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NCAA Regionals
Tulsa Golfers Move Up in NCAA-San Diego Regional
5/20/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
May 20, 2011
San Diego, Calif. - Saturday's final round of the NCAA Division I Men's Golf San Diego Regional is set up to be an exciting one as seven teams are within four strokes of fifth place. The Tulsa golfers moved up to eighth place after second round competition on Friday with a two-under par score of 286 at the par-72 Farms Golf Club.
The final 18 holes will be played Saturday. The top five teams following the Saturday's final round will advance to the NCAA Championship, May 31-June 5, at Karsten Creek in Stillwater, Okla.
The nation's 15th-ranked Southern Cal Trojans continue to lead the field with a 36-hole total of 568. USC sits four strokes ahead of No. 2-ranked UCLA and 11 strokes in front of Ohio State, which carded the best round of the day with a nine-under par score of 279. SMU (583), San Diego and Texas (584) round out the top five places.
With a 36-hole total of 586, the Hurricane is just two strokes behind that all-important top five position.
Tulsa freshman John Young Kim scored the best round of the day for the Hurricane with a five-under par 67 and has a one-under par total score of 143 for 12th place. The Tulsa golfers began their day on hole 10, and Kim ended up with a four-under par scorer after the first nine holes with birdies on holes13, 15, 16 and 18. He then birdied the par-3 second hole and took a five-under par total into his 16th hole.
Kim double-bogeyed the par-4 seventh hole, but got one stroke back with a birdie on the next hole.
Junior Stephen Carney finished the day with a one-under par 71 and has a 148 total. After a bogey on his first hole, Carney closed out his first nine holes with an eagle putt on hole 18. He also knocked in birdie putts on holes 1, 3 and 9.
Carney and sophomore Chris Worrell are tied for 38th place with totals of 148. Worrell finished the day with an even-par score of 72.
Tulsa's other golfer counting a score today was the 76 turned in by freshman Johannes Veerman, while junior Arie Fauzi shot a round of 79. Fauzi is in 50th place with a score of 150, while Veerman's 155 total puts him in 60th place.
Team Results 1. Southern Cal 278-290=568 2. UCLA 287-285=572 3. Ohio State 300-279=579 4. SMU 295-288=583 T5. San Diego 294-290=584 T5. Texas 287-297=584 7. Middle Tenn. 298-287=585 8. Tulsa 300-286=586 T9. North Texas 293-294=587 T9. Pacific 298-289=587 11. San Francisco 298-290=588 12. UNLV 295-297=592 13. Cleveland State 303-Tulsa Individuals T12. John Young Kim 76-67=143 T38. Chris Worrell 76-72=148 T38. Stephen Carney 77-71=148 T50. Arie Fauzi 71-79=150 62. Johannes Veerman79-76=155
Top-5 Individuals 1. Patrick Cantlay, UCLA 69-67=136 2. Steve Lim, Southern Cal 68-71=139 T3. Dylan Frittelli, Texas 68-73=141 T3. Jason Millard, MTSU 72-69=141 T5. T.J. Bordeaux, Pacific 74-68=142 T5. Derek Ernst, UNLV 69-73=142 T5. Jeffrey Kang, USC 66-76=142 T5. Brett Patterson, MTSU 72-70=142 T5. Manav Shah, San Diego 70-72=142 T5. Taylor Travis, San Fran 73-69=142
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