Ohio's Golf Magazine June 2009 : Page 10

NCAA Tournament Round-ups Ohio’s Golf Ohio State Men Finish 25th at Inverness Aggies Win NCAA Title On Dramatic Shot Battling bad weather, tough course conditions, and two delayed rounds, the Ohio State men’s golf team finished in 25th place out of 30 teams at the 112th NCAA Division I Men’s Championship, May 26-30 at the Inverness Club in Toledo. The tournament was the final event for Ohio State Head Coach Jim Brown, who is retiring after a 36-year coaching career, but it will be remembered for one of the greatest shots in the history of college golf. Texas A&M captured the team title over Arkansas in dramatic fashion when the Aggies’ Bronson Burgoon hit a 125-yard gap wedge from the deep rough to within Texas A&M captured the team title over Arkansas in dramatic fashion when the Aggies’ Bronson Burgoon hit a 125-yard gap wedge from the deep rough to within three inches of the 18th hole to win his match and clinch the first NCAA Division I men's golf title for the Aggies. play tournament, a new format that was approved by college coaches for this year and lived up to the coaches’ expectations. The top eight teams and their scores after medal play were: Oklahoma State at 3-under par (288-280-281—849); Arizona State (294-281-287—862); Southern California (305-281- 279—865); Arkansas (297-283-285—865); Washington (293-286-286—865); Michigan (296-285-287—868); Texas A&M (298-276-295—869); and Georgia (288-285-296—869). Arkansas defeated Georgia 3-1-1 and A&M defeated Michigan by the same score in the semifinals to set up the epic final-round matchup. Matt Hill of North Carolina State was crowned NCAA individual champion after the completion of stroke play. Hill, who was playing as an individual, shot a 6-under par (69-69-69—207) on the par-71, 7,255-yard layout to win the title by two strokes over another individual competitor, Kyle Stanley of Clemson (72- 71-66—209). Arkansas freshman and Hilliard native Ethan Tracy finished T-27 at 4-over par but dropped his finals head-to-head match 6 and 4 against Texas A&M’s John Hurley. For the Buckeyes, Senior Vaughn Snyder closed out his career Courtesy of OSU three inches of the 18th hole to win his match and clinch the first NCAA Division I men's golf title for the Aggies. Burgoon, a senior and the team's No. 1 player, had lost the previous four holes to Arkansas' Andrew Landry. Landry conceded the tap- in for birdie, then missed a 35-footer that would have sent the match to extra holes. Texas A&M won the match-play final, 3 and 2. “I was struggling the last four holes,” Burgoon said. “I put more pressure on myself than I should have. The last hole something happened for me and seemed to click. I couldn’t have drawn it up any better.” Thirty teams and six individuals started the tournament by playing 54 holes of medal play. The individual medalist was crowned after the first 54 holes and the top eight teams advanced to a match- 10 JUNE 2009 • WWW.OHIOSGOLF.COM with the best round by a Buckeye in the event, a 2-under-par 69 in the third round of stroke play. Snyder, a Second Team All-Big Ten honoree from Massillon, tied for 70th in his final tournament with a total of 10-over 223 (72-82-69). Also tying for 70th was Brad Wright, a junior from Cambridge (72-77-74). Sophomore Bo Hoag, a First Team All-Big Ten selection from Upper Arlington, tied for 120th (77-75-77—229) and fellow sophomores Michael Cress (74-80-77—231) and Brad Smith (76- 78-77—231) finished two strokes back in a tie for 131st place. The Buckeyes (294-310-297—+49) finished the opening round tied for sixth place, but dropped out of contention with 26-over par team score in a second round that they had to finish on the morning of the third day because of weather delays. Weather also caused the Buckeyes to complete their third round on the following morning. The championship was the 19th for the Buckeyes under Brown, and their first since 1998.

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Ohio State Men Finish 25th at Inverness Aggies Win NCAA Title On Dramatic Shot Battling bad weather, tough course conditions, and two delayed rounds, the Ohio State men’s golf team finished in 25th place out of 30 teams at the 112th NCAA Division I Men’s Championship, May 26-30 at the Inverness Club in Toledo. The tournament was the final event for Ohio State Head Coach Jim Brown, who is retiring after a 36-year coaching career, but it will be remembered for one of the greatest shots in the history of college golf. Texas A&M captured the team title over Arkansas in dramatic fashion when the Aggies’ Bronson Burgoon hit a 125-yard gap wedge from the deep rough to within three inches of the 18th hole to win his match and clinch the first NCAA Division I men's golf title for the Aggies. Burgoon, a senior and the team's No. 1 player, had lost the previous four holes to Arkansas' Andrew Landry. Landry conceded the tapin for birdie, then missed a 35-footer that would have sent the match to extra holes. Texas A&M won the match-play final, 3 and 2. “I was struggling the last four holes,” Burgoon said. “I put more pressure on myself than I should have. The last hole something happened for me and seemed to click. I couldn’t have drawn it up any better.” Thirty teams and six individuals started the tournament by playing 54 holes of medal play. The individual medalist was crowned after the first 54 holes and the top eight teams advanced to a matchplay tournament, a new format that was approved by college coaches for this year and lived up to the coaches’ expectations. The top eight teams and their scores after medal play were: Oklahoma State at 3-under par (288-280-281—849); Arizona State (294-281-287—862); Southern California (305-281- 279—865); Arkansas (297-283-285—865); Washington (293-286-286—865); Michigan (296-285-287—868); Texas A&M (298-276-295—869); and Georgia (288-285-296—869). Arkansas defeated Georgia 3-1-1 and A&M defeated Michigan by the same score in the semifinals to set up the epic final-round matchup. Matt Hill of North Carolina State was crowned NCAA individual champion after the completion of stroke play. Hill, who was playing as an individual, shot a 6-under par (69-69-69—207) on the par-71, 7,255-yard layout to win the title by two strokes over another individual competitor, Kyle Stanley of Clemson (72- 71-66—209). Arkansas freshman and Hilliard native Ethan Tracy finished T-27 at 4-over par but dropped his finals head-to-head match 6 and 4 against Texas A&M’s John Hurley. For the Buckeyes, Senior Vaughn Snyder closed out his career with the best round by a Buckeye in the event, a 2-under-par 69 in the third round of stroke play. Snyder, a Second Team All-Big Ten honoree from Massillon, tied for 70th in his final tournament with a total of 10-over 223 (72-82-69). Also tying for 70th was Brad Wright, a junior from Cambridge (72-77-74). Sophomore Bo Hoag, a First Team All-Big Ten selection from Upper Arlington, tied for 120th (77-75-77—229) and fellow sophomores Michael Cress (74-80-77—231) and Brad Smith (76- 78-77—231) finished two strokes back in a tie for 131st place. The Buckeyes (294-310-297—+49) finished the opening round tied for sixth place, but dropped out of contention with 26-over par team score in a second round that they had to finish on the morning of the third day because of weather delays. Weather also caused the Buckeyes to complete their third round on the following morning. The championship was the 19th for the Buckeyes under Brown, and their first since 1998. Ohio State Women Finish 24th at NCAA Championship The Ohio State women’s golf team finished in 24th place at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championship, May 19-22 at Caves Valley Golf Club in Baltimore, Md. The Buckeyes (323-311-314-310—1,258) closed with their lowest round of the event and finished in 24th place on the par- 72, 6,443-yard course. Top-seeded Arizona State made a final charge to the top of the leader board, taking the NCAA team championship with a 72-hole stroke-play score of 1,182. The Sun Devils defeated Pac-10 foes UCLA (1,190) and Southern California (1,191). Purdue’s Maria Hernandez held off USC’s Jennifer Song by a stroke for the individual crown with a score of 1-over 289. Leading Ohio State was junior co-captain Emma Jandel. The Dayton native shot a season low 1-over 73 in her final round to finish in a tie for 57th (75-78-82-73—+20). Senior co-captain and two-time Second Team All-Big Ten honoree Gemma Webster had a disappointing start to the tournament but closed out her career with a final-round 1-under 71, the lowest round for a Buckeye in the tournament. Webster (87-87-77-71—+34) finished tied for 109th place. Vicky Villanueva ended her Big Ten Freshman of the Year season by tying Jandel for 57th (78-75-73-82—+20). Senior Jessica Hauser finished T-125 (93-81-82-84—+52), and sophomore In Hong Lim, a First Team All-Big Ten selection withdrew six holes into her third round because of injury. Men’s Regionals Ohio State secured a berth in the NCAA tournament with a T-3 finish at the NCAA Central Regional Championship, May 14-16 at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky. The Buckeyes (300-289-291—880), seeded ninth in the 14-team regional, road the hot hand of Bo Hoag, who finished T-7 with a final score of even par (71-73-72—216). Cleveland State, the Horizon League champion, finished 12th (308-305-307—920). The top five teams and top individual received an invitation to Inverness for the NCAA tournament. Kent State (312-289-305—906) finished eighth in the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship, May 14-16 at Galloway National Golf Club in Galloway, N.J. Adding to the Flashes’ disappointment, Kent State sophomore and Hudson native Josh Hahn just missed a shot at advancing to the NCAA championship as an individual when he lost on the second playoff hole to Clemson’s Kyle Stanley. The two-time Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Year, Hahn took advantage of three-straight bogeys by Stanley to help erase a threestroke deficit with five holes left. Tied for third overall in the tournament with 54-hole totals of 4-over par, Hahn and Stanley headed to extra holes to stake claim to the lone individual spot, which goes to the top finisher not on one of the top five teams. Hahn (75-67-75—217) lost on the second playoff hole, the par-5 16th, after his drive found a water hazard. He stripped down to his bare feet and blasted out of the water, but Hahn was not able to match Stanley’s birdie on the hole. Hahn’s T-3 finish was the best by a KSU golfer at a NCAA regional since Donnie Darr took second in 1995. Women’s Regionals Ohio State earned its first berth in the NCAA championship since 2005 with a seventh-place finish in the NCAA Central Regional, May 7-9 in Columbus. The Buckeyes (306-293-318—917) were led by In Hong Lim, who finished T-20 (78-73-78—229) on the par-72, 6,246 Scarlet Course. Kent State, playing in its ninth straight regional tournament, failed to finish in the top eight and secure a spot in the NCAA tournament. The Flashes (305-304-325—934) finished 12th and were paced by sophomore Martina Gavier (74-76-80—230), who finished T-27. Winning the Columbus regional by 19 strokes with a score of 877 was top-seeded UCLA. The Bruins also had the medalist in Maria Jose Uribe, who concluded the tournament at 4-under 212.

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