Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Golf Comes From Behind to Win Puerto Rico Classic
April 19, 2003 | Cowboy Golf
The Cowboys, who entered the final round in third place and six shots behind tournament leader North Carolina State, blistered the Rio Mar Country Club's River Course with a tournament-low round of 282, six-under, to finish 10 shots ahead of Minnesota, Clemson and Texas.
N.C. State's Justin Walters and Texas' Jason Hartwick tied for medalist honors with totals of 211, five-under.
OSU's surge was led by the steady play of redshirt freshman Zack Robinson and junior Hunter Mahan. The duo tied three other players for third place at two-under-par. After opening with rounds of 72 and 70, Robinson carded an even-par 72 to close out the tournament with his first career top-five finish. After opening with a 71, Mahan recovered from a second-round 76 on Monday with a final-round 67 to move into third after beginning the day tied for 16th.
True freshman Chris Clarke recorded his low round of the tournament on Tuesday, coming in with a two-under 70 to finish in sole possession of eighth place with a 54-hole total of 216.
Junior Pär Nilsson turned in his second consecutive round of 73, giving him a 220 total and placing him in a four-way tie for 20th, while sophomore Alex Norén's final-round 77 was good for a 233 total and a tie for the 65th position.
The Cowboys will return to action on March 7 when they travel to Las Vegas for the Las Vegas Intercollegiate.
Team Score 1 Oklahoma State U. 291 289 282 -862 2 Minnesota, Univ. of 291 286 295 -872 Clemson University 293 293 286 -872 Texas, Univ. of 296 291 285 -872 5 Florida, U. of 300 291 283 -874 6 North Carolina State 288 286 301 -875 7 Georgia Tech 301 289 292 -882 8 Oklahoma, U. of 316 288 291 -895 9 East Tennessee St. 300 301 295 -896 Northwestern 300 297 299 -896 11 Georgia, U. of 305 293 299 -897 12 Duke University 304 301 299 -904 13 Colorado, U. of 310 297 300 -907 14 Kent State 311 303 295 -909 15 Purdue University 316 299 299 -914 16 Illinois, U. of 316 306 306 -928 17 Virginia, U. of 325 313 311 -949 18 Michigan, U. of 328 319 313 -960
Team Scores 1 Justin Walters NC State 70 70 71 -211 Jason Hartwick Texas 75 69 67 -211 3 Hunter Mahan Okla. St. 71 76 67 -214 Troy Matteson Ga. Tech 73 71 70 -214 Gregg Jones Clemson 74 69 71 -214 Fernando Mechereffe NC State 69 69 76 -214 Zack Robinson Okla. St. 72 70 72 -214
OSU Scores 8 Chris Clarke Okla. St. 74 72 70 -216 20Par Nilsson Okla. St. 74 73 73 -220 65 Alex Noren Okla. St. 82 74 77 -233
