Utah Golf Leads Cougar Classic Through Two Rounds

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Utah Golf Leads Cougar Classic Through Two Rounds

4/23/2004 12:00 AM | Men's Golf

April 23, 2004

PROVO, Utah - The University of Utah men's golf team leads the Cougar Classic after two rounds of competition. Utah sits three-strokes ahead of Brigham Young for the team lead with a score of 568. The Utes had rounds of 281 and 287 respectively. Leading the way for Utah through the first day of competition is junior Ashdon Woods. Woods shot a score of four-under-par, 140 (70-70) and is in sixth-place individually.

Utah has three golfers in the top 20 as Casey Fowles and Garrett Clegg each had strong showings on Friday. Fowles is in ninth-place with a score of three-under, 141 (71-70), while Clegg sits 16th with his score of one-under, 143 (69-74).

The individual leader through the first two rounds is Chris Baryla of UTEP, with a score of 136 (66-70). The final round of competition will begin at 8:30 a.m., on Saturday, April 24 at the Riverside Country Club.

Fin.   School                    Score  1    Utah                      281  287    568  2    Brigham Young             281  290    571  3    Boise State               288  284    572T 4    Texas El Paso             285  288    573T 4    Colorado State            286  287    573  6    Fresno State              292  282    574T 7    Denver                    287  292    579T 7    Nevada                    286  293    579  9    UC Davis                  293  289    582  10   Southern Utah             294  289    583  11   Hawaii                    296  291    587T 12   Weber State               286  303    589T 12   Wyoming                   296  293    589  14   Air Force Academy         294  299    593  15   Utah State                293  302    595

Fin.   Top 20 Players            School                Score  1    Chris Baryla           UTEP          66   70   136  2    Matthew Kodama         Hawaii        70   67   137  3    Graham DeLaet          Boise St.     69   69   138       Greg Machtaler         BYU           67   71   138  5    Ryan Carter            Fresno St.    73   66   139  6    Nolan Martin           Col. St.      69   71   140       Ashdon Woods           Utah          70   70   140      *Ron Harvey, Jr.        BYU           66   74   140  9    Oscar Alvarez          BYU           68   73   141       Casey Fowles           Utah          71   70   141       Jason Williams         Boise St.     70   71   141  12   Martin Laird           Col. St.      73   69   142       Casey Watabu           Nevada        69   73   142       Jason Ferrin           Nevada        72   70   142      *Clay Bingham           BYU           70   72   142  16   Tad Hunt               So. Utah      72   71   143       Garrett Clegg          Utah          69   74   143       Tyler Goulding         Air Force     70   73   143       Erik Hill              UC Davis      73   70   143       Kenny Ebalo            So. Utah      72   71   143       Nate Pettitt           Col. St.      70   73   143      *James Kurtenbach       Col. St.      74   69   143