May 14, 2009
Georgia Tech Rallies To Take Second In Central; Washington Takes 10-Shot Lead Into Day Two
Courtesy of Georgia Tech
Bowling Green, Ky. – Cameron Tringale fired a 3-under-par 69 Thursday, and Georgia Tech rallied from a poor start to post a team score of 292, 4-over-par, and take second place after the first round of the NCAA Central Regional golf tournament.
No. 2 seed Tech found itself 7-over-par through its first five holes at the Club at Olde Stone Thursday, but the Yellow Jackets found their legs and played the final 13 holes in 3-under-par, finishing 18 holes tied with UCLA. Washington, the top seed, had no problems Thursday despite a storm that delayed the start of the round, playing the course in 6-under-par 282 and taking a 10-shot lead into Friday’s second round.
NC State shot 294 (6-over-par) to take fourth place, followed by Louisville and Mississippi (296), Duke (298), East Tennessee State (299) and Ohio State (300). The top five finishers after 54 holes advance to the NCAA Championship, May 26-30, in Bowling Green, Ky.
“The hour and a half delay affected us a little, but the first five holes are very hard,” said Tech coach Bruce Heppler. “But the thing that’s impressive is we’re getting better at hanging in there. Chesson birdied the last two holes in his round today, and JT overcame a really rough start.
“I thought the golf course was really hard. We played our practice round in 35 mile-per-hour winds yesterday. But the wind calmed today, and the rain softened the course a little. You’ve got to drive it in the fairway, lots of rough.”
Tringale, a senior from Laguna, Niguel, Calif., mostly avoided the early troubles his teammates found. He bogeyed the first hole and the 15th, but balanced that with five birdies.
John-Tyler Griffin, a sophomore from Wilson, N.C., played the first four holes 4-over-par, but posted four birdies and two bogeys coming in to finish with a 74. David Dragoo, a senior from Scottsdale, Ariz., played a much steadier round with three bogeys and one birdie for a 74.
Junior Chesson Hadley and freshman James White each shot 75 for Tech.
Washington’s Nick Taylor fired a 5-under-par 67 to pace the Huskies and take a 2-shot lead over Tringale in the individual race. NC State’s Darren Blair and Matt Hill, and Washington’s Richard Lee, are in a three-way tie at 2-under-pae 70, while four players are tied at 1-under 71.
Friday’s second round gets underway at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time. The Yellow Jackets tee off the first tee at 10:40 a.m.
Arizona State Takes Lead After Day One At West Regional
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DALY CITY, Calif – Sophomore Jesper Kennegard carded an opening-round 6-under par 66 to lead a group of three Arizona State players who posted under par rounds as the Sun Devils took the first-round lead of the 2009 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf West Regional Championships that opened Thursday at the par-72, 6,849-yard Lake Merced Golf Club.
Arizona State, the regional’s No. 3 seed, registered a 9-under par total of 279 and holds a one-shot advantage over New Mexico, which finished the day at 8-under par 280. Texas A&M (281) is third followed by Oregon
(282) and top-seed USC (285).
San Diego State concluded play at 2-under par 286 and is one of six teams to finish the first 18 holes under par.
USC sophomore Matthew Giles holds the individual lead after carding a 7-under par 65, one shot off the course record. Giles’ round included seven birdies and an eagle. He went to the 18th hole at 8-under and had an opportunity to tie the course record before hitting his drive out of bounds and settling for a bogey.
Giles has a one-shot lead over Kennegard and is two strokes in front of John Hurley of Texas A&M, New Mexico’s Steve Saunders and BYU’s Brady Johnson. All three players turned in rounds of 5-under par 67.
Joining Kennegard with under par rounds for Arizona State were Knut Borsheim and Chan Kim, who are tied for fifth and 13th, respectively.
Borsheim concluded the day with a 3-under par 69, while Kim posted a 1-under par score of 71.
A total of 17 players are under par following the opening round.
The 54-hole tournament continues with the second round on Friday and concludes on Saturday. The top five teams, along with the top individual not on an advancing team, advance to the NCAA Championships scheduled for May 26-30 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.
2009 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf West Regional May 14-16, 2009 Lake Merced Golf Club Daly City, Calif.
Team Scores
1. Arizona State – 279 (-9)
2. New Mexico – 280 (-8)
3. Texas A&M – 281 (-7)
4. Oregon – 282 (-6)
5. Southern California – 285 (-3)
6. San Diego State – 286 (-2)
7. San Diego – 288 (E)
8. UC Irvine – 289 (+1)
T9. Colorado – 291 (+3)
T9. San Francisco – 291 (+3)
11. Kansas State – 294 (+6)
12. UC Davis – 298 (+10)
13. Oregon State – 300 (+12)
Top 10 Individuals
1. Matthew Giles (USC) – 65 (-7)
2. Jesper Kennegard (Arizona State) – 66 (-6) T3. John Hurley (Texas A&M) – 67 (-5) T3. Steve Saunders (New Mexico) – 67 (-5) T3. Brady Johnson* (BYU) – 67 (-5) T6. Knut Borsheim (Arizona State) – 69 (-3) T6. Bronson Burgoon (Texas A&M) – 69 (-3) T6. James Erkenbeck (New Mexico) – 69 (-3) T6. Daniel Miernicki (Oregon) – 69 (-3) T6. Robbie Ziegler (Oregon) – 69 (-3)
* - Playing as an individual
LSU In Second, Hosts Oklahoma State In First In South Central Regional
Courtesy of LSU
STILLWATER, Okla. – The race to the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships is off and running, and the 16th-ranked LSU Tigers have certainly put themselves in a position to qualify by finishing Thursday’s first round at the NCAA South Central Regional in a tie for second place.
The No. 4-seeded Tigers posted an 18-hole team score of 10-over par 298 to wrap up the day in a three-way tie for second place with No. 2-seeded Arkansas and No. 5-seeded Chattanooga.
The second-ranked and No. 1 seed Oklahoma State Cowboys fired an 8-over 296 to jump out to a slim two-shot lead on their home course at the Karsten Creek Golf Club.
The top five teams in the final standings at the NCAA South Central Regional will compete in the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships to be held May 26-30 at The Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. TCU and Tulsa are currently in a tie for the fifth and final qualifying spot after posting an 11-over par round of 299 in Thursday’s opening round in Stillwater.
The second round is sure to be just as competitive as Baylor is in seventh place and two shots out of the final qualifying spot with an opening round 13-over 301. Northwestern and Pepperdine are just three shots out of qualifying at 14-over 302 for the tournament.
As he has done all season long, sophomore All-SEC standout John Peterson led the way for LSU in the opening round as he finished the day in sole possession of second place on the leaderboard with an impressive bogey-free round of 2-under par 70.
Peterson, a first-team all-conference selection this season, birdied the final hole on each side with his first on the par-five 18th and his second on the par-five ninth after opening on the back nine.
Peterson is joined in the Top 10 of the leaderboard by fellow sophomore standout Andrew Loupe, who fired an even-par round of 72 during Thursday’s competition. Loupe carded five birdies with his round, while adding three bogeys and one double bogey to finish the day at level par.
Sophomore Clayton Rotz added a 4-over 76 to LSU’s team total on the afternoon as he currently sits in a tie for 37th place in the individual standings. Freshmen Sang Yi and Josh Jones were each making their NCAA postseason debut for the Tigers on Thursday and finished with two rounds of 8-over 80 and 10-over 82, respectively.
The Tigers are paired with TCU and Tulsa in Friday’s second round and will tee off from the first tee beginning at 8:50 a.m. CT. Live scoring can be found online at www.golfstat.com.
NCAA SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL – FIRST ROUND RESULTS
TEAM SCORES (Par 288)
1. Oklahoma State 296 +8; T2. LSU 298 +10; T2. Chattanooga 298 +10; T2. Arkansas 298 +10; T5. TCU 299 +11; T5. Tulsa 299 +11; 7. Baylor 301 +13; T8. Northwestern 302 +14; T8. Pepperdine 302 +14; T10. Michigan State 306 +18; T10. Wichita State 306 +18; 12. Denver 312 +24; 13. Oral Roberts 319 +31.
TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS (Par 72)
1. Trent Peterson, South Dakota State, 67 -5; 2. John Peterson, LSU, 70 -2; T3. Devin Carrey, Louisiana-Lafayette, 71 -1; T3. Kelly Kraft, SMU, 71 -1; T3. Ethan Tracy, Arkansas, 71 -1; T6. Andrew Loupe, LSU, 72 E; T6. Jonathan Bowers, Northwestern, 72 E; T6. Ben Rickett, Chattanooga, 72 E; T6. Peter Uihlein, Oklahoma State, 72 E; T6. Tom Whitney, Air Force, 72 E.
LSU SCORES
2. John Peterson, 70 -2
T6. Andrew Loupe, 72 E
T37. Clayton Rotz, 76 +4
T62. Sang Yi, 80 +8
T67. Josh Jones, 82 +10
Florida Takes Third In Southwest Regional; Texas Tech Heads Into Day Two In First
Courtesy of Florida
Austin, Texas -- The No. 8 University of Florida men’s golf team wrapped up day one of the NCAA Southwest Regional in third place, shooting nine-over par 293, at the University of Texas Golf Club in Austin.
Seniors Billy Horschel (Grant, Fla.) and Will Strickler (Charlottesville, Va.) led the team with one-over par rounds of 72.
“This was another typical day for us,” said head coach Buddy Alexander.
“We got off to a bad start and then we battled back. I’m proud of the way our guys have fought all year and this was just another example of them sticking in there.”
The Texas Tech Red Raiders jumped out to a two-under par score of 282, having a pair of players shoot under par. Texas’ Lance Lopez, playing on his home course, shot three-under par 68 and is tied with Lamar’s Hugues Joannes on top of the individual leader board.
Strickler opened with a birdie on the first hole, but made three bogeys and was two-over through eight holes. After carding three birdies in his next five holes, he was at one-under par for the round. Back-to-back bogeys on holes 15 and 16 put him at one-over for the day. Horschel mixed three birdies with two bogeys and a double-bogey for his round.
Both golfers are tied for ninth.
Senior Toby Ragland (Jacksonville, Fla.) struggled through his first nine holes, making the turn at four-over par, but made birdies on No. 11 and 14. A bogey on the 18th put him at three-over 74 for the day, tied for 18th. Junior Tyson Alexander (Gainesville, Fla.) rounded out the scoring with a four-over 75. He made par on his last eight holes and is tied for 24th heading into the second round. Junior Tim McKenney (Scottsdale, Ariz.) shot five-over 76 and is tied for 31st.
“We came into the tournament wanting to put ourselves in a position to win,” said Coach Alexander. “If we actually get off to a good start, we could have some really good things happen.”
The Gators will tee off on Friday at 9:40 a.m. central time. Live hole-by-hole scoring will be available online at www.golfstat.com. At the conclusion of the day’s round, results will be posted online at www.gatorzone.com.
TEAM RESULTS
Place Team Round 1 To Par
1 Texas Tech 282 -2
2 Texas 291 +7
3 Florida 293 +9
4 Stanford 294 +10
T5 UNLV 296 +12
T5 Lamar 296 +12
7 Michigan 301 +17
8 Virginia Tech 302 +18
9 Mississippi St. 305 +21
10 California 306 +22
11 Texas-Arlington 308 +24
12 New Mexico St. 309 +25
13 Jackson St. 335 +51
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
T1 Hugues Joannes Lamar 68 -3
T1 Lance Lopez Texas 68 -3
T3 Nils Floren Texas Tech 70 -1
T3 Brian Scherer Texas Tech 70 -1
T3 Steve Ziegler Stanford 70 -1
T6 Zack Fischer Texas-Arlington 71 E
T6 Garrett Merrell Texas Tech 71 E
T6 Chris Ward Texas Tech 71 E
T9 Billy Horschel Florida 72 +1
T9 Bobby Hudson Texas 72 +1
T9 Eddie Olson UNLV 72 +1
T9 Travis Reid New Mexico St. 72 +1
T9 Will Strickler Florida 72 +1
T9 Drew Weaver Virginia Tech 72 +1
FLORIDA RESULTS
T9 Will Strickler 72 +1
T9 Billy Horschel 72 +1
T18 Toby Ragland 74 +3
T24 Tyson Alexander 75 +4
T31 Tim McKenney 76 +5
Hosts Columbia Trail In 14th At Northeast Regional; Tennessee Stands In First
Courtesy of Columbia
NCAA Northeast Regional Tournament Page
GALLOWAY, N.J. – Competing in its second straight NCAA Regional, Columbia was unable to get on track during day one of the 2009 NCAA Men's Golf Regional at Galloway National Golf Course, finishing 14th among 14 NCAA qualifying teams.
The hosts for the three-day event, the Lions were only able to pick up two birdies on the day. On a windy day in southern New Jersey, sophomore Clark Granum paced Columbia with a 12-over 83. Senior Chris Arkin finished with an 85, Phillippe Fossaert shot 90 and Brendan Doyle finished with a 97 on day one.
Tennessee stands in first place after day one with a team score of 12-over, one stroke ahead of Wake Forest in second place and two strokes in front of Virginia in third place.
Tennessee's Darren Renwick was the only player to shoot even par during the day and he sits atop the individual leaderboard after firing a 71.
Round two is set to begin at Galloway National tomorrow, Friday, May 15 at 8:50 a.m.
Live stats will continue to be available for the remainder of the tournament and can be accessed via the link above. Tee times and other information can be also be obtained at the link at the top of the page.
Top-Ranked Georgia Heads Into Day Two In Seventh In Southeast; UCF Posts Big Lead
Courtesy of Georgia
SORRENTO, Fla. --- The No. 1-ranked Georgia men¹s golf team is tied for seventh place after one round of the NCAA Southeast Regional.
Playing on RedTail Golf Club¹s par-71, 7,136-yard layout on Thursday, the Bulldogs fired a 2-under-par 282. Host Central Florida has the lead at 16-under 268, 14 strokes ahead of Georgia, Augusta State and Georgia State.
In order to qualify for the NCAA Championship in Ohio later this month, the Bulldogs have to finish in the top five at the Southeast Regional. Florida State is currently in the fifth spot at 7-under 277, five strokes ahead of the Bulldogs.
³We¹ve obviously got some work to do,² Georgia coach Chris Haack said. ³This was not the start we wanted. But the good news is we have an experienced team that won¹t push the panic button. We¹ll just come the next couple of days and work on moving up the leader board. There is still plenty of golf to be played.²
Senior Adam Mitchell paced the Bulldogs in the first round with a 3-under 68, including five birdies on the back nine. He is tied for 10th place in the individual race, five shots behind Arizona¹s Tarquin MacManus (8-under 63).
Junior Hudson Swafford and sophomore Russell Henley each fired an even-par 71, and senior Brian Harman added a 1-over 72. The Bulldogs threw out sophomore Harris English¹s score of 3-over 74.
Georgia was among the first three schools to finish on Thursday before play was halted due to lightning. After a delay of more than three hours, play resumed.
The NCAA Southeast Regional will continue on Friday and will conclude on Saturday. Live scoring, pairings and tee times can be found at golfstat.com.
The Bulldogs will tee off at 10:10 a.m. Friday.
