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McGlasson Tied For 28th At NCAA Central Regional
May 19, 2005 | Men's Golf
NOTRE DAME, Ind. - University of Colorado junior Edward McGlasson stood tied for 28th place here Thursday at the 17th Annual NCAA Central Regional, but thunderstorms and lightning early in the morning caused a three-hour delay, forcing half the field to end the day without completing their first round play.
The first groups barely made it down the fairway on their starting holes when the siren sounded to stop play at 7:15 a.m. Play resumed some three hours later, pushing back the tee times for 135 golfers in the field. McGlasson, originally scheduled to start at 1:03 p.m. CST, teed off at 4:20. His threesome got 12 holes in before play was suspended due to darkness at 7:45.
The lanky Buff is competing here as an individual and stands at 2-over par after 12 holes. That was good to tie him for 28th place individually; he needs to be one of the top two individuals from teams not in the top 10 in the standings to advance to next month's NCAA Championship Finals. He will resume his first round at 5:45 a.m. MDT Friday and have a brief break before starting his second round at 8:09 on the 7,011-yard, par-70 Warren Golf Course on the University of Notre Dame campus.
"I got off to a slow start, but I scored well and feel like I went out and gave it my all," McGlasson said. "But my all was 2-over, though I played as hard as I could and gave it 100 percent. But I'm still right there and I'm still in it. I just need to play a little smarter golf the next two days to give myself a chance.
"I fought really hard today and hung in there," he added. "I did exactly what I was supposed to do. When you get off to a slow start, it's important to get into a rhythm and that settled things down. My short game today was pretty good and that saved me because I didn't get off the tee as well as I could have."
McGlasson hit only six of 10 fairways and had only five greens in regulation, but his precise chipping enabled him to get it up-and-down five times in seven tries. His only real trouble was out of the chute, when he a driver down the right side of the No. 10 fairway, leaving him a lie behind a tree with a low branch. He had to lay-up and then once on the green, he suffered his only three-putt of the day though it was a tough pin placement.
"I only had one birdie putt inside of 15 feet today and I didn't make that; tomorrow I need to give myself more chances to get it under par," said CU's stroke average leader (73.2).
Oklahoma State's Pablo Martin is the individual leader at 4-under, as he has one hole to play. Only seven players in the field had it under par Thursday, but only three of those scores are complete. Only 11 players ahead of McGlasson finished their rounds at 1-over or better,
The average score Thursday of those who finished was just under 76, including an average of 39 on the back nine, where seven of the eight toughest holes in this meet were ranked statistically by the on-course scoring system. McGlasson started on No. 10 and turned at 37, as he opened with a double-bogey before bouncing back with four solid pars. He then bogeyed No. 15 before draining a 30-foot putt with a triple break for his only birdie on the day on No. 16. He then closed the side with two good pars and continued his run with three more pars on the front side before ending the day with six holes left to play.
As for the team competition here, Tulsa was the leader at the end of day, as the Golden Hurricane were 1-over par with six holes left to play. No. 1 Oklahoma State was 3-over with two holes remaining. Missouri was the leader in the clubhouse, as the Tigers posted a 5-over par 285 score to own a three-stroke edge over Kentucky.