OU Fires Second Straight Red-Figure Round

Feb. 7, 2008

WAIKOLOA VILLAGE, Hawaii - Shooting its second consecutive under-par score in Thursday's second round, the No. 42 OU men's golf squad stands eighth after 36 holes of the UH-Hilo Intercollegiate at the Waikoloa Village golf course in Waikoloa Village, Hawaii.

The Sooners continued their momentum from Wednesday's good showing, posting a 4-under-par 276 team score at the par-70, 6,738-yard course.

Pacing Oklahoma for the second consecutive round was Jesse Schutte, who fired a 5-under-par 65. The 2007 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year stands in a tie for seventh with 18 holes to play.

Sophomore's Eric Durbin and Ben Blundell are both in a tie for 31st after rounds of 71 and 68, respectively. Freshman Ryan Sirman is a stroke back of the pair after a second-round 72 while sophomore Tyler Rody rounds out the OU competitors in a tie for 78th after shooting 75 in Thursday's play.

Stanford jumped into the team lead, after a blistering 17-under-par 263 in which the Cardinal did not count a score worse than 68.

Nine teams competing in this week's event are ranked in the Golfweek top 50, including three top-10 schools - No. 4 Georgia Tech, No. 8 USC and No. 10 Stanford. Along with the Sooners, Oregon State, TCU, Texas Tech, Arizona State and Oregon round out the other squads in the top 50.

Tournament Results

ASU's Jesper Kennegard and USC's Jamie Lovemark share the top spot in the medalist race at nine-under.

The event marks OU's first spring competition after recording four top-5 finishes in five fall events, including a season-best-tying third in the last fall tournament - the Santa Clara Invitational on Oct. 22-23.

Final-round action begins at 7 a.m. (HST) on Friday.

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OU Fires Second Straight Red-Figure Round

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