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Final
Men's Golf
vs Puerto Rico Classic
University of Oklahoma Athletics
Thursday, May 18
Chardon, Ohio
All Day
University of Oklahoma
vs
NCAA Central Regional
Men's Golf in 10th at NCAA Regionals
May 18, 2006 | Men's Golf
NORMAN, Okla. The University of Oklahoma men's golf team is in 10th place after the first round of the NCAA Central Regional at Sand Ridge Golf Club just outside of Cleveland, Ohio.
The Sooners posted a first-round team total of 292 (+8) at Sand Ridge's 7,137-yard, par-71 layout.
Shawn LaFontaine recorded OU's low round of the day with a one-over-par 72. A senior from Cobourg, Ontario, LaFontaine was one-under through 13 holes until a bogey at the 14th. He double-bogeyed the difficult par-3 17th before a birdie on his final hole.
All-American Anthony Kim and Big 12 runner-up Brodie Flanders shot matching two-over 73s in Thursday's round. Both were even-par at the turn. Flanders made a triple-bogey on the 10th hole, but recovered nicely with birdies at the 14th and 18th.
Kim, a unanimous All-Big 12 selection in 2006, birdied his first hole of the day only to bogey No. 2. The La Quinta, Calif., native then strung together 10 consecutive pars before a bogey at 13. He birdied the15th before a double-bogey at 16 that left him at two-over.
Sophomore Phillip Bryan and senior Justin Fraley also shot matching rounds, posting a pair of three-over-par 74s.
Bryan, from Mustang, Okla., and Fraley, a native of Rowlett, Texas were both even-par on the back nine after recording three-over 38s on the front.
Oklahoma State leads the team standings with a four-under-par total of 280, one shot clear of second-place Northwestern.
Northwestern's Chris Wilson holds the individual lead after a four-under-par 67. Four players stand one shot back.
The Big 12 Conference had a strong showing on day one with four schools (Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, Texas and OU) among the top 10 on the leaderboard.
Second round action will begin at 7 a.m. CDT on Friday. The Sooners will begin teeing off at approximately 1:05 p.m. and will be paired with TCU and Purdue.
The top 10 teams from the Central Regional, as well as the top two individuals on non-qualifying teams, will advance to play at the NCAA Championships, May 31-June 3 at the Crosswater Golf Club at the Sunriver Resort in Sunriver, Ore.
Oklahoma golf fans can follow live scoring of the NCAA Central Regional at www.golfstat.com.
Team Standings
Justin Fraley
1.
Oklahoma State
280
280
(-4)
2.
Northwestern
281
281
(-3)
3.
Texas A&M
284
284
(E)
T4.
Duke
286
286
(+2)
T4.
Lamar
286
286
(+2)
T6.
Kentucky
291
291
(+7)
T6.
Minnesota
291
291
(+7)
T6.
Texas
291
291
(+7)
T6.
Purdue
291
291
(+7)
10.
Oklahoma
292
292
(+8)
11.
TCU
293
293
(+9)
12.
SMU
294
294
(+10)
13.
Georgia Tech
295
295
(+11)
T14.
Kent State
296
296
(+12)
T14.
Clemson
296
296
(+12)
16.
Tulsa
297
297
(+13)
17.
Texas-Arlington
298
298
(+14)
18.
Siena
302
302
(+18)
T19.
Colorado
306
306
(+22)
T19.
Kansas State
306
306
(+22)
T19.
Missouri
306
306
(+22)
T19.
Nebraska
306
306
(+22)
23.
Xavier
307
307
(+23)
24.
Eastern Kentucky
309
309
(+25)
25.
Cleveland State
318
318
(+34)
T26.
Princeton
324
324
(+40)
T26.
St. Francis-Pennsylvania
324
324
(+40)
Individual Standings
1.
Chris Wilson, Northwestern
67
67
(-4)
T2.
Bobby Bennett, Purdue
68
68
(-3)
T2.
Bronson Burgoon, Texas A&M
68
68
(-3)
T2.
David Merkow, Northwestern
68
68
(-3)
T2.
Andrew Parr, Texas A&M
68
68
(-3)
Oklahoma Scores
T25.
Shawn LaFontaine
72
72
(+1)
T34.
Brodie Flanders
73
73
(+2)
T34.
Anthony Kim
73
73
(+2)
T51.
Phillip Bryan
74
74
(+3)
T51.
74
74
(+3)
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