Red Raiders Fall Short of Nationals

May 22, 2004

LUBBOCK, Texas - With a 304 third-round, the No.36 Red Raider men's golf team fell short of their second NCAA Nationals birth by seven-strokes. Tech was led by freshman Oscar Floren who finished tied for 27th overall, shooting ten-over-par, 226. No.22 Kentucky took home tournament honors at the 2004 Central Regionals in West Lafayette, Ind., finishing first with a nine-stroke lead over second-place finisher No.8 Oklahoma State.

Tech entered into the No.10 hole just three-strokes out of the top 10. Tech had to endure a two-hour delay, due to lightning, before finishing off its last eight holes. With every team above the Red Raiders with a final score already set, the Red Raiders were unable to overcome the deficit that stood between them and the top 10. The Red Raiders did however were able to overcome an tough first round to jump 10 spots from their ranking of 23rd to 13th, due mostly in part to the teams 296 second-round performance.

Floren (75-75-76) was Tech's leader all three-days of the Central Regionals, and finished as Tech's highest golfer overall, moving up seven spots from his day one ranking to tie for 27th overall. Senior Brad Jacobson (80-73-74), in his last competition in the Tech red and black, finished as Tech's second best golfer with a tied for 30th-place. Jacobson had a rough first-round 80, but recovered with a one-over and two-over first and second-round, respectively. Jacobson finished 11-over 227.

Sophomore William Haddrell (81-75-76) finished tied for 60th, 16-over 232. Haddrell had a solid third-round to help Tech jump three more spots in the overall team rankings in the final-round of play. Sophomore Andrew Dresser (82-73-78) and junior Chris Pace (81-81-81) rounded out the last of the Red Raider golfers carding a 66th- and 114th-place finish, respectively. Dresser made a strong come back in the second-round to make a strike at the top 50 individually, but his third-round 78 prevented Dresser from having another top finish. Pace had a back-to-back-to-back 81s performance at this years regionals and finished 27-over 243.

Four Big 12 teams will move onto the Nationals competition from the Central Region. No.8 Oklahoma State (893) finished in second, No.17 Oklahoma (896) finished third, No.47 Texas A&M (899) finished fourth and No.9 Texas (901) finished in a tie for fifth.

The Red Raiders wrap up their season with a 13th-place finish at the 2004 Central Regionals and a tie for fifth-place finish at the Big 12 championships. Overall Tech ended with 10 top 10 finishes, five of which were in the top five.

Results Listed Below:Rank    Name                    Round 1         Round 2         Round 3         Score13      Texas Tech              317             296             304             917t27     Oscar Floren            75              75              76              226t30     Brad Jacobson           80              73              74              227t60     William Haddrell        81              75              76              232t66     Andrew Dresser          82              73              78              233t114    Chris Pace              81              81              81              243
CENTRAL REGIONAL Final ResultsBirck Boilermaker Golf Course in West Lafayette, IndianaHosted by Purdue University
Rank Teams                      Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Score1   Kentucky, U. of             298     285     299     8822   Oklahoma State              287     298     308     8933   Oklahoma, U. of             305     294     297     8964   Texas A&M University        292     303     304     899T5  Texas                       298     296     307     901T5  TCU                         305     297     299     9017   Purdue                      295     302     308     9058   Wichita State Univ          302     300     306     9089   SMU                         302     299     308     90910  Kent State                  301     305     304     91011  Minnesota                   302     303     306     91112  Notre Dame, U. of           310     297     307     91413  Texas Tech                  317     296     304     91714  Ohio State Univ             302     310     306     91815  Kansas State Univ.          300     305     318     92316  Kansas, U. of               315     300     311     92617  Arkansas, U. of             314     307     310     931T18 Illinois                    309     320     304     933T18 Tulsa                       314     306     313     933T20 Lamar University            309     313     312     934T20 Indiana University          306     308     320     934T20 Colorado                    304     307     323     93423  Xavier University           312     316     312     94024  Western Illinois U.         323     323     312     95825  Baylor                      321     317     323     96126  Princeton University        323     318     333     97427  Jackson State Univ          333     337     330     1000

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