The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Men's Golf ties for seventh at Prestige
10.19.2005 | Men's Golf
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- The University of Texas men's golf finished in a tie for seventh place in their second outing of the fall season, ending with a 22 over-par score of 886 in three rounds at the Prestige held at PGA West Tuesday.
Texas was led by junior Farren Keenan who finished in a tie for 13th place with a three round total of a two over-par 218. He carded rounds of 73, 73, and 73 in the two-day event.
There was a small lightning delay early in round two of the tournament, which starts with back-to-back 18-hole rounds on the first day. The second round was completed Tuesday morning.
Texas finished 26 strokes off the first-place pace of UCLA, who had four of five team members in the top 11 when the scores were all added up and finished with a four-under 860. BYU was second with a six-over 870, followed by Californica-Irvine with an eight-over 872. Illinois was fourth with a total of 875 and Pepperdine and Notre Dame tie for fifth with scores of 880.
"We played well despite our scores," said head coach John Fields. "We need to keep improving to move up the leader board. This was a tough course and our kids really worked hard despite it being a challenging style of golf. We will continue to work and improve with experience."
Sophomore Jace Moore finished tied for 23rd with a five-over par score of 221 after rounds of 73, 74 and 74 for the Longhorns.
Senior Matthew Mills shot a two-over par 74 on the final day and totaled 223 over three rounds to tie for 32nd place. Senior Jeff Bell started strong with rounds of 74 and 73, but shot 79 in round three to total 226 and tie for 44th place. Junior Jhonattan Vegas rounded out the five for Texas with a total of 232 and tie for 72nd finish.
Team Scores
1. UCLA 280 291 289 860
2. BYU 295 291 284 870
3. UC-Irvine 291 292 289 872
4. Illinois 293 291 291 875
t5. Pepperdine 297 293 290 880
t5. Notre Dame 296 298 286 880
t7. TEXAS 297 290 299 886
t7. Stanford 291 296 299 886
9. Northern Colorado 296 299 295 890
10. Colorado 290 308 294 892
Top 5 Individuals
t1. Tim Cha, UC-Irvine 213
t1. Danny Zimmerman, Illinois 213
t3. Erik Flores, UCLA 214
t3. Scott Gustafson, Notre Dame 214
t3. Chris Heintz, UCLA 214
Texas Results
T7 TEXAS 297 290 299 886
T13 Farren Keenan 73 72 73 218
T23 Jace Moore 73 74 74 221
T32 Matthew Mills 78 71 74 223
T44 Jeff Bell 74 73 79 226
T72 Jhonattan Vegas 77 77 78 232
