April 9, 2013
SCOTTSDALE, AZ-- ODU senior Thomas Wilde (Bucks, England) fired a 69 in the final round to finish at 145 for 36 holes and tied for 17th at the 11th annualWyoming Cowboy Classic at the famed Talking Stick-North Course. The Monarchs finished eighth as a team with a two round score of 592 in the 24-team field.
Gonzaga won the event by six strokes over Colorado and Glen Scher of UC Santa Barbara was the individual champion with a two under 138 (70-68=138). Wilde was just seven strokes back of Scher. Freshman Ashton Newsom finished tied for 33rd ( 74-74=148).
In par three scoring, Jamison Randall (Cumberland, RI.)and freshman Seth Sweet(Madison, ME.) tied for seventh at 3.00, while Wilde was 13th in par four scoring at 4.13. Ashton Newsom (Chesapeake, VA.) had one of the tournaments six eagles and was 16th in total birdies with five. Senior Garth McGee (Bangor, Northern Ireland) equaled Wilde with a 69 in the final round.
The Monarchs return to action on April 22nd when they compete in their first ever Conference USA Championships, April 22-24 in Texarkana, Ark.
11th Annual Wyoming Cowboy ClassicTalking stick Golf Club7,133 yards/ par 70Scottsdale, Ariz.
Team Scores (24 teams) 1 Gonzaga 299 275 574 +142 Colorado 306 274 580 +20T3 Tulsa 305 277 582 +22 T3 St. Mary's (CA) 306 276 582 +225 Arizona 301 283 584 +24 6 Wichita State 294 293 587 +277 Utah 308 280 588 +288 Old Dominion 304 288 592 +32T9 Colorado State 316 277 593 +33 T9 Idaho 312 281 593 +3311 Kansas State 303 292 595 +35 12 UC Riverside 309 287 596 +36 13 Wyoming 311 288 599 +39 T14 Boise State 310 291 601 +41T14 Hawaii 307 294 601 +41 T14 UC Santa Barbara 308 293 601 +41 17 Air Force 311 291 602 +42 T18 Northern Colorado 314 289 603 +43 T18 Nevada 321 282 603 +43 20 Weber State 312 292 604 +4421 Santa Clara 313 296 609 +49 22 Utah State 322 292 614 +54 23 Texas El Paso 310 305 615 +55 24 CSU Northridge 324 297 621 +61
ODU GOLFERST17 Tom Wilde (2) 76 69 145T33 Ashton Newsom (5) 74 74 148T66 Seth Sweet (3) 76 76 152T66 Garth McGee (4) 83 69 152T80 Jamison Randall (1) 78 76 154