. The tournament wraps up at 7:30 a.m., Sunday with the final round. TEAM LEADERBOARD
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD 1. Ryan Moore, UNLV 70-68 -- 138 T2. Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State 70-69 -- 139 T2. Zack Robinson, Oklahoma State 72-67 -- 139 T4. Charlie Beljan, New Mexico 69-71 -- 140 T4. Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State 76-64 -- 140 T6. Andres Gonzales, UNLV 74-67 -- 141 T6. J.J. Killeen, TCU 70-71 -- 141 T6. Kyle Reifers, Wake Forest 66-75 -- 141 T9. Dane Burkhart, South Carolina-Aiken 75-67 -- 142 T9. Anthony Kim, Oklahoma 70-72 -- 142 T9. Spencer Levin, New Mexico 70-72 -- 142 T9. Matthew Rosenfeld, Texas 72-70 -- 142 T9. James Sacheck, TCU 72-70 - 142
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