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April 19, 2005

GULFPORT, Miss. - The University of Houston golf team remained in fifth place Tuesday after the second day of the 2005 Conference USA Championship at the Grand Bear Golf Club.

The Cougars fired a team score of 296 to finish at 589 after 36 holes on the par-72, 7,093-yard course. TCU remained atop the team standings at 560, while Charlotte stood a distant second at 579. UAB placed third at 582 with Tulane coming in fourth at 583.

Louisville (594), Memphis (601), host Southern Miss (601), East Carolina (605), Marquette (614), Cincinnati (616), USF (618), DePaul (622) and Saint Louis (638) rounded out the rest of the field.

The third and final round begins at 7:45 p.m., Wednesday.

Individually, freshman Jordan Irwin topped all Cougar linksters with a score of 2-over-par 146 after shooting an even-par 72 on Tuesday to stand in a tie for 12th place. It was the best score by any UH golfer during the second round.

Sophomore Pablo Acuna and junior Kevin Newman tied for 19th at 5-over-par 147. Other Cougars in action were sophomore Ricky Romano (149, t-26th) and junior Zach Mowbray (152, t-33rd).

TCU's Colby Beckstrom remained atop the individual leaderboard at 6-under-par 138, while teammate Drew Stoltz stood in second plate at 139. UAB's Garrett Osborn and East Carolina's Robin Smith tied for third place at 140.

Team Leaderboard
1. TCU 278-282 -- 560
2. Charlotte 289-290 -- 579
3. UAB 286-296 -- 582
4. Tulane 289-294 -- 583
5. Houston 293-296 -- 589
6. Louisville 296-298 -- 594
T7. Memphis 301-300 -- 601
T7. Southern Miss 298-303 -- 601
9. East Carolina 297-308 -- 605
10. Marquette 306-308 -- 614
11. Cincinnati 309-307 -- 616
12. USF 316-302 -- 618
13. DePaul 315-307 -- 622
14. St. Louis 313-325 -- 638

 

 

Individual Leaderboard
1. Colby Beckstrom, TCU 67-71 -- 138
2. Drew Stoltz, TCU 70-69 -- 139
T3. Garrett Osborn, UAB 68-72 -- 140
T3. Robin Smith, ECU 66-74 -- 140
T5. David Schultz, TCU 72-69 -- 141
T5. Clint Deibert, Charlotte 68-73 -- 141
7. Derek Fathauer, Louisville 74-68 -- 142
8. Michael Thompson, Tulane 69-74 -- 143
T9. Matt Mincer, Charlotte 74-70 -- 144
T9. James Sacheck, TCU 69-75 -- 144

Houston Leaderboard
T12. Jordan Irwin 74-72 -- 146
T19. Pablo Acuna 74-73 -- 147
T19. Kevin Newman 71-76 -- 147
T26. Ricky Romano 74-75 -- 149
T33. Zach Mowbray 76-76 -- 152

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