STILLWATER, OKLA. ? Kansas University junior Casey Harbour’s first shot of the day was his finest Friday at the NCAA Midwest Regional golf championships at Karsten Creek GC.
Harbour used a 7-iron to ace the par-3, 175-yard No. 11 hole his opening hole on a rain-delayed shotgun round.
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Harbour, who also had a hole-in-one at regionals last season, traversed the 18 holes in 3-over-par 75 and stands in 131st place overall in the tournament.
As a team, the Jayhawks enter today’s final round in a tie for 18th place, eight strokes out of 10th. Ten of 27 teams advance to the NCAA championships.
KU senior Andy Stewart followed his opening-round 66 with a 76 and is in fifth place at 142. Travis Hurst is 66th at 78-73293.
“I am disappointed,” Kansas coach Ross Randall said. “Today everybody lost a couple of shots on the last few holes. It turned a score of 292, which would be a good score, in to a 300. Our chances (of making the NCAA Tournament) are remote at best. It’s not out of the realm of possibility, but we are in a bad afternoon pairing.”
He was tickled Harbour was able to land a hole-in-one after a two-hour rain delay.
“We were out there figuring out what club to use. He picked the right one,” Randall said. “Casey has a hole-in-one on his first swing of the day. We didn’t play very well after that.”
After 36 holes
Team results: College of Charleston 578, Oklahoma 584, Kent State 585, Texas A&M 589, Minnesota 589, Purdue 590, Oklahoma State 593, Baylor 594, Augusta State 595, North Carolina 595, Tulsa 596, Houston 597, Toledo 597, Colorado 598, Ohio State 598, Southern Methodist 599, Texas 600, Northwestern 603, Kansas 603, Lamar 604, Arkansas State 605, Arkansas-Little Rock 609, North Florida 609, Wichita State 611, Louisiana-LaFayette 611, TCU 612, Jackson State 653.
KU results: 5. Andy Stewart, 66-76142. 66. Travis Hurst, 78-73293. 99. Chris Marshall, 79-76155. 104. Conrad Roberts, 80-76156. 131. Casey Harbour 89-75-164.
