Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Golf Finishes Third At Southern Highlands Collegiate
March 13, 2006 | Cowboy Golf
The Cowboys entered the final day alone in fourth place and were able to overtake UCLA for the third position after posting a 19-over-par 307 team score on Sunday. OSU finished 20 strokes behind tournament champion UNLV and 10 shots behind second-place Georgia. The Rebels and Bulldogs entered the final round tied for the lead before the host school was able to pull away with a 290 team score to finish at 879.
Cowboy sophomore Pablo Martin continued his string of consecutive top-five finishes after posting a 1-over 73 during his final round to tie for second place at 217. In OSU's five events this year, the Malaga, Spain native has tallied two victories, two runner-up finishes and one third-place showing.
Martin finished tied with UNLV's Seung-su Han for second and three shots behind the Rebels' Matt Kinsinger, who competed as an individual and fired his second consecutive 69 to get to his 214 total.
Redshirt freshman Jonathan Moore was unable to maintain his position in the top 10 after posting an 81 to fall from a tie for sixth into a tie for 20th place at 227.
Junior Tyler Leon moved up three spots into a tie for 25th place after closing with a 77 to finish at 228, while true freshman Trent Leon moved up 17 spots into a tie for 30th with a 230 score after posting a 76 during his final round.
Senior Chris Clarke tied for 54th place with a 234 total after carding a final round of 81.
The Cowboys will continue their spring schedule on March 17 when they travel to Houston to take part in the Hall of Fame Invitational.
Team Score 1 UNLV 295 294 290 879 2 Georgia 295 294 300 889 3 Oklahoma State 299 293 307 899 4 Florida 305 294 301 900 T5 Clemson 301 294 307 902 T5 Arizona State 311 288 303 902 T5 Texas A&M 303 300 299 902 8 UCLA 304 287 313 904 9 Georgia Tech 297 296 318 911 10 Duke University 310 304 306 920 11 Washington 309 302 314 925 12 New Mexico 316 294 320 930 13 Texas 311 317 303 931 14 Wake Forest 315 303 316 934 15 Arizona 322 309 312 943
Top Five Individuals and OSU Scores 1 Matt Kinsinger, UNLV 76 69 69 214 T2 Seung-su Han, UNLV 74 72 71 217 T2 Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State 73 71 73 217 T4 Daniel Im, UCLA 69 73 76 218 T4 Chris Kirk, Georgia 73 67 78 218 T20 Jonathan Moore, Oklahoma State 74 72 81 227 T25 Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State 78 73 77 228 T30 Trent Leon, Oklahoma State 76 78 76 230 T54 Chris Clarke, Oklahoma State 76 77 81 234
