Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Golf Earns 59th Consecutive NCAA Championship Bid
May 22, 2005 | Cowboy Golf
The Cowboys began the day with a three-shot lead over Augusta State, but a 13-over 293 team score gave OSU a final total of 858, 18 over, allowing the Jaguars to climb to the top of the leaderboard. ASU turned in a final round of 281 on its way to a nine-shot victory.
The event marked just the second time in eight tries this season the Cowboys have failed to win a tournament after holding a 36-hole lead and was OSU's third runner-up finish of the season.
Individually, Pablo Martin came up just short in his bid to become the first OSU freshman to win three tournaments. Martin entered his final round with a three-shot lead, but wound up one shot off the pace of the Jaguars' Kalle Edberg for medalist honors. The Malaga, Spain, native posted a 71 on Saturday for a 4-under 206 total.
Despite a double bogey on No. 15, Martin held a one-shot lead with two to play, but an eagle by Edberg on the par-5 17th hole resulted in a two-shot swing and Martin's first career runner-up finish.
Junior Zack Robinson carded a 2-over 72 for the second time in the tournament to move up four spots into a tie for 36th place at 218, while senior Alex Norén posted a 75 to slip into the group tied for 36th as well.
Sophomores Ryan Posey and Tyler Leon concluded play tied with eight other players for 56th place at 11-over 221 after rounds of 75 and 78, respectively.
The Cowboys will attempt to claim their 10th national title when they travel to Owings, Mills, Md., and Caves Valley Golf Club on June 1-4 for the NCAA Championship.
Team Scores The top 10 teams advance to the National Championship (Purdue advanced in a playoff over Wichita State) 1 Augusta State 284 284 281 849 2 Oklahoma State 282 283 293 858 3 Texas A&M 290 291 282 863 T4 Tulsa 287 294 285 866 T4 Kentucky 288 292 286 866 T6 Arkansas 295 297 278 870 T6 Missouri 285 293 292 870 8 SMU 288 299 286 873 9 Texas 290 290 294 874 T10 Purdue 291 288 296 875 T10 Wichita State 298 282 295 875 12 Lamar 297 290 289 876 T13 Kansas 289 294 294 877 T13 Michigan State 289 296 292 877 T13 Notre Dame 293 302 282 877 16 Minnesota 293 293 292 878 T17 Baylor 304 292 284 880 T17 Kent State 290 294 296 880 T17 TCU 292 293 295 880 20 Kansas State 299 291 291 881 21 Texas Tech 287 306 290 883 22 Oklahoma 306 295 286 887 23 Xavier 295 309 284 888 24 IUPUI 311 312 290 913 25 Loyola College 312 304 306 922 26 Detroit Mercy 304 307 312 923 27 Jackson State 310 316 308 934
Top Five Individuals and OSU Scores 1 Kalle Edberg, Augusta State 70 68 67 205 2 Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State 65 70 71 206 3 Ben Scott, Missouri 71 67 69 207 4 Korey Mahoney, Eastern Michigan 71 68 69 208 T5 Judd Easterling, Wichita State 74 66 69 209 T5 Robert Gates, Texas A&M 73 69 67 209 T36 Alex Noren, Oklahoma State 73 70 75 218 T36 Zack Robinson, Oklahoma State 72 74 72 218 T56 Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State 74 69 78 221 T56 Ryan Posey, Oklahoma State 72 74 75 221
