Oct. 7, 2003

SOMIS, Calif. - University of Houston golfer Denton Walker fired an even-par 72 in the final round to tie for 13th place at The Club Glove Intercollegiate on Tuesday.

Walker finished the 54-hole event with a score of 5-over-par 221 on the 6,858-yard, par-72 course at Saticoy Country Club in Somis, Calif.

As a team, the Cougars fired a team score of 307 in Tuesday's final 18 holes to finish 12th with a total of 917.

Host Pepperdine claimed the team title with a score of 871, 11 strokes ahead of Arizona State. Tulsa finished third at 886 with Colorado State and Kansas rounding out the Top Five team leaders.

Individually, Pepperdine's Michael Putman and Tulsa's David Inglis tied after 54 holes at 1-under-par 215 with Putman winning medallist honors in a playoff.

On the Cougar scoreboard, freshman Ricky Romano finished in a tie for 23rd place at 10-over-par 226. Other UH linksters at the event included Zach Mowbray (230, t-38th), Jordan Hasbrouck (240, t-58th) and Daniel Angenscheidt (245, 62nd).

The Cougars will take about a month off now before returning to action Nov. 6-7 at the Del Walker Invitational.

TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. Pepperdine 280-291-300 -- 871
2. Arizona State 295-294-293 -- 882
3. Tulsa 298-300-288 -- 886
4. Colorado State 294-298-301 -- 893
5. Kansas 295-303-299 -- 897
6. Arkansas 299-300-302 -- 901
7. Colorado 296-304-302 -- 902
8. UC Irvine 300-310-297 -- 907
9. New Mexico 312-298-301 -- 911
10. Texas A&M 308-300-304 -- 912
11. Coastal Carolina 305-301-308 -- 914
12. Houston 305-305-307 -- 917

INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
** 1. Michael Putnam, Pepperdine 67-73-75 -- 215
2. David Inglis, Tulsa 70-74-71 -- 215
T3. Nolan Martin, Colorado State 71-73-73 -- 217
T3. Seth Murphy, Arkansas 72-7471 -- 217
T3. Alejandro Canizares, Arizona State 73-72-72 -- 217
T3. Kevin Ward, Kansas 74-70-73 -- 217
T3. Randy Creighton, Pepperdine 71-70-76 -- 217
T3. Alex Coe, Pepperdine 71-74-72 -- 217
9. Martin Laird, Colorado State 72-71-75 -- 218
10. Kane Webber, Colorado 72-72-75 - 219

UH SCOREBOARD
T13. Denton Walker 74-75-72 -- 221
T23. Ricky Romano 75-75-76 -- 226
T38. Zach Mowbray 75-76-79 -- 230
T58. Jordan Hasbrouck 81-79-80 -- 240
62. Daniel Angenscheidt 81-82-82 -- 245