Palm Desert, Calif. (Feb. 23, 2019) -- The Wyoming Cowboys shot their second consecutive round of 12-over par 300 on Saturday in the second round of the 2019 Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate, and will enter Sunday's final round tied for 11th place in the 21-team field. Cowboy junior
Dan Starzinski led the way for Wyoming on Saturday, firing a one-under par round of 71.
The start of Saturday's round was delayed by 30 minutes due to frost on the course, but once play began, players were met by near perfect conditions for the remainder of the day with clear skies, temperatures in the 60s and very little wind.
Wyoming's top individuals heading into Sunday are: sophomore
Carl Underwood, who is tied for 29th with a 36-hole total of 148 (+4); senior
John Murdock, who is in 35th place at 149 (+5); and Starzinski, who improved to 152 (+8) to tie for 62nd. True freshmen
Tyler Severin and
Kirby Coe-Kirkham round out the Cowboys' five-man team. Severin has a two-round total of 155 (+11), and Coe-Kirkham sits at 162 (+18). Redshirt freshman
Jared Edeen and true freshman
Jimmy Dales are playing as individuals in the Desert Intercollegiate. They are both tied with Severin at 155 (+11).
Texas Tech will enter the final round with a two-stroke lead over Boise State and a three-stroke lead over TCU in the team competition. The Red Raiders posted a two-day total of 572 (-4). Boise State has a 36-hole total of 574 (-2), and the Horned Frogs sit at 574 (-1). They are the only teams under par for the tournament.
Those three teams also have the top three individuals heading into Sunday's final round. Boise State's Skyler Eubank leads by three strokes at 136 (-8). Adam Blomme of Texas Tech and David Ravetto of TCU are tied for second at 139 (-5). Bloome and Ravetto are joined in second place by Daniel O'Loughlin of Colorado.
"Today was a nice day once we got started," said
Joe Jensen, University of Wyoming Director of Golf. "Frost on the course delayed play, but the conditions were very good once we were able to tee off.
"For us as a team, our youth showed today. I'm seeing some good things, but we had some double and triple bogeys and those add up. We are still within striking distance of several teams, so we just need to go into tomorrow with a positive attitude
"We're getting tournament rounds in on a very good golf course this week and there is nothing that can replace playing tournament rounds under the pressure of competition.
"There are good rounds of golf ahead of us this spring, and as I told the guys after today's round that tomorrow is another opportunity for us to get better."
The final of three 18-hole rounds of the 2019 Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate will be played on Sunday.
The Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate is being hosted by the University of Wyoming at the Classic Club in Palm Desert, Calif. The Classic Club measures 7,305 yards and plays to a par of 72.
