University of Oklahoma Athletics
OU Men's Golfers Finish 12th At Arizona State Invitational
April 13, 2002 | Men's Golf
April 13, 2002
TEMPE, Okla. - The University of Oklahoma men's golf team shot a final-round 285 (-3) Saturday afternoon to finish 12th at the ASU Thunderbird/SAVANE Invitational at Karsten Golf Course (Par-72, 7.027 yards). The Sooners finished the tournament with a total of 856 (-8) while Texas won the team championship with a combined 832 (-32).
Leading the Sooners for the second straight tournament was senior Cody Freeman (Arnett, Okla.), who notched his third top-10 finish of the season tying for 10th. Freeman carded a final-round 71 (-1) good for a total of 209 (-7). With this finish, he has led the Sooners in three tournaments this year including the Morris Williams Intercollegiate (T9th) and The Ping/Golfweek Preview (T9th).
Junior Matt Cohn (La Jolla, Calif.) shot the lowest round for OU Saturday firing a two-under 70. Cohn finished tied for 29th a with final score 213 (-3). Three shots back was junior John Kidwell (Dallas, Texas), who shot a final-round 72 (E) and tied for 42nd at even-par (216).
Sophomore Martin Flores (Mansfield, Texas) also shot even-par Saturday to finish tied for 57th with a total of 219 (+3) while sophomore Blake Martin (Stigler, Okla.) rounded out the scoring for the Sooners with a 74 to tie for 77th.
The Sooners have over two weeks to prepare for the Big 12 Conference Championship which will be held on Monday-Tuesday, April 29-30, at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan. The championship will be a total of 54 holes played over two days, with 36 holes the first day and 18 holes the second day.
Team Scores
1. Texas 271-276-285=832 (-32)
2. Arizona State 279-279-280=838 (-26)
3. Pepperdine 287-275-277=839 (-25)
4. Oregon 283-280-280=843 (-21)
6. Arizona 282-281-282=845 (-19)
TCU 283-282-280=845 (-19)
7. Oklahoma State 285-276-287=848 (-16)
8. BYU 279-287-284=850 (-14)
9. UCLA 287-283-282=852 (-12)
10. New Mexico 281-280-292=853 (-11)
11. USC 280-287-287=854 (-10)
12. Oklahoma 290-281-285=856 (-8)
13. Stanford 291-290-285=866 (+2)
14. Washington 296-285-288=869 (+5)
15. ASU Maroon 283-290-299=872 (+8)
16. Houston 299-293-294=886 (+22)
Top Five Individuals
1. Bret Guetz, TCU 68-65-67=200 (-16)
2. John Klauk, Texas 67-66-70=203 (-13)
3. Chris Carnahan, Oregon 68-64-73=205 (-11)
4. Randy Creighton, Pepperdine 73-67-67=207 (-9)
Par Nilsson, Okla. St. 70-65-72=207 (-9)
Pat Moore, Ariz. St. 67-64-76=207 (-9)
Oklahoma Individual Scores
T10. Cody Freeman 70-68-71=209 (-7)
T29. Matt Cohn 74-69-70=213 (-3)
T42. John Kidwell 71-73-72=216 (E)
T57. Martin Flores 75-72-72=219 (+3)
T77. Blake Martin 78-72-74=224 (+8)














