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Rice University Athletics
Rice Golf Signs Transfer Burrow
4/23/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 23, 2008
HOUSTON - Rice University golf coach Drew Scott has announced that Robert Burrow, who posted three, Top 10 finishes as a freshman last fall at Rhodes College, has signed a grant-in-aid to play for the Owls beginning with the 2008-09 season.
Burrow won the Rhodes College Men's Fall Classic in 2007 with a two-round score of 143 (-1). His 73.3 stroke average was the team low for Rhodes College, which was one of the Top 10 teams in NCAA Division III this year.
Burrow will be eligible to play at Rice this fall and have three years of eligibility remaining.
Prior to playing at Rhodes College, Burrow posted three, Top 10 finishes during the summer of 2007. He posted a three-round score of 217 to tie for fifth at the North-South Junior Championship in Pinehurst, N.C. He went on to tie for ninth at the AJGA Heritage Junior Championship in Charleston, S.C. (213) and tied for fourth at the AJGA David Gossett Junior in Memphis, Tenn. (221).
He has tallied 11, Top 10 finishes in various tournaments over the last two years.
Burrow prepped at Charlotte Latin School in Charlotte, N.C.
At Charlotte Latin, he was twice named the Charlotte Independent Schools Athletic Association (CISAA) Player of the Year and was also a two-time team MVP. As a senior, Burrow was named First-Team All-Mecklenburg County as well as selected to the All-Charlotte Observer team. The Observer also named him a "Golfer to Watch" for both the 2006 and 2007 seasons.
Outside of competitive golf, Burrow was named "Volunteer of the Year" by First Tee of Charlotte in 2007.
