TCU Extends Its Lead at C-USA Men’s Golf Championship

Colby Beckstrom

Led by a pair of second round scores of 69 by Drew Stoltz and David Schultz, three-time defending champion TCU has extended its lead at the 2005 Conference USA Men’s Golf Championships to a commanding 19 strokes with a two-day team total of 560. The performances of Stoltz and Schultz, along with the two-day effort of Horned Frog Colby Beckstrom, the tournament’s individual leader at –6 under par, have TCU far ahead of second place Charlotte. The tournament is being played at the par-72, 7,093-yard Grand Bear Golf Club in Gulfport, Miss.

After Beckstrom and Stoltz (-5 under for the tournament), UAB’s Garrett Osborn has moved into a tie for third with East Carolina’s Robin Smith, the day one leader that struggled with a two-over, 74 on Tuesday. Osborn and Smith are each at –4 under with 18 holes to play. Shultz is knotted with Charlotte’s Clint Deibert with a two-day total of 141, -3 under par.

Louisville’s Derek Fathauer had the top score on day two, firing a –4 under, 68 to move alone into seventh place with a two-day total of 142. Rounding out the top 10 are Tulane’s Michael Thompson (-1 under, 143) and Matt Mincer of Charlotte and James Sacheck of TCU (both at an even par, 144).

Trailing TCU in the team standings is Charlotte. The 49ers team score of 290 on day two was just one more stroke than it had on the opening day and Charlotte (579) holds a three-stroke lead over third place UAB (582), which fell from second place on Monday. Tulane is in fourth place with a two-day total of 583, while Houston remains in fifth with a 589.

Louisville (594), Memphis (601), Southern Miss (601), East Carolina (605), and Marquette (610), respectively, hold down spots 6-10 in the tourney, while Cincinnati (616), USF (616), DePaul (622) and Saint Louis (638) stand in spots 11-14.

The final round of play begins at 7:45 a.m. CST on Wednesday.


2005 C-USA Men's Golf Champ.
Grand Bear G.C. Gulfport, MS
Dates: 04/18 - 04/20 (Today:04-19-2005)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7093

Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores
1 TCU 278 282 560
2 Charlotte 289 290 579
3 UAB 286 296 582
4 Tulane University 289 294 583
5 Houston, Univ. of 293 296 589
6 Louisville, U. of 296 298 594
7 Memphis, U. of 301 300 601
Southern Mississippi 298 303 601
9 East Carolina Univ. 297 308 605
10 Marquette University 306 308 614
11 Cincinnati, U. of 309 307 616
12 So. Florida, U. of 316 302 618
13 De Paul University 315 307 622
14 St. Louis University 313 325 638


Fin. Top 20 Players School Scores
1 Colby Beckstrom TCU 67 71 138
2 Drew Stoltz TCU 70 69 139
3 Garrett Osborn UAB 68 72 140
Robin Smith ECU 66 74 140
5 David Schultz TCU 72 69 141
Clint Deibert Charlotte 68 73 141
7 Derek Fathauer Louisville 74 68 142
8 Michael Thompson Tulane 69 74 143
9 Matt Mincer Charlotte 74 70 144
James Sacheck TCU 69 75 144
11 Chris Wheeler Tulane 72 73 145
12 J.J. Killeen TCU 73 73 146
Danny Dennis So. Miss. 73 73 146
Jordan Irwin Houston 74 72 146
Ray Sheedy Charlotte 73 73 146
Michael Soroka So. Miss. 71 75 146
Clark Brown UAB 74 72 146
Kyle Ritchie Tulane 72 74 146
19 Pablo Acuna Houston 74 73 147
Daryl Fathauer Louisville 71 76 147
Kevin Newman Houston 71 76 147