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NCAA Regionals
Tulsa Golfers in 11th Place at NCAA-San Diego Regional
5/19/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
May 19, 2011
San Diego, Calif. - The Tulsa men's golf team is tied for 11th place after the first round of competition on Thursday at the NCAA Division I Men's Golf San Diego Regional. The Hurricane is tied with Ohio State after the two teams carded 12-over par scores of 300 at the par-72 Farms Golf Club.
The nation's 15th-ranked Southern Cal Trojans lead the field after shooting a 10-under par score of 278. USC leads No. 2-ranked UCLA and No. 11-ranked Texas by nine strokes as the two teams finished the day with scores of 287. North Texas (293) and San Diego (294) round out the top-5 teams.
Tulsa is only six strokes behind fifth place, as the top-five teams following Saturday's final round will advance to the NCAA Championship, May 31-June 5, at Karsten Creek in Stillwater, Okla.
Tulsa's Arie Fauzi sits in 12th place overall after an opening round score of one-under par 71. Fauzi started the day with a bogey on the par-4 first hole and then bogeyed the par-3 fifth hole. He got one stroke back with a birdie putt on the par-5 ninth hole to finish the front nine at one-over par.
Fauzi appeared to had gotten in a groove on the final nine holes as he birdied back-to-back holes at the 12th and 13th. However, his one-under par score after 13 holes turned back around to one-over par when he bogeyed holes 15 and 17. The junior, though, eagled the par-5 18th hole and finished the day with his one-under par score.
Sophomore Chris Worrell and freshman John Young Kim are tied for 44th place with identical scores of 76. Junior Stephen Carney is in 53rd place with a 18-hole total of 77, while freshman Johannes Veerman is in 60th place with a score of 79.
The second round will get underway on Friday morning, while the final 18 holes will be played Saturday.
Team Results 1. Southern Cal 278 T2. UCLA 287 T2. Texas 287 4. North Texas 293 5. San Diego 294 T6. UNLV 295 T6. SMU 295 T8. Pacific 298 T8. San Francisco 298 T8. Middle Tenn. 298 T11. Tulsa 300 T11. Ohio State 300 13. Cleveland State 303Tulsa Individuals T12. Arie Fauzi 71 (-1) T44. Chris Worrell 76 (+4) T44. John Young Kim 76 (+4) T53. Stephen Carney 77 (+5) T60. Johannes Veerman79 (+62)
Top-5 Individuals 1. Jeffrey Kang, Southern Cal 66 (-6) T2. Dylan Frittelli, Texas 68 (-4) T2. Steve Lim, Southern Cal 68 (-4) T4. Patrick Cantlay, UCLA 69 (-3) T4. Derek Ernst, UNLV 69 (-3) T4. Mat Miller, San Francisco 69 (-3)
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