Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Golf Maintains Lead After Two Rounds At Central Regional
May 21, 2005 | Cowboy Golf
Due to inclement weather yesterday morning, the Cowboys finished their first round on Friday, carding a 2-over 282 for a two-shot advantage over Augusta State before posting a second-round 283 for a 565 total and a three-shot lead over the Jaguars.
In his quest to become the first Cowboy freshman to win three tournaments in a season, Pablo Martin will take a three-shot lead into tomorrow's final round after posting rounds of 65 and 70, respectively, for a 5-under 135 total. The Malaga, Spain, native was the lone OSU player unable to finish his round yesterday, completing 17 holes. He returned to the course this morning with a birdie on his final hole, getting him to 5 under and giving him a new career-low round.
During his second 18, Martin stood at 4 over with five holes to play before recording two birdies and his second eagle of the tournament to get back to even par for the round and retain his lead.
“I think this is a great golf course,” Martin said. “It is really challenging, with small greens. You have to be really patient. It is easy to make bogeys and not very easy to make birdies.”
Sophomore Tyler Leon rebounded from his 74 on Thursday with a 69 to move up 47 spots into a tie for 19th place in a group at 143 that includes senior teammate Alex Norén. Leon made the turn at 1 over before registering birdies on three of his final five holes to break 70 for the 11th time this season.
“It was a pretty funny round,” Leon said. “I was 3 over through four, but then I finally made a putt, and everything changed for me. I started playing well and just hung around all day and got in at 1 under.”
Norén followed his opening round of 73 with an even-par 70 that included four birdies as he climbed from 47th into his current position on the leaderboard.
Junior Zack Robinson recovered from an outward 39 with an even-par closing nine to finish with a 74 and in a tie for 40th at 146 .
Like Robinson, sophomore Ryan Posey carded a 72 during yesterday's round before a round of 74 to end play in the 12-player group tied at 146.
The Cowboys will attempt to wrap up their 59th consecutive trip to the NCAA Championship when they tee off with Augusta State and Missouri tomorrow morning at 7:12.
Team Scores 1 Oklahoma State 282 283 565 2 Augusta State 284 284 568 3 Missouri 285 293 578 4 Purdue 291 288 579 T5 Texas 290 290 580 T5 Kentucky 288 292 580 T5 Wichita State 298 282 580 T8 Tulsa 287 294 581 T8 Texas A&M 290 291 581 10 Kansas 289 294 583 11 Kent State 290 294 584 T12 Michigan State 289 296 585 T12 TCU 292 293 585 14 Minnesota 293 293 586 T15 SMU 288 299 587 T15 Lamar 297 290 587 17 Kansas State 299 291 590 18 Arkansas 295 297 592 19 Texas Tech 287 306 593 20 Notre Dame 293 302 595 21 Baylor 304 292 596 22 Oklahoma 306 295 601 23 Xavier 295 309 604 24 Detroit Mercy 304 307 611 25 Loyola College 312 304 616 26 IUPUI 311 312 623 27 Jackson State 310 316 626 Â Top Five Individuals and OSU Scores 1 Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State 65 70 135 T2 Kalle Edberg, Augusta State 70 68 138 T2 Ben Scott, Missouri 71 67 138 T4 Scott Anderson, Ohio State 70 69 139 T4 Korey Mahoney, Eastern Michigan 71 68 139 T4 Kevin Ward, Kansas 68 71 139 T19 Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State 74 69 143 T19 Alex Noren, Oklahoma State 73 70 143 T40 Ryan Posey, Oklahoma State 72 74 146 T40 Zack Robinson, Oklahoma State 72 74 146
