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NCAA Championship
Cowboys in Third at NCAA Men's Golf
May 31, 2000 | Cowboy Golf
May 31, 2000
OPELIKA, Ala. - Charles Howell carded a 5-under-par 67 to lead Oklahoma State into third place after Wednesday's first round of the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship.
Howell, continuing a late-season hot streak, bogeyed Nos. 10 and 11 -- first two holes of the day -- but birdied 12 and 13 and went on to record an eagle and three other birdies to move into third place overall, two strokes strokes behind Texas' David Gossett. Howell won two of OSU's last three tournaments and now has shot 21-under-par in his last 10 rounds.
Also continuing a late-season hot streak are the Longhorns, who lost to OSU at the Big 12 Conference Championship but have since won The Maxwell and the Central Regional. Bolstered by a tournament-record score of 9-under-par from Gossett and a 7-under showing by freshman J.J. Wall, Texas carded a team score of 16-under to take an eight-stroke lead over Georgia Tech, which is second at 8-under-par 280. The Cowboys are third, one stroke behind the Yellowjackets, marking the first time since 1997 that Oklahoma State has not led the tournament after the first round.
Senior Landry Mahan, ranked fourth on the team in stroke average, carded a 2-under-par 70 to rank 13th individually overall and second among the Cowboys. One of Mahan's top career showings was his 16th-place effort at last year's NCAA tournament, when he also was second among OSU players.
Anders Hultman and Edward Loar each shot even par for the Cowboys and tied for 40th, and true freshman J.C. DeLeon shot 74 in his national-tourney debut to rank 75th among 156 individuals through 18 holes.
Oklahoma State tees off in Thursday's second round between approximately 7:30 and 8 a.m. CDT. After the second round, 15 schools will be cut from the 30-team field before the third and fourth rounds Friday and Saturday. OSU, which has never failed to miss the cut since it was established in the 1970s is making its record 54th consecutive NCAA Championship appearance and looking for its ninth national championship.
The tournament is being played on Grand National's Lake Course, a par-72, 7,003-yard course.
NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Grand National -- Lake Course, Opelika, Ala.
Par 72, 7,003 Yards (through 18 of 72 holes)
Team Scores
1. Texas 272 -16
2. Georgia Tech 280 -8
3. Oklahoma State 281 -7
4. Houston 284 -4
5. Arizona 286 -2
East Tennessee State 286 -2
UNLV 286 -2
New Mexico 286 -2
9. Northwestern 287 -1
10. Kent 288 E
Mississippi State 288 E
North Carolina 288 E
13. TCU 289 +1
14. Auburn 290 +2
Minnesota 290 +2
16. Clemson 291 +3
Kansas 291 +3
18. Georgia 292 +4
Wake Forest 292 +4
20. Fresno State 293 +5
21. North Florida 294 +6
Oklahoma 294 +6
23. Georgia State 295 +7
Pepperdine 295 +7
25. Arizona State 299 +11
Brigham Young 299 +11
Southern California 299 +11
Virginia 299 +11
29. California 300 +12
30. Washington 301 +13
Individual Leaders and OSU Scores
1. David Gossett, Texas 63 -9
2. J.J. Wall, Texas 65 -7
3. Charles Howell, OSU 67 -5
Matt Kuchar, Georgia Tech 67 -5
Chris Wisler, East Tennessee State 67 -5
6. James Driscoll, Virginia 68 -4
Joel Hendry, New Mexico 68 -4
8. Jeremy Anderson, UNLV 69 -3
Jess Daley, Northwestern 69 -3
Brad Hyler, North Carolina 69 -3
Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech 69 -3
Ben Smith, Mississippi State 69 -3
T13. Landry Mahan, OSU 70 -2
T40. Anders Hultman, OSU 72 E
T40. Edward Loar, OSU 72 E
T75. J.C. DeLeon, OSU 74 +2
