Men’s Golf Finishes Season at NCAA Urbana Regional

URBANA, Ill. – The University of Houston Men's Golf program saved its best for last at the NCAA Urbana Regional, posting a team score of 7-under 277 to finish seventh at Atkins Golf Club.

Playing on the 7,533-yard, par-71 course, #38 Houston finished the three-day, 54-hole event with a score of 862 and lowered their team total for the second straight day. The Cougars fired the second-lowest team round of the day Wednesday, trailing only co-champion #2 Oklahoma State

All five Cougars in the starting lineup shot even par or lower led by junior Hudson Weibel's 3-under 68. Sophomore Chi Chun Chen and senior Wolfgang Glawe each finished with 69s while seniors Laurenz Schiergen and Jacob Borow each posted even-par 71s.

Starting off No. 10, Weibel moved to 3-under with three birdies through his first five holes. The Dallas native returned to even par following a double bogey on No. 16 and No. 17 but closed the tournament with three birdies and seven pars to tie for 21^st at 214.

Glawe stood at 1-over through his first seven holes but returned to even par with his first birdie of the day on the par-4 18^th hole and moved under par with another birdie on the next hole.

Following his final bogey of the day at No. 4, the St. Leon-Rot, Germany, native drained back-to-back birdies on Nos. 5-6 and led the Cougars with a score of 1-under 212 to tie for 17^th.

Chen sank a team-high seven birdies on the way to his own 69. The Taiwan native endured a rough start that saw him 3-over through his first two holes.

He sank birdies on three of his next holes and then drained four birdies in a five-hole stretch midway through his second nine to finish a 218 to tie for 41^st.

Schiergen and Borow posted three birdies apiece in their final rounds as they completed their Houston careers.

#2 Oklahoma State and #14 Illinois shared the team championship with a score of 837. #35 UNLV (846), Troy (850) and #23 Texas Tech (851) finished among the Top Five and advance to the NCAA Championships.

#10 North Carolina (859) finished sixth at 859 while #47 Marquette (863), #26 Long Beach State (866) and Illinois State (867) completed the Top 10.

Michigan's Hunter Thomson earned medalist honors with a score of 10-under 203 and earned an individual qualification to the NCAA Championships.

NCAA REGIONAL HISTORY
With this season's selection, Houston Men's Golf has competed as a team in 25 NCAA Regionals during the program's rich history with nine Top-Five team finishes.

This marked the fifth straight season in which Houston played as a team at an NCAA Regional.

It also marked the 11^th NCAA Regional in which the Cougars competed under Director of Golf Jonathan Dismuke, who is in his 16^th season at Houston.

Houston captured the team championship at the 1998 NCAA Central Regional at Oak Hills Country Club in San Antonio, Texas while four Cougars – Michael Perras, 2016 NCAA Franklin Regional; Blair Hamilton, 2016 NCAA Lubbock Regional; Brett Callas, 2003 NCAA Central Regional; and Dean Larsson, 1994 NCAA Central Regional – earned medalist honors at their respective events.

A year ago, the Cougars finished sixth at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional at University Club, falling only three strokes shy of advancing to the NCAA Championships. All-American and Big 12 Player of the. Year Santiago De La Fuente finished 14^th with a score of even-par 216 to lead Houston.

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