Bostick, Hughes have UCO in control at MIAA Championship; Stout wins again for OSU; Summy leads Sooners
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Central Oklahoma began Day 2 of the MIAA Men’s Golf Championships tied with Washburn for first place. Tuesday the Bronchos posted a 6-under-par second round and built a 15-shot lead heading into Wednesday’s final round.
UCO shot a 282 on Tuesday and is 1-under for the tournament. Washburn shot a 9-over-par 297 and is 14-over for the tournament and in second place. Central Missouri, Newman, and Missouri Western make up the top five.
A big part of Tuesday’s surge was the play of junior All-American Baylor Bostick, who shot a 5-under-par 67 to move up eight spots to first place. Rhett Hughes is tied for third, Karsten Paciotti is tied for fifth, and Ty Hyatt is in seventh place. UCO’s fifth is junior All-American Nick Canales, who is tied for eighth place.
Bostick shot a 2-over 74 on Monday and followed up with the 5-under 67 on Tuesday. He was 1-under after three holes and even again after No. 6 but then sank an eagle on No. 7 to get to 2-under in the round. Bostick had birdies on 11, 15, 16, and 18 to finish with the 67. His 141 leads the field.
Hughes is at 1-under 141 after rounds of 71 and 72 this week. The sophomore started his day with a birdie and had a hiccup to finish the front nine with back-to-back bogeys. He birdied No. 11, then bogeyed 12, but then added a third birdie on No. 14 to get back to even par. Hughes sank 12 par putts in his second round.
Paciotti also moved up the leaderboard to fifth with a 1-under 71 and is at 1-over 145 for the tournament. He was 2-over on Monday and 2-over again on Tuesday after six holes, but then he, like Bostick, eagled the Par 5 seventh hole to get back to even par. He was 2-under after 12 before another bogey, then sank five par putts to finish the day.
Hyatt was the third Bronchos to shoot 2-over 74 on Monday. He followed with an even-par 72 on Tuesday to move up to seventh. Hyatt started with par, par, bogey, then sank five straight par putts before a birdie on No. 9 left him even at the turn. The sophomore then sank nine consecutive par putts to finish the day with a 72 and a 146 for the tournament.
Canales is the No. 1 bag in the lineup for the Bronchos but has been the non-counting score both days in Jefferson City. The junior shot an even-par 72 on Tuesday and his 3-over 147 after 36 holes. Canales was 3-under on the front nine before a bogey on No. 9. He played the back nine 2-over to finish even for the day.
Central Oklahoma is aiming to win its second consecutive MIAA Championship. The Bronchos will be in the final wave of tee times again Wednesday as they look to hold on to the lead.
Stout wins for third time in last five starts for Cowboys
BRIDGEPORT, W. Va. – Oklahoma State’s Preston Stout continued his impressive run this spring, picking up another victory at the Mountaineer Invitational on Tuesday at Pete Dye Golf Club.
For Stout, the victory was the third in his last five starts after winning at the Cabo Collegiate and sharing medalist honors with teammate Ethan Fang at the Maridoe Collegiate.
In the team race, the Cowboys carded their low round of the event on Tuesday, a 6-under 282, to finish at 9-under 855 and tied with TCU. Clemson captured top honors with its 844 total, while Texas Tech and West Virginia shared second place at 848.
Stout fired a closing 69 to finish at 11-under 205 and a shot clear of the field. After starting his final round with bogeys on two of his first four holes, the junior played bogey-free golf the rest of the way.
After posting a birdie at the sixth, he moved back to even for the day with a birdie at the 11th. He would card an eagle at the 12th before posting his final birdie of the day at the 16th hole.
Sophomore Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson fired his low round of the tournament, posting a 68 with four birdies and an eagle to climb into a tie for 26th place at 219.
Junior Gaven Lane finished with an 80 to stand at 220 and tied for 35th place.
Competing individually, redshirt freshman Collin Bond posted a 74 to come in with a 221 total and tied for 39th place.
Also finishing at 221 was junior Eric Lee, who signed for a 73 on Tuesday.
Junior Ethan Fang closed with a 72 to finish at 222 and tied for 47th place.
Summy ties for sixth to lead OU at Ford Collegiate
RICHMOND HILL, Ga. – In the final regular-season tournament of his decorated career, Oklahoma senior Jase Summy tied for sixth at the Ford Collegiate on Tuesday, leading the Sooners to a ninth-place team finish.
Summy’s top-10 showing marked the 17th of his career, while his two rounds in the 60s at The Ford Field & River Club pushed his career total to 51, extending his school record.
As a team, Oklahoma finished 4-under (275-282-279) to place ninth in the 12-team field at the par-70 course. No. 4 Texas claimed the team title at 43-under, followed by No. 1 Auburn at 32-under.
Summy opened with a 4-under 66 on Monday morning before carding an even-par 70 in the second round. He closed with another 66 on Tuesday to climb back into the top 10. The Keller, Texas, product now owns five top-10 finishes this season and 17 for his career. One of the most accomplished players in program history, Summy enters postseason play with a 70.83 career scoring average (-0.48 vs. par), the best marks in Oklahoma history.
Junior Ryder Cowan was the only other Sooner to finish under par, tying for 24th at 2-under after rounds of 68-69-71. Ranked seventh nationally entering the week, Cowan now has a team-best 14 rounds in the 60s this season as he continues to build an All-America case.
Matthew Troutman (T36, +2) and Cameron Cheek (T41, +4) each added top-50 finishes for Oklahoma. Asher Whitaker, competing unattached, placed 55th at 7-over, while freshman Coltrane Mittag finished 60th at 9-over.
Auburn’s Jackson Koivun, the top-ranked amateur in the world, captured medalist honors by defeating Texas’ Christian Maas in a playoff after both finished at 13-under.
Oklahoma now turns its attention to the postseason, opening April 22-26 at the SEC Championship in St. Simons Island, Ga., at Sea Island Golf Club.