Oklahoma State University Athletics
Men's Golf in Third at NCAA Tourney
June 21, 1999 | Cowboy Golf
May 29, 1998
ALBUQUERQUE - Oklahoma State shot its second double-figure under-par round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, but the Cowboys were only able to make up one spot in the team standings.
OSU carded a 10-under score of 278 for the second time in the tournament, but second-round leader UNLV shot 13-under to extend its lead to 10 strokes over second-place Clemson and 13 over the Cowboys, who have a 54-hole score of 842 (22-under).
Sophomore Edward Loar is OSUs individual leader after carding a six-under 66 Friday, moving him into eighth place individually, four strokes off the pace set by James McLean of Minnesota and Charles Warren of Clemson. Senior Bo Van Pelt, who was in seventh place entering the third round, shot 33 on the front nine but 41 on the back and slipped to 17th place at 211.
OSU needs to shoot just 297, nine-over, in Saturday's final round to set a school record for best NCAA Tournament score. The previous mark of 1140 was set in 1994 (when OSU finished fifth) and in the championship year of 1978. Loar's 66 ties for the second-best individual round by an OSU player in an NCAA Tournament; Trip Kuehne shot 65 in the 1994 championship.
Freshman Charles Howell recorded a round of 70, duplicating his first-round score, and is 36th individually at 214. Fellow frosh Boyd Summerhays' even-par round Friday has him in 62nd place at 219, and sophomore Landry Mahan shot an NCAA Tournament career-best 70 to move into 67th place, one stroke behind Summerhays.
The tournament concludes with one round Saturday. OSU will play in the final group with UNLV and Clemson, teeing off between 9 and 9:45 a.m.
NCAA Mens Golf Championship
UNM Championship Course Albuquerque, N.M.
Par 72 7,151 Yards Third-Round Results (through 54 of 72 holes)
Team Results 1. UNLV 284-269-276-829 2. Clemson 283-278-278-839 3. Oklahoma State 278-286-278-842 4. Georgia Tech 281-277-286-844 5. South Carolina 285-281-284-848 UCLA 289-275-284-848 7. Ohio State 284-286-280-850 8. Arizona State 289-282-283-854 Minnesota 296-275-283-854 10. California 290-277-290-857 Florida 282-288-287-857 Houston 294-276-287-857 13. Auburn 290-283-285-858 14. Miami (Ohio) 286-283-290-859 15. TCU 290-282-290-862Individual Scores (Top 10 plus OSU scores) T1. James McLean, Minnesota 71-66-65-202 T1. Charles Warren, Clemson 69-66-67-202 T3. J.J. Henry, TCU 67-67-70-204 T3. *Joel Kribel, Stanford 69-67-68-204 T3. Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech 68-68-68-204 T6. Chris Berry, UNLV 70-68-67-205 T6. Bill Lunde, UNLV 73-65-67-205 T8. Matt Kuchar, Georgia Tech 69-67-70-206 T8. Edward Loar, OSU 68-72-66-206 T8. Kyle Voska, Miami (Ohio) 67-68-71-206T17. Bo Van Pelt, OSU 70-67-74-211T36. Charles Howell, OSU 70-74-70-214T62. Boyd Summerhays, OSU 70-77-72-219T67. Landry Mahan, OSU 77-73-70-220
