Sooner Golfers Move Into 10th place at Waikoloa Intercollegiate

Feb. 14, 2002

HILO, Hawaii - The University of Oklahoma men's golf team shot a second-round score of 286 to move into a tie for 10th place with Arizona State on Thursday at the Taylor Made Waikoloa Intercollegiate in Hilo, Hawaii. The Sooners currently have a total score of 581 (+5) while Georgia Tech continues to lead the tournament with a total of 566 (-10).

Junior John Kidwell (Dallas, Texas) fired a second-round 69 to lead OU in the second round and is tied for 11th place overall at one under-par (143). Senior Cody Freeman (Arnett, Okla.) and sophomore Martin Flores (Mansfield, Texas) each shot even-par (72) in the second round. Freeman moved into a tie for 46th overall with two-round score of 147 (+3) while Flores is one shot back and tied for 56th.

Sophomore Doug Manor (Garland, Texas) rebounded after a tough first round of 78 to post a second-round 73 and finish out the day tied with a total of 151. Sophomore Blake Martin (Stigler, Okla.) rounded out the scores for Oklahoma with a 78 placing him tied with Flores for 56th.

OU begins final-round play Friday morning at 6:45 a.m. (10:45 CST).

Team Scores
1.  Georgia Tech 281-285=566 (-10)
2.  Stanford         285-288=573 (-3)
3.  Nevada         288-287=575 (-1)
4.  Mississippi          286-291=577 (+1)
    Kansas         292-285=577 (+1)
6.  Arkansas         289-289=578 (+2)
7.  Fresno State 288-291=579 (+3)
8.  Washington         290-290=580 (+4)
    TCU                 292-288=580 (+4)
10. Arizona State 298-283=581 (+5)
    Oklahoma         295-286=581 (+5)
12. Pepperdeine         287-297=584 (+8)
13. UNLV         297-288=585 (+9)
14. Southern Cal 294-292=586 (+10)
    Hawaii-Hilo         296-290=586 (+10)
16. Texas A&M         296-291=587 (+11)
17. Rhode Island 291-300=591 (+15)
18. Houston         293-300=593 (+17)
    UTEP         299-294=593 (+17)
    Oregon State 293-300=593 (+17)
21. UC-Santa Barbara     301-295=596 (+20)
    Oregon         291-305=596 (+20)
23. Hawaii         301-297=598 (+22)
24. Nagoya         303-315=618 (+42)

Top Five Individuals
1. Philip Rowe, Stanford   69-67=136 (-8)
2. Troy Matteson, Ga. Tech         67-70=137 (-7)
3. Nick Watney, Fresno St.   72-68=140 (-4)
   Jonathan Echols, Fresno St.     68-72=140 (-4)
5. Chez Reavie, Ariz. St.   73-68=141 (-3)
   Jason Allred, Peppderdine       69-72=141 (-3)
   Aaron Byers, Oregon           67-74=141 (-3)
   Conner Robbins, Washington      70-71=141 (-3)

Oklahoma Individual Scores
T11. John Kidwell           74-69=143 (-1)
T46. Cody Freeman           75-72=147 (+3)
T56. Martin Flores           76-72=148 (+4)
T56. Blake Martin           70-78=148 (+4)
T82. Doug Manor            78-73=151 (+7)

University of Oklahoma Athletics

Sooner Golfers Move Into 10th place at Waikoloa Intercollegiate

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