Mendez Tied for Third at Royal Oaks Intercollegiate, Gophers Tenth

  HOUSTON – The University of Minnesota men’s golf team carded a 754 during the first two rounds of the 2014 Royal Oaks Intercollegiate Monday and sit in tenth place at Royal Oaks Country Club.

Sophomore Jose Mendez paced the Gophers during the first two rounds as Mendez carded a 2-over par 73 during Monday’s morning session before answering with a 3-under par 68 to finish the opening rounds tied for third at 141.

Mendez, San Jose, Costa Rica, carded 16 pars with two bogeys during the opening round to shoot 73 before rolling in five birdies with two bogeys during Monday’s second round to shoot 68 and sits tied for third at 141.

Sophomore Daniel Luftspring sits tied for 58th at 155 heading into Tuesday’s final round, while fellow sophomores Matt Rachey and Grady Meyer finished the first two rounds tied for 67th at 156.

Oklahoma State University carded a 724 Monday and will carry a two-shot lead over Baylor University into the final round Tuesday.

Baylor’s Mikkel Bjerch-Andresen carded rounds of 66 and 70, respectively, to lead the field by three strokes at 139. Texas Tech’s Guillermo Pereira is second at 139, while Mendez and the University of Oklahoma’s Grant Hirshman are tied for third at 141.

The final round of the 2014 Royal Oaks Intercollegiate is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at Royal Oaks Country Club.



2014 ROYAL OAKS INTERCOLLEGIATE
ROYAL OAKS COUNTRY CLUB
HOUSTON, TEXAS
7,068 YARDS, PAR 71


MONDAY’S TEAM RESULTS
1. Oklahoma State, 356-368—724
2. Baylor, 356-370—726
3. Oklahoma, 366-364—730
4. New Mexico, 367-369—736
5. Houston, 367-371—738
6. Texas Tech, 370-369—739
7. Univ. of Texas-Arlington, 376-367—743
8. Iowa, 377-370—747
9. Michigan, 377-372—749
10. MINNESOTA, 383-371—754
11. Southern Methodist, 376-380—756
12. Duke, 376-387—763


MONDAY’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
1. Mikkel Bjerch-Andresen, Baylor, 66-70—136
2. Guillermo Pereira, Texas Tech, 68-71—139
T3. JOSE MENDEZ, MINNESOTA, 73-68—141
T3. Grant Hirschman, Oklahoma, 68-73—141
T5. Andreas Gjesteby, Baylor, 71-71—142
T5. Matias Dominguez, Texas Tech, 72-70—142
7. Max McGreevy, Oklahoma, 73-70—143
T8. Kristoffer Ventura, OSU, 72-72—144
T8. Roman Robledo, Houston, 74-70—144
T8. Zach Galliford, UTA, 70-74—144

T22. RUNAR ARNORSSON, MINNESOTA, 72-76—148
T58. DANIEL LUFTSPRING, MINNESOTA, 77-78—155
T63. MATT RACHEY, MINNESOTA, 81-75—156
T63. GRADY MEYER, MINNESOTA, 80-76—156
T67. RILEY JOHNSON, MINNESOTA, 82-76—158