The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Third Round Of Championship Play Halted Due To Severe Weather
5/30/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
May 30, 2008
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<><>WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The UAB men's golf team was battling for a top-15 position when the skies opened up, suspending third round play at the 2008 NCAA Men's Golf Championships. When the horn sounded, the Blazers were in 19th position with a tournament total of 50-over par. UAB and the rest of the field will resume the third round at 7 a.m. ET, followed by the start of the fourth round immediately following.
"We are going to have our work cut out for us," UAB head coach Alan Kaufman said. "We need to have a strong finish Saturday morning and we need a little bit of help. I am hoping we come out and finish the best that we can."
Senior Kyle Sapp led UAB at one-over par through 17 holes, while sophomore Adam West is at two-over through 16 holes. Junior Zach Sucher recorded a six-over through 15 holes, while Mike Oimoen is at eight-over par on the round. Senior Brad Smith rounds out UAB at 10 over on the third round.
Prior to the 5:45 p.m. EST suspension, play was delayed from 4:15 to 4:55 as lightning from the approaching storm system encroached upon the Birck Boilermaker Complex.
Only three teams inside the 15-team cut line for the fourth and final round have yet to complete the third round.
No. 4 UCLA (298-888) is currently in the lead followed by No. 3 Southern California (300-891) and No. 14 Clemson (302-891) in a tie for second. No. 6 Stanford (296-893) is in ahead of No. 5 Oklahoma State (301-895), No. 7 Florida (306-899), Kent State (302-900), No. 1 Georgia (305-901) and Washington (307-902).
No. 23 Louisville, at 39-over par through 15-17 holes, is tied with No. 2 Alabama (297-903) for 10th. San Diego State, 40-over through 13-17 holes, is ahead of No. 8 Charlotte (306-907), No. 16 Auburn and No. 18 Texas A&M (306-909).
Under the cut line are Texas (+48) through 10-12, UC-Irvine (+49) through 11-14, Middle Tennessee State (311-913), UAB (+50) through 15-17, No. 17 Wake Forest (+51) through 11-14, No. 19 Arizona State (312-916), Illinois (312-916), No. 24 Indiana (+53) through 9-10, Penn State (+56) through 13-17, East Tennessee State (+56) through 13-17, Oregon (+63) through 10-12, Mississippi State (+64) through 10-12, Virginia (+65) through 11-14, Augusta State (+76) and St. Mary's (+80) through 9-10.
The third round of the 2008 NCAA Championship held at the par-72, 7,462-yard Kampen Course will resume 7:00 am EST Saturday where play ceased Friday. UAB will remain paired with Louisville and Auburn.
The four-day, 72-hole tournament that features live-scoring via Golfstat (www.golfstat.com) will be cut to the low 15 teams following the completion of third round play Saturday morning. Fourth round tee times are yet to be announced.
UABSPORTS.com will conduct a live blog during the event, which can be accessed by clicking on the link on the front page of the website, or on the right side of the UAB men's golf home page.
Live scoring of the entire tournament and live video of the third and fourth rounds can be found on Golfstat.com. The same live video webstreaming can be found Saturday from 7 a.m. to completion at ncaa.com.
