UH's Callas Takes Medalist Honors at the Maxwell

ARDMORE, Okla. - One day after setting a new career low round, University of Houston sophomore golfer Brett Callas continued his hot play with an even lower round on the way to capturing the individual championship at The Maxwell on Sunday.

Callas, who stood in fourth place entering the final 18 holes Sunday, fired a career-best 67 in the final round to finish two strokes ahead of John Kidwell (Oklahoma), Kyle Willmann (Texas Tech) and Cody Freeman (Oklahoma). It was the best finish by a Cougar linkster this season, topping Simon Robinson's third-place finish at the Conference USA Championships on April 22-24.

The Cougars, who will next compete at the NCAA Central Regional in Little Rock, Ark., on May 16-18, maintained their hold on second place in the final team standings, finishing four strokes behind Oklahoma State. Oklahoma, Texas and Tulsa rounded out the top five team leaders.

UH also posted its seventh top-10 team finish and the fifth top-10 finish in their last six tournaments. It was also the Cougars' second straight second-place finish after capturing runner-up honors at the C-USA Championships.

Callas' performance was part of a solid effort by the entire Cougar team which had three players finish among the top 10 individual leaders. Simon Robinson, who earned All-C-USA and C-USA All-Tournament Team honors recently tied for sixth with a score of 2-over-par 210 and joined Callas as the only Cougars to improve their scores with each round.

Brad McIntosh finished in a tie for ninth at 4-over-par 214.

Other Cougars competing in the tournament were Scott Ferguson (T-53rd, 230) and Chris Cureton (60th, 235).



TEAM RESULTS

1. Oklahoma State 283-282-288 -- 853

2. Houston 287-282-288 -- 857

3. Oklahoma 291-282-286 -- 859

4. Texas 286-286-292 -- 864

5. Tulsa 297-286-291 -- 874

6. Texas Tech 304-282-291 -- 877

7. Colorado 292-295-293 -- 880

8. Arkansas 299-291-293 -- 883

9. SMU 295-299-291 -- 885

10. North Texas 299-291-297 -- 887

11. Texas A&M 295-306-289 -- 890

12. Oklahoma JV 302-302-293 -- 897



HOUSTON COUGAR GOLFERS

1. Brett Callas, Houston 72-68-67 -- 207

T-6. Simon Robinson, Houston 73-70-69 -- 212

T-9 Brad McIntosh, Houston 70-71-73 -- 214

T-53. Scott Ferguson, Houston 72-73-85 -- 230

60. Chris Cureton, Houston 81-75-79 -- 235



TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS

1. Brett Callas, Houston 72-68-67 - 207

2. John Kidwell, Oklahoma 72-68-69 -- 209

Kyle Willmann, Texas Tech 75-64-70 -- 209

Cody Freeman, Oklahoma 68-70-71 -- 209

5. Hunter Mahan, Okla. St. 72-66-72 -- 210

6. Simon Robinson, Houston 73-70-69 -- 212

Brad Besler, N. Texas 72-70-70 -- 212

Billy Lowry, Tulsa 73-69-70 -- 212

9. Adam Wing, Arkansas 71-73-70 -- 214

Brad McIntosh, Houston 70-71-73 -- 214

Alex Noren, Okla. St. 70-70-74 -- 214