Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Golf Completes First Day at NCAA Championship
May 30, 2001 | Cowboy Golf
May 30, 2001
DURHAM, N.C. - Oklahoma State's men's golf team stands in 24th place after recording a 12-over-par team total of 300 during Wednesday's first-round action at the NCAA Championship being held at the Duke University Golf Club.
The Cowboys will start play tomorrow 20 strokes behind first-round leader Arizona. The Wildcats were the only school to break par on the day, recording an eight-under team score of 280 to lead Georgia Tech by nine shots.
A Wildcat and Yellow Jacket are also atop the individual race. Arizona's Chris Nallen and Georgia Tech's Kris Mikkelson each carded a six-under total of 66 to lead the field by two strokes.
Individually, P?r Nilsson led the way for the Cowboys, carding a two-over 74. The freshman was one-under through his first six holes before bogeying two of his last three on the front to make the turn at one-over. Nilsson came in with another 37 on the back nine to post his two-over total and finish in a tie for 45th.
Fellow freshman Matt McQuillan also played his first nine holes in one-over-par despite starting the round three-over after two holes. The Kingston, Ontario native rebounded with back-to-back birdies on Nos. 3 and 4 before parring out for his 37. McQuillan closed out the round with a 38 to finish in a tie for 66th place at three-over.
Sophomore Boyd Summerhays is also among the players who will start tomorrow's round in 66th place. Summerhays' front nine included seven pars and a birdie on No. 9 before coming in with a three-over 39 on the back side to post a 75.
All-American Anders Hultman and sophomore J.C. DeLeon will start their second rounds in a tie for 96th place with 18 other players at four-over.
The Cowboys will begin play at noon on Thursday on the No. 10 tee.
Team Scores 1 Arizona, U. of -8 280 2 Georgia Tech +1 289 T3 Augusta State U. +4 292 T3 Toledo, U. of +4 292 5 East Tennessee St. +5 293 T6 Charleston, Coll. of +6 294 T6 Clemson University +6 294 T6 Oklahoma, U. of +6 294 T6 Virginia Tech +6 294 T6 Wake Forest Univ. +6 294 T11 Oregon State U. +7 295 T11 South Carolina +7 295 T13 Florida, U. of +8 296 T13 Georgia, U. of +8 296 T13 Minnesota, Univ. of +8 296 T13 Mississippi, U. of +8 296 T17 Stanford University +9 297 T17 UAB +9 297 T19 Arizona State U. +10 298 T19 North Carolina State +10 298 T19 Southern Methodist +10 298 T22 Pacific, U. of the +11 299 T22 UCLA +11 299 24 Oklahoma State U. +12 300 25 Washington, U. of +13 301 26 Georgia Southern U. +14 302 27 Houston, Univ. of +16 304 28 UC-Irvine +18 306 T29 Kent State +22 310 T29 Purdue University +22 310Individual Scores T1 Kris Mikkelsen Georgia Tech -6 66 T1 Chris Nallen Arizona, U. of -6 66
OSU Scores T45 Par Nilsson +2 74 T66 Matt McQuillan +3 75 T66 Boyd Summerhays +3 75 T96 Anders Hultman +4 76 T96 J.C. DeLeon +4 76
