Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Golf Slips Into Seventh Place At NCAA Championship
June 02, 2006 | Cowboy Golf
The Cowboys began the day tied for third after a round of 281 on Wednesday, but were only able to manage one individual round under par on Thursday. With a 4-under total of 572, OSU will begin its third round two strokes out of fifth place and nine shots off the pace of tournament leader Washington, which gained the top spot with a 6-under 282 during its second round and holds a three-stroke lead.
Arizona State and Wake Forest will enter Friday's round tied for second at 566. The Sun Devils turned in the low round of the day with a 9-under 279.
“We didn't play well on the front nine and it's disappointing we didn't take advantage of the perfect conditions,” Cowboy head coach Mike McGraw said. “We just need to go out tomorrow and play well. There really isn't any mystery to what we need to do.”
Sophomore Pablo Martin opened with 10 consecutive pars on his way to shooting an even-par 72 to maintain his tie for the second spot. The Malaga, Spain native stands at 138, 6-under, and is three shots out of the top spot held by Wake Forest's Kyle Reifers.
Redshirt freshman Jonathan Moore made the turn at 2-under and recovered from a pair of bogeys on his back nine with birdies at Nos. 15 and 18 to get in with a 70. The 2-under total moved the Vancouver, Wash. native into a tie with Martin and two other players.
The round marked the eighth consecutive time Moore has broken par, but snapped his streak of seven consecutive rounds in the 60s that matched the school record set by Charles Howell.
Senior Zack Robinson dipped into a tie for 80th place after posting a 3-over 75 for a two-round total of 147, while junior Tyler Leon followed up his opening round of 75 with a 74 to slide into a tie for 106th place.
Freshman Trent Leon followed up his first-round 76 with a 77 to drop into a tie for 134th place at 9-over 153.
The Cowboys will begin their third round tomorrow at 7:47 a.m. (PST) on the par-72, 7,630-yard layout and will be paired with Minnesota and Texas A&M.
Team Scores 1 Washington 281 282 563 T2 Arizona State 287 279 566 T2 Wake Forest 277 289 566 4 Florida 284 285 569 T5 Clemson 282 288 570 T5 Kentucky 283 287 570 7 Oklahoma State 281 291 572 8 Minnesota 287 286 573 T9 Texas A&M 291 283 574 T9 UCLA 280 294 574 11 Lamar 292 283 575 T12 North Carolina State 284 295 579 T12 Arizona 296 283 579 T12 Georgia 293 286 579 T15 UNLV 293 290 583 T15 Coastal Carolina 296 287 583 17 North Carolina 297 289 586 T18 Northwestern 292 295 587 T18 Charlotte 288 299 587 T18 Texas Tech 297 290 587 T18 Duke 290 297 587 T18 East Tennessee St. 286 301 587 T23 South Carolina 292 296 588 T23 Auburn 295 293 588 T23 Nevada 296 294 590 T26 Brigham Young 292 298 590 T26 Pepperdine 296 294 590 T26 Oklahoma 284 306 590 29 Georgia Tech 301 294 595 30 Loyola Marymount 300 312 612
Top 10 Individuals and OSU Scores 1 Kyle Reifers, Wake Forest 65 70 135 T2 Zach Bixler, Washington 70 68 138 T2 Niklas Lemke, Arizona State 70 68 138 T2 Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State 66 72 138 T2 Jonathan Moore, Oklahoma State 68 70 138 T6 Alejandro Canizares, Arizona State 73 66 139 T6 Alex Prugh, Washington 67 72 139 T6 Dusty Smith, Lamar 71 68 139 T6 Andy Winings, Kentucky 70 69 139 T10 James Lepp, Washington 69 71 140 T10 Brett Stegmaier, Florida 73 67 140 T10 Dawie Van der Walt, Lamar 70 70 140 T80 Zack Robinson, Oklahoma State 72 75 147 T106 Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State 75 74 149 T134 Trent Leon, Oklahoma State 76 77 153
