UH's Steven Frazier Ties For Second Place At PGA Minority Collegiate Championship
May 13, 2007 Port St. Lucie, Fla. - University of Houston sophomore Steven Frazier finished in a three-way tie for second place at the PGA Minority Collegiate Championship with a six-over-par total score of 222. Frazier, who is the first-ever UH golfer to play in the event, shot a five-over-par score of 77 in the third round at the PGA Golf Club after he fired a two-under-par 70 in the first round and a three-over-par score 75 in the second round. The PGA Minority Collegiate Championship was created in 1987 with the goal of focusing national attention on the crisis of minority golf. The event hopes to stimulate the development of golf programs at the intercollegiate level and has a 54-hole National Championship for America's best minority collegiate players. This year's tournament included the largest field ever with more than 180 players representing 38 colleges and universities. The tournament is divided into four team divisions- men's division I, men's division II, men's NAIA and a single women's division. Frazier was be among 25 men's collegiate players competing in an Individual Invitational competition that is open to students who are African American, Hispanic American, Native or Alaskan American, Asian or Pacific Island American. There were also 13 women's individual players competing in the tournament. Vincent Johnson of Oregon State won the tournament with a six-under par score of 210, while Frazier, Willie Mack II, of Bethune-Cookman and Anthony Romero from New Mexico State tied for second place with a 222 total. Texas Southern's Georgette Rollo won the women's independent division with a total of 241 after she defeated Sara Young of Florida State with a birdie on the first playoff hole. The University of Texas-Pan American claimed the men's Division I team championship for the second straight year. Fayetteville State was the men's Division II champion, while Johnson & Wales University won its second consecutive NAIA Division team title. Bethune-Cookman also successfully defended its women's division team title.
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