White Shines at North Texas Classic

Sunday, February 18

Gaudalajara, Mexico

8:00 AM

Iowa State

GADO North Texas Classic

White Shines at North Texas Classic

02.19.2007 | Men's Golf

By: Iowa State University

GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Cameron White defied windy conditions to register a fifth-place finish to lead the Iowa State men's golf team at the GADO North Texas Classic Monday. The Cyclones moved up to seventh in a 10-team field despite missing junior Chris Baker who had three top-10 finishes in the fall.

ISU finished ahead of Iowa and UMKC for the second time this year. Houston rallied from a seven-stroke deficit to tie Indiana for the team title. Indiana sophomore Jorge Campillo, the tournament's highest-ranked player, lived up to his billing as he came away with a tie for medalist honors with Houston's Jordan Irwin.

White, who ended Sunday's first two rounds in a tie for sixth, fired a final round of 74 to garner his second career top-10 finish. The Plymouth, Minn., native finished 10th at the Big Four Championship in October.

Joe Cermak saved his best round for last, recording a team-best 71. Cermak jumped up to 17th place after finishing the first two rounds deadlocked at 31st. Cedric Bertin followed up a strong first-day performance with a final round of 77 to put him at 23rd.

Rodney Hamblin also showed improvement in his final turn, scoring a 78. Johnny Larson carded a final round of 80 to give him a three-round score of 246.

Baker withdrew from the competition due to an injury sustained to his neck.

Iowa State is back in action Feb. 26-27 at the All-American Classic in Houston, Texas.

Team Scoring
1. Indiana
Houston
3. Louisiana-Lafayette
4. Middle Tennessee State
5. CSU-Northridge
6. North Texas
7. Iowa State
8. UMKC
9. Iowa
10. Arkansas-Little Rock

ISU Scoring
T5 - Cameron White (76-72-74-222)
T17 - Joe Cermak (81-75-71-227)
T23 - Cedric Bertin (80-73-77-227)
T38 - Rodney Hamblin (80-80-78-238)
T45 - Johnny Larson (82-84-80-246)

Individual Scoring
1 Jorge Campillo (Indiana) 73-68-73--214
   Jordan Irwin (Houston) 76-69-69--214
3 Aaron Hobbs (CSUN) 75-72-72--219
4 Anthony Broussard (N. Texas) 76-71-74--221
5 Morgan Landry (LA-Lafayette) 76-73-73--222
   Cameron White (Iowa State) 76-72-74--222
   Spencer Provow (M. Tenn St) 77-72-73--222