HILTON HEAD, S.C. (Nov. 7) - The University of Houston golf team finished in 14th place among a prestigious field of 18 teams in its final tournament of the 1999 fall season Sunday afternoon at the Golf World Intercollegiate Invitational in Hilton Head South, Carolina. Houston shot a steady two-under par 286 Sunday to finish the 54-hole tournament with a team total of 859 strokes. UH was five shots under par for the three days but the Cougars were a full 22 shots behind tournament champion Georgia (837, -27).

Houston was led in the tournament by senior Chris Morris, who completed the three rounds at the 6,651-yard Arthur Hills Course in Palmetto Dunes with a four-par total of 212 strokes. The senior from Tyler, Texas, shot a team-best 69 on Sunday to tie for 20th overall in an 89-player field. Morris was nine shots behind individual champion Erik Compton of Georgia (203, -13). Cougar junior Andy Sanders tied for 25th overall with a three-under par 213.

With the completion of its fall schedule, the Cougar golf team will return to competition in February of next year. Houston opens the spring at the John Burns Intercollegiate in Honolulu, Hawaii.

GOLF WORLD/Palmetto Dunes 1999
Arthur Hills at Palmetto Hilton Head, SC
Tournament Dates: 11/05 - 11/07


FINAL TEAM RESULTS
Par:        72
Yardage:  6651


 Fin Team                     Scores
   1 Georgia, U. of           279  275  283    837   -27
   2 Georgia Tech             281  273  287    841   -23
   3 Texas, Univ. of          272  288  282    842   -22
   4 Clemson University       284  280  279    843   -21
   5 Arizona State U.         285  278  283    846   -18
   6 Florida Southern Col     286  284  278    848   -16
   7 South Carolina           278  277  295    850   -14
     UNLV                     286  278  286    850   -14
   9 Oklahoma State U.        285  279  288    852   -12
  10 UCLA                     283  278  293    854   -10
  11 New Mexico, U. of        288  289  279    856    -8
     Duke University          286  281  289    856    -8
     North Carolina, U of     280  287  289    856    -8
  14 Houston                  283  290  286    859    -5
  15 TCU                      283  293  287    863    -1
  16 East Tennessee St.       290  290  293    873    +9
  17 California, U. of        293  292  303    888   +24
  18 Pepperdine Univ.         302  298  309    909   +45


FINAL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS & UH SCORES
Fin  Name                   School      Scores
  1   Erik Compton          Georgia      66  66  71   203  -13
T 2   Jeff Klauk            Fl. South    70  68  67   205  -11
      Nick Cassini          Georgia      69  67  69   205  -11
      Jeremy Anderson       UNLV         70  64  71   205  -11
      Lucas Glover          Clemson      66  68  71   205  -11
   6  Matt Krauss           Duke         69  69  68   206  -10
T 20  Chris Morris          Houston      71  72  69   212   -4
T 25  Andy Sanders          Houston      72  70  71   213   -5
T 47  B.J. Staten           Houston      69  73  75   217   +1
T 69  Wade Ormsby           Houston      71  79  73   223   +7
T 69  James Edmondson       Houston      75  75  73   223   +7