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NCAA Regionals
Tulsa Golfers Place 9th at NCAA South Central Regional
5/16/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
May 16, 2009
Tulsa, Oklahoma - The Tulsa men's golf team finished in a ninth-place tie at the NCAA South Central Regional and failed to advance to the NCAA Championships. The Hurricane carded a final round 317 and finished the 54-hole tournament with a score of 936 at the par-72 Karsten Creek Golf Course.
The top-five teams advancing to the NCAA finals event, May 26-30, at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, include first-place Oklahoma State, second-place Arkansas, third-place Tennessee-Chattanooga, while TCU and Northwestern tied for fourth place. Rounding out the top-10 teams were LSU, Baylor and Wichita State while Tulsa and Denver tied for ninth place.
Tulsa's Rob Laird finished in 13th place with a 10-over par score of 226. The Tulsa junior carded a third round score of 78 today.
Senior Nicolas Geyger completed his collegiate career with a 34th place performance after turning in a score of 78 today for a 16-over par 232 for the 54-hole event. Fellow senior Ryan Brooks finished with a score of 240 for 57th place.
A pair of freshmen, Arie Fauzi and Andre' Tourinho, placed 64th and 69th , respectively for the Hurricane. Fauzi finished with a three-round total of 245, while Tourinho had a score o 253.
Tulsa finished the season with five top-5 performances on the season while finishing among the top-10 in nine of 12 tournaments.
Team Results 1. Oklahoma State 296-289-296=881 2. Arkansas 298-301-304=903 3. Tenn-Chattanooga298-300-309=907 T4. TCU 299-310-305=914 T4. Northwestern 302-301-310=914 6. LSU 298-307-312=917 7. Baylor 301-308-310=920 8. Wichita State 306-302-317=925 T9. Tulsa 299-320-317=936 T9. Denver 312-309-315=936 11. Michigan State 306-319-312=937 12. Pepperdine 302-315-323=941 13. Oral Roberts 319-325-324=968
Tulsa Individuals T13. Rob Laird 73-75-78=226 T34. Nicolas Geyger 74-80-78=232 T57. Ryan Brooks 79-80-81=240 64. Arie Fauzi 73-89-83=245 69. Andre Tourinho 88-85-80=253
Top-5 Individuals 1. Kevin Tway, Oklahoma State 74-72-70=216 2. Peter Uihlein, Oklahoma State 72-70-75=217 T3. Cody Paladino, Baylor 74-73-74=221 T3. John Peterson, LSU 70-76-75=221 T5. Josh Anderson, Pepperdine 75-72-75=222 T5. Tom Hoge, TCU 73-73-76=222 T5. David Lingmerth, Arkansas 74-74-74=222 T5. Connor McHenry, Wichita State 73-69-80=222
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