Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Golf Slips Into Second Place At NCAA Central Regional
May 24, 2004 | Cowboy Golf
After enduring a 55-minute weather delay in the midst of their front nine, OSU's fivesome got off to a slow start, turning at 18-over par, collectively, before regrouping with a 6-over effort on the inward nine.
"When the winds get going, it's a very difficult golf course,” Cowboy head coach Mike Holder said. “This course is a great test and if you are off just a little bit then you are trouble. We didn't have a single guy step up and have a good round today. We didn't have anyone do what we did yesterday and attack the course."
The Cowboys will enter tomorrow morning's final round two shots off the pace of tournament leader Kentucky after the Wildcats carded a 3-under-par 285 team score to move up from fourth place.
Tied for first place after an opening-round 69, freshman Casey Wittenberg ended the day with a 74 and will enter his final 18 holes in a three-way tie for third and two strokes behind the Wildcats' Brandon Waldrop in the individual race.
“The little rain we had made it play a lot longer. With the delay, it's always tough to stop in the middle of the round and then have to continue,” Wittenberg said. “I didn't really play that badly, it's just that the golf course played really hard. The pin placements are very tough and I didn't give myself a chance for a lot of birdies."
Fellow freshman Tyler Leon posted the squad's best score of the day with a 1-over 73 to move up from a tie for 17th into a deadlock for the eighth spot at 146, 4-over.
Junior Alex Norén dipped from a tie for fourth into a tie for 15th after following a 70 on Thursday with a second-round 77, while sophomore Zack Robinson shaved two shots off his first-round total with a 74 move up 15 spots into a tie for 30th place at 150.
Sophomore Chris Clarke rounded out the OSU lineup with an 80 to end play tied for 70th place at 155.
The Cowboys will begin its final round at the par-72, 7259-yard layout at 7:12 a.m. and will be paired with Kentucky and Texas.
Team Scores 1 Kentucky 298 285 583 2 Oklahoma State 287 298 585 3 Texas 298 296 594 4 Texas A&M 292 303 595 5 Purdue 295 302 597 6 Oklahoma 305 294 599 7 SMU 302 299 601 T8 Wichita State 302 300 602 T8 TCU 305 297 602 T10 Minnesota 302 303 605 T10 Kansas State 300 305 605 12 Kent State 301 305 606 13 Notre Dame 310 297 607 14 Colorado 304 307 611 15 Ohio State 302 310 612 16 Texas Tech 317 296 613 17 Indiana 306 308 614 18 Kansas 315 300 615 19 Tulsa 314 306 620 20 Arkansas 314 307 621 21 Lamar 309 313 622 22 Xavier 312 316 628 23 Illinois 309 320 629 24 Baylor 321 317 638 25 Princeton 323 318 641 26 Western Illinois 323 323 646 27 Jackson State 333 337 670
Top Five Individuals and OSU Scores 1 Brandon Waldrop, Kentucky 70 70 140 2 Jason Hartwick, Texas 69 73 142 T3 John Holmes, Kentucky 73 70 143 T3 Andrew Parr, Texas A&M 69 74 143 T3 Casey Wittenberg, Oklahoma State 69 74 143 T8 Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State 73 73 146 T15 Alex Noren, Oklahoma State 70 77 147 T30 Zack Robinson, Oklahoma State 76 74 150 T70 Chris Clarke, Oklahoma State 75 80 155
