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April 20, 2005

GULFPORT, Miss. - The University of Houston golf team finished the 2005 Conference USA Championships on Wednesday with a sixth-place showing at the Golden Bear Golf Club.

The Cougars fired a team score of 298 during the final round to finish the 54-hole event at 887 on the par-72, 7,093-yard course.

Individually, freshman Jordan Irwin topped all Cougars with a score of 3-over-par 219. The Calgary, Alberta, native fired a 73, the Cougars best round of the day on Wednesday, to finish in a tie for 19th place.

Sophomore Pablo Acuna, who was named to the All-Conference USA Third Team, finished in a tie for 19th place after finishing the tournament at 221.

Other Cougars in action were junior Kevin Newman (222, t-23rd), sophomore Ricky Romano (225, t-33rd) and junior Zach Mowbray (229, t-43rd).

TCU won the team championship after shooting 841, 26 strokes better than runner-up Charlotte. Tulane finished third at 872, while UAB (877) and Louisville (883) rounded out the Top Five leaders.

TCU's Colby Beckstrom and Drew Stoltz tied for medalist honors at 7-under-par 209. TCU led with way with four players taking the top four spots as David Schultz (212) and James Sacheck placed third and fourth, respectively.

TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. TCU 278-282-281 -- 841
2. Charlotte 289-290-288 -- 867
3. Tulane 289-294-289 -- 872
4. UAB 286-296-295 -- 877
5. Louisville 296-298-289 -- 883
6. Houston 293-296-298 -- 887
7. Memphis 301-300-297 -- 898
8. Southern Miss 298-303-299 -- 900
9. Marquette 306-308-287 -- 901
10. East Carolina 297-308-300 -- 905
11. Cincinnati 309-307-302 -- 918
T12. De Paul 315-307-297 -- 919
T12. USF 316-302-301 -- 919
14. Saint Louis 313-325-301 -- 939

 

 

INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
T1. Colby Beckstrom, TCU 67-71-71 -- 209
T1. Drew Stoltz, TCU 70-69-70 -- 209
3. David Schultz, TCU 72-69-71 -- 212
4. James Sacheck, TCU 69-75-69 -- 213
5. Garrett Osborn, UAB 68-72-74 -- 214
T6. Chris Wheeler, Tulane 72-73-70 -- 215
T6. Robin Smith, ECU 66-74-75 -- 215
T8. Matt Mincer, Charlotte 74-70-72 -- 216
T8. Derek Fathauer, Louisville 74-68-74 -- 216
10. Ryan Thomas, UAB 73-75-69 -- 217

HOUSTON COUGARS LEADERBOARD
T16. Jordan Irwin 74-72-73 -- 219
T19. Pablo Acuna 74-73-74 -- 221
T23. Kevin Newman 71-76-75 -- 222
T33. Ricky Romano 74-75-76 -- 225
T43. Zach Mowbray 76-76-77 -- 229

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