De La Fuente Finishes Second at Argent Financial Classic

CHOUDRANT, La. – University of Houston senior Santiago De La Fuente fired his 3rd instantly sub-par spherical and completed with a three-day rating of 11-under 205 to tie for 2nd following the Final Round of the Argent Financial Classic at Squire Creek Country Club on Tuesday afternoon.
 
De La Fuente posted a 71 within the Final Round at the 7,105-yard, par-72 direction to sign up for UAB’s Khavish Varadan in a tie for 2nd and completed two strokes in the back of medalist Owen Stamper from Middle Tennessee.
 
It used to be the 7th Top-10 appearing in his Houston occupation.
 
Starting off No. 1, De La Fuente moved into pink numbers with back-to-back birdies on Nos. 5-6. After a double bogey and 3 instantly pars, he sank two birdies in a 3-hole stretch at Nos. 11-13 and made his ultimate birdie of the match at the par-5 17^th gap.
 
As a crew, the Cougars completed fourth with a three-day rating of 7-under 857.
 
UAB, Louisiana and Southern Miss tied for first at 855 with Southern Miss profitable the three-team playoff. Middle Tennessee (859), UT Arlington (861), Abilene Christian (861), Central Arkansas (862), Louisiana Tech (866) and Rice (870) finished the Top 10.
 
De La Fuente used to be certainly one of 3 Cougars to shoot beneath par Tuesday. Junior Wolfgang Glawe led the Cougars with a 2-under 70 and tied for 16^th at 2-under 214.
 
Glawe started his day with 8 instantly birdies prior to final his entrance 9 with a birdie. After two instantly pars to start out his again 9, he sank back-to-back birdies on Nos. 12-13.
 
Sophomore Ruben Lindsay added a 1-under 71 Tuesday and tied for 44^th at 220. The Ayr, Scotland, local tied for team-high honors with 5 birdies within the Final Round.
 
Sophomore Hudson Weibel tied for 33^rd at 218 whilst junior Laurenz Schiergen tied for 44^th at 220. Playing as a person, junior Jacob Borow tied for 33^rd at 218.
 
UP NEXT
Following the Argent Financial Classic, the Cougars will compete in two other tournaments. Houston will compete as a crew at the Wake Forest Intercollegiate at Chicago Highlands Club in Westchester, Ill., on Sept. 18-19.
 
In a contemporary addition to the crew’s time table, the Cougars will ship 4 student-athletes to compete as people at the Papago Individual Event at Papago Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz., on Sept. 18-19.
 
From there, Houston will face Sam Houston in a 36-hole fit play tournament all over the Robert Steele Cup at Golfcrest Country Club in Pearland, Texas, on Oct. 3. This is also a contemporary addition to the Cougars’ fall time table.
 
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