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Bayou City Collegiate Championship
Stone, No. 2 Men's Golf collect wins at Bayou City Collegiate Championship
02.24.2013 | Men's Golf
Feb. 24, 2013
HUMBLE, Texas -- The No. 2 Texas Men's Golf (285-274-283=842, -22) team coasted to its second win of the season in a 21-stroke victory in the Bayou City Collegiate Championship Sunday afternoon at Redstone Golf Club. Freshman Brandon Stone (72-68-67=207) picked up his second medalist award, and senior Julio Vegas (69-69-72=210) and junior Toni Hakula (72-67-72=211) finished second and tied for third, respectively. Junior walk-on Brax McCarthy (67-69-77=213), the 36-hole leader, tied for sixth place overall while competing as an individual for the Longhorns.
Texas' previous win this season was at the season-opening Carpet Capital Collegiate, where Stone earned medalist honors in his collegiate debut.
Stone fired a field-best 5-under 67 to finish three strokes ahead of Vegas. After a single bogey on No. 4 - Stone's third hold of the day after beginning the shotgun start on No. 2 - he rattled off three straight birdies on Nos. 8, 9 and 10, and added three more on Nos. 12, 16 and 18. Stone collected 17 subpars throughout the 54-hole event, including six in each of his final two rounds.
Vegas played steady golf on the final day to maintain his second-place position after 36 holes. He countered a pair of bogeys on Nos. 6 and 17 with as many birdies on Nos. 4 and 15. Hakula also shot even par on the final day with three-consecutive birdies on Nos. 12-14 and three bogeys on Nos. 5, 17 and 18.
McCarthy's final round scorecard included five bogeys (Nos. 17, 5, 11, 15 and 16) after beginning the day atop the standings with a two-stroke lead.
Senior Cody Gribble (73-70-72=215) and sophomore Kramer Hickok (72-71-76=219) rounded out Texas' squad in ties for 11th and 25th places.
Bayou City Collegiate Championship
Redstone Golf Club (par 72; 6,963 yards)
Final Team Standings
1. TEXAS - 285-274-283=842 (-22)
2. Houston - 294-282-287=863 (-1)
3. South Carolina - 294-286-291=871 (+7)
4. Louisiana Tech - 291-287-296=874 (+10)
T5. Chattanooga - 290-290-295=875 (+11)
T5. Baylor - 286-286-303=875 (+11)
7. Charlotte - 289-285-304=878 (+14)
8. East Carolina - 290-295-295=880 (+16)
9. Lamar - 295-292-294=881 (+17)
10. UTSA - 292-296-295=883 (+19)
11. Houston Baptist - 294-296-302=892 (+28)
12. Indiana - 296-297-300=893 (+29)
T13. UT Arlington - 290-299-307=896 (+32)
T13. New Mexico State - 299-289-308=896 (+32)
15. Rice - 309-301-307=917 (+53)
Final Player Leaderboard
1. Brandon Stone, TEXAS - 72-68-67=207 (-9)
2. Julio Vegas, TEXAS - 69-69-72=210 (-6)
T3. Toni Hakula, TEXAS - 72-67-72=211 (-5)
T3. Filippo Zucchetti, Baylor - 69-71-71=211 (-5)
5. Kyle Pilgrim, Houston * - 68-71-73=212 (-4)
T6. Tor-Erik Knudson, Lamar - 70-72-71=213 (-3)
T6. Brax McCarthy, TEXAS * - 67-69-77=213 (-3)
T8. Victor Lange, Louisiana Tech - 69-73-72=214 (-2)
T8. Will Murphy, South Carolina - 72-69-73=214 (-2)
T8. Caleb Sturgeon, South Carolina - 73-72-69=214 (-2)
* - denotes competing as an individual
Additional Texas Players
T11. Cody Gribble - 73-70-72=215 (-1)
T25. Kramer Hickok - 72-71-76=219 (+3)
