Fowler leads Cowboys to Big 12 title
GOLFWEEK STAFFNo. 5 Oklahoma State claimed its third Big 12 title in the past four years, while freshman Rickie Fowler walked away with the individual title Sunday at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Trinity, Texas. The Cowboys finished at 11-under 1,141, 20 shots ahead of No. 38 Texas. Texas Tech, No. 27 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings, took third at 13 over par. Fowler, the nation’s top-ranked individual, shot a final-round 68 to finish at 9-under 279 and become the sixth Cowboy to win the Big 12 title; it was also Fowler’s ninth consecutive top-10 finish to start his college career. Fellow Oklahoma State freshman Kevin Tway shot 73 to finish second at 5 under par after entering the final round with a one-shot lead, while Texas Tech’s Garrett Merrell (74) finished third at 3 under.
Final scores with relation to par from the Big 12 Championship, played April 25-27 at the par-72, 7,470-yard Whispering Pines Golf Club in Trinity, Texas:
| TEAMS |
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| 1. Oklahoma St. |
285-282-283-291--1,141 |
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-11 |
| 2. Texas |
288-294-286-293--1,161 |
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9 |
| 3. Texas Tech |
302-282-282-299--1,165 |
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13 |
| 4. Texas A&M |
299-284-294-301--1,178 |
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26 |
| 5. Baylor |
298-296-298-299--1,191 |
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39 |
| 6. Kansas |
303-295-298-298--1,194 |
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42 |
| 7. Oklahoma |
295-297-308-300--1,200 |
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48 |
| 8. Kansas St. |
297-307-301-297--1,202 |
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50 |
| 9. Iowa St. |
298-313-292-303--1,206 |
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54 |
| 10. Colorado |
311-303-296-298--1,208 |
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56 |
| 11. Nebraska |
303-300-305-317--1,225 |
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73 |
| 12. Missouri |
312-304-305-316--1,237 |
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85 |
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| INDIVIDUALS |
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| 1. Rickie Fowler, Okla. St. |
72-68-71-68--279 |
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-9 |
| 2. Kevin Tway, Okla. St. |
72-68-70-73--283 |
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-5 |
| 3. Garrett Merrell, Texas Tech |
76-67-68-74--285 |
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-3 |
| 4. Chris Ward, Texas Tech |
72-69-71-75--287 |
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-1 |
| 5. Andrea Pavan, Texas A&M |
76-71-67-74--288 |
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E |
| 6. Charlie Holland, Texas |
70-71-71-77--289 |
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1 |
| 7. Brad Hopfinger, Kansas |
75-70-77-68--290 |
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2 |
| 7. Mark Johnson, Okla. St. |
69-74-73-74--290 |
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2 |
| 7. Lance Lopez, Texas |
70-75-73-72--290 |
+ |
2 |
| 10. Colton Williams, Baylor |
70-74-72-75--291 |
+ |
3 |
| 11. Bobby Hudson, Texas |
76-76-68-72--292 |
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4 |
| 11. Santiago Rivas, Texas Tech |
74-75-71-72--292 |
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4 |
| 13. Chris Baker, Iowa St. |
72-76-71-75--294 |
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6 |
| 13. Ben Herrera, Iowa St. |
72-77-73-72--294 |
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6 |
| 13. Trent Whitekiller, Okla. St. |
72-72-71-79--294 |
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6 |
| 16. Mike Coatman, Nebraska |
70-75-71-79--295 |
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7 |
| 16. Joe Ida, Kansas St. |
71-74-79-71--295 |
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7 |
| 18. Bill Allcorn, Baylor |
75-74-72-75--296 |
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8 |
| 18. Trent Leon, Okla. St. |
73-76-71-76--296 |
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8 |
| 18. Jesse Schutte, Oklahoma |
73-74-76-73--296 |
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8 |
| 21. Matt Van Zandt, Texas A&M |
74-70-77-76--297 |
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9 |
| 22. Robert Gates, Jr., Texas A&M |
74-73-74-77--298 |
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10 |
| 22. Walt Koelbel, Kansas |
74-72-73-79--298 |
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10 |
| 22. Jace Moore, Texas |
78-72-74-74--298 |
+ |
10 |
| 25. Mitchell Gregson, Kansas St. |
76-79-71-73--299 |
+ |
11 |
| 25. Robert Streb, Kansas St. |
73-74-76-76--299 |
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11 |
| 25. Wes Williams, Baylor |
78-77-74-70--299 |
+ |
11 |
| 28. Kevin Schultz, Texas |
72-77-76-75--300 |
+ |
12 |
| 28. Luke Symons, Colorado |
76-73-77-74--300 |
+ |
12 |
| 30. Phillip Bryan, Oklahoma |
76-74-79-72--301 |
+ |
13 |
| 31. Will Griffin, Texas Tech |
81-71-72-78--302 |
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14 |
| 31. Liam Logan, Oklahoma |
76-78-69-79--302 |
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14 |
| 33. Bronson Burgoon, Texas A&M |
77-70-83-74--304 |
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16 |
| 33. Jim Grady, Colorado |
80-79-68-77--304 |
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16 |
| 33. Tyler Rody, Oklahoma |
70-71-86-77--304 |
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16 |
| 33. Derek Tolan, Colorado |
83-75-76-70--304 |
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16 |
| 37. Peter Malnati, Missouri |
78-79-74-74--305 |
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17 |
| 37. Patrick Roth, Kansas |
78-77-74-76--305 |
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17 |
| 39. Ignacio Elvira, Texas A&M |
75-76-76-79--306 |
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18 |
| 39. Andrew Wyatt, Nebraska |
79-76-75-76--306 |
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18 |
| 41. Michael Baird, Colorado |
75-79-78-77--309 |
+ |
21 |
| 41. Nate Barbee, Kansas |
76-76-74-83--309 |
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21 |
| 41. Jeff Gerlich, Baylor |
75-72-83-79--309 |
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21 |
| 41. Will Harrold, Missouri |
78-74-76-81--309 |
+ |
21 |
| 45. Joe Cermak, Iowa St. |
78-79-72-82--311 |
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23 |
| 46. Ryne Fisher, Missouri |
77-78-75-82--312 |
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24 |
| 46. Michael Imperato, Colorado |
80-76-75-81--312 |
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24 |
| 46. Johnny Larson, Iowa St. |
76-81-76-79--312 |
+ |
24 |
| 49. Bud Reynolds, Missouri |
79-74-82-79--314 |
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26 |
| 49. Kyle Smell, Kansas St. |
77-85-75-77--314 |
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26 |
| 51. Tyler Parsloe, Nebraska |
76-80-78-81--315 |
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27 |
| 52. Cedric Bertin, Iowa St. |
79-81-80-77--317 |
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29 |
| 52. Sergio Franky, Texas Tech |
80-79-75-83--317 |
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29 |
| 54. Cody Paladino, Baylor |
83-76-80-79--318 |
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30 |
| 54. Trent Price, Nebraska |
78-75-84-81--318 |
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30 |
| 56. Kyle Marcolla, Missouri |
79-78-80-83--320 |
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32 |
| 56. Mark Pillen, Nebraska |
84-74-81-81--320 |
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32 |
| 58. Zach Pederson, Kansas |
81-85-80-75--321 |
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33 |
| 59. Eric Durbin, Oklahoma |
79-82-84-78--323 |
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35 |
| 59. Daniel Wood, Kansas St. |
82-80-81-80--323 |
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35 |
Posted: 4/27/2008
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