Golfers Seventh At Windy Wyoming Classic

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The University of Colorado men's golf team is tied for seventh place after nearly a six-hour round here Monday in the Wyoming Cowboy Classic.

Winds gusting up to 35 miles per hour made for slow play, so slow in fact that tournament officials called off Monday's second round and reduced the tournament to a 36-hole affair.

Wichita State, ranked No. 73 by Golfweek, owns a five-shot lead as the Shockers turned in a 14-over par 294 score, with Gonzaga second at 299; No. 64 Arizona is third at 301.

Colorado, ranked No. 64 by GolfStat and No. 74 by Golfweek, is tied for seventh with No. 22 St. Mary's (Calif.), the highest ranked team in the field, with 26-over 306 scores.

"It was a challenging day out there with very strong winds, blowing sand and dust, and slow play," head coach Roy Edwards said. "I thought the guys did a good job overall, despite not playing our best.

"Our team round wasn't good because we had to take a couple of high scores," he continued. "With one guy totally out of it, it makes it very hard to shoot a good team score. We are only seven shots out of second and are focused on having a great round tomorrow. To do that, we need all five guys to stay in their rounds for all 18 holes."

Senior Derek Fribbs paced the Buffaloes Monday with a 4-over 74 effort on the 7,133-yard, par-70 Talking Stick North Course layout. He was one of seven players to birdie both par-5 holes (Nos. 2 and 17).

"Derek was particularly solid as he didn't get off to a very good start but played the toughest stretch of the course very well," Edwards said.

Senior Jason Burstyn recorded a 6-over 76, with sophomore David Oraee and redshirt freshman Drew Trujillo carding 7-over 77s; Trujillo, however, is playing as an individual here and his score is not counting toward the CU team score. Oraee was tied for second in the field Monday in par-3 scoring.

Freshman Philip Juel-Berg shot a 9-over 79, tying him for 70th and junior Johnny Hayes, playing in just his second spring tournament and the first where his score counts toward the team total, struggled from almost the start and finished with a 15-over 85; he is tied for 116th.

Three players are tied for the individual lead with even-par 70 scores: Curtis Yonke (Kansas State), Glen Scher (UC-Santa Barbara) and Louis Boyer (Wichita State). While no player broke par, 48 players shot 80 or higher, as the average score for the day in the 126-man field was 78.64, well over eight shots over par.

The second and now final round is scheduled for a 7:30 a.m. MDT shotgun start on Tuesday; the Buffs will tee off on holes 4 through 6 and will be paired with Old Dominion, Tulsa and St. Mary's. This is Colorado's final tune-up ahead of the Pac-12 Championships, set for April 29-May 1 at Los Angeles Country Club.

BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS

T10.	Derek Fribbs	74
T27.	Jason Burstyn	76
T43.	David Oraee	77
T43.	*Drew Trujillo	77
T70.	Philip Juel-Berg	79
T116.	John Hayes	85

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

T1.	Curtis Yonke, Kansas State	70
T1.	Glen Scher, UC-Santa Barbara	70
T1.	Louis Boyer, Wichita State	70
T4.	Daniel Engle, Utah	71
T4.	Travis Johnsen, Gonzaga	71

TEAM SCORES

1.	Wichita State	294
2.	Gonzaga	299
3.	Arizona	301
4.	Kansas State	303
5.	Old Dominion	304
6.	Tulsa	305
7.	COLORADO	306
7.	St. Mary's, Calif.	306
9.	Hawai'i	307
10.	Utah	308
10.	UC-Santa Barbara	308
12.	UC-Riverside	309
13.	Texas-El Paso	310
13.	Boise State	310
15.	Air Force	311
15.	Wyoming	311
17.	Idaho	312
17.	Weber State	312
19.	Santa Clara	313
20.	Northern Colorado	314
21.	Colorado State	316
22.	Nevada	321
23.	Utah State	322
24.	CSU-Northridge	324

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