BIRMINGHAM, AL (Oct. 17) - The University of Houston golf team shot a one-over par 285 in Tuesday's final round to finish in a tie for sixth place among a field of 12 teams at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate in Birmingham, Alabama.

The Cougars finished the 54-hole tournament with a team total of 860 shots, eight over par and 35 strokes behind tournament champion Clemson (825, -27). Houston tied USC and was eight shots out of fourth place at the 6,958-yard, par 71, Old Overton Golf Course.

Junior Wade Ormsby paced the UH team scoring Tuesday as he had done in the first two rounds. Ormsby fired a season-best four-under 67 to finish at six-under (207) for the tournament and tied for seventh overall in the 60-player field. The native of Adelaide, Australia, was 11 shots behind individual champion Bryce Molder of Georgia Tech (196, -17). Houston true freshman Brad McIntosh tied for 20th (215, +2) with while senior All-America candidate Andy Sanders tied for 24th (216, +3).

The Houston golf team will next be in action at the Golf World Intercollegiate in Hilton Head, South Carolina, on November 3-5.

FINAL TEAM RESULTS (54 Holes)
2000 Jerry Pate National; Old Overton G.C.; Birmingham, AL

PL Team                     Scores
 1 Clemson                  287-270-268--825     -27
 2 Georgia                  277-278-272--827     -25
 3 Georgia Tech             282-271-282--835     -17
 4 Oklahoma State           285-281-286--852       E
 5 UAB                      286-280-289--855     + 3
 6 Houston                  284-291-285--860     + 8
   USC                      285-287-288--860     + 8
 8 BYU                      288-287-299--874     +22
 9 Alabama                  293-286-297--876     +24
   Arizona                  293-290-293--876     +24
11 UNLV                     289-295-294--878     +26
12 Auburn                   299-283-299--881     +29

Final Individual Leaders & Houston Scores
  PL Players                      Scores
   1 Bryce Molder, GA Tech        67-62-67--196   -17
   2 Lucas Glover, Clemson        68-67-66--201   -12
t  7 Wade Ormsby, UH              68-72-67--207   - 6
t 20 Brad McIntosh, UH            71-73-71--215   + 2
t 24 Andy Sanders, UH             73-71-72--216   + 3
t 49 Kevin Hermis, UH             77-75-75--227   +14
  60 Brett Callas, UH             72-79-90--241   +28