PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – University of Houston senior Wolfgang Glawe tied a school record with a bogey-free 63 to lead the Cougars and stand atop the individual leaderboard following the First Round of the White Sands WVU Invitational at Ocean Club Golf Course on Friday.
 
Glawe drained a team-high nine birdies on the 6,943-yard, par-72 course, including five in a seven-hole stretch at one point, to hold a one-stroke lead over Charleston’s Kieron Van Wyk.
 
The St. Leon-Rot, Germany, native became only the fourth Cougar to shoot 63 or lower in a round and the first since All-American Michael Perras reached that total in the First Round of the HBU Husky Intercollegiate on Sept. 21, 2015.
 
He joined Andy Sanders (Final Round, Red River Classic, Oct. 12, 1999) and Ray Barr (Harvey Penick Intercollegiate, Final Round, Nov. 12, 1990) in that exclusive group.
 
As a team, the Cougars finished the First Round with a 16-under 272 to stand one shot behind Charleston. Maryland was in third at 276 with Ball State (280) and Northern Illinois (280) rounding out the Top-Five teams.
 
Starting his day off No. 7, Glawe moved under par with a birdie on his first hole and added another one on the 433-yard, par-4 ninth hole. He then drained three straight birdies on Nos. 11-13 and alternated pars and birdies over the following four holes.

Glawe added another birdie on No. 1 and, after four straight pars, sank his ninth birdie of the day on his final hole at No. 6 to etch his name into the Houston records book.

 

Glawe wasn’t the only Cougar with bogey-free low round Friday. Junior Hudson Weibel fired a career-best 66 to tie for fourth with two rounds to go.

 

Starting off No. 6, the Dallas native moved under par with a birdie at No. 7 and drained four birdies in a five-hole stretch at Nos. 13-17, including three straight on Nos. 15-17.

 

Following four straight pars, Weibel buried his final birdie at No. 4.

 

Sophomore Chi Chun Chen was tied for 13^th with a 70 after five birdies in his opening round.

 

Seniors Laurenz Schiergen and Jacob Borow were tied for 39^th at 73 while junior Ruben Lindsay – playing as an individual – was tied for 48^th at 74.

 

Maryland’s Emil Riegger stood in third with a 65 while Nevill Ruiter joined Weibel in a tie for fourth at 66.

 

Schools will play 18 holes with 7 a.m. (CDT) shotgun starts each day through Sunday.

 

LIVE SCORING

Fans can follow live scoring from the White Sands Invitational by visiting Scoreboard.Clippd.com and following the appropriate links or by clicking here.

 

TEE TIMES

For Saturday’s Second Round, Houston will compete in groups with student-athletes from Maryland and Charleston in a 7 a.m. (CDT), shotgun start.

 

Weibel begins the day in the first group off No. 1 with Glawe (second group off No. 1), Chen (No. 2), Schiergen (first group off No. 3) and Borow (second group off No. 3) following. Lindsay starts his day off No. 17.

 

Fans can find White Sands Invitational complete pairings and tee times by visiting Scoreboard.Clippd.com and following the appropriate links or by clicking here.

 

UP NEXT

Following the White Sands Invitational, Houston will take its holiday break before opening the spring season at the Border Olympics at Laredo Country Club in Laredo, Texas, on Feb. 17-18, 2025.

 

The Cougars then compete at the Cabo Collegiate at Twin Dolphin Club in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on March 2-4, 2025, before returning home to play host to their All-American Intercollegiate at Golf Club of Houston on March 17-18, 2025.

 

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