Husky Golfers Place 11th at NCAA Championships
June 1, 2002
Columbus, OH - The Washington men's golf team shot a final round score of 13-over 297 to finish tied for 11th at the NCAA Championships at Ohio State's Scarlet Course. Minnesota capped an emotional season by winning the tournament with a final round of 6-under 278 to better Georgia Tech by four strokes. The Yellowjackets shot 1-over 285 to finish at 1138. Clemson and Texas tied for fourth at 142.
In April Minnesota announced it was dropping its men's and women's golf programs as a costsaving measure. After a public outcry, the University said it would give the programs a one-year reprieve if the necessary funds could be raised to support the programs. The Golden Gophers went on the win the Big Ten championship before finishing first at the NCAAs.
Washington's 11th-place finish equaled the second best showing at the NCAAs by a Husky team. The 1999 squad placed fourth overall while the 1966 team also tied for 11th. This year's tournament was Washington's fourth straight appearance at the NCAAs and the eighth in the history of the program.
It marked the first time any member of the current UW team has played during the finals of the NCAAs. The past two seasons the team failed to make the cut after the first two rounds.
"We've never done this before," said first-year coach Matt Thurmond. "We've played in a lot of big tournaments, but these guys have never teed it up in the final group, playing for the national championship. That's extreme pressure. It can either bring out your best or your worst and today, it brought out our worst.
"I think we were over excited," Thurmond said. "It's tough to control. You know what you have to do. You have to relax and just play your game.
Husky sophomore Brock Mackenzie (Yakima) had a disappointing final round of 5-over 76 to finish tied for 17th overall at 1-under 283. Mackenzie had started the day in third place at 3-under par. Georgia Tech's Troy Matteson shot 4-under 67 to win medalist honors with an 8-under score of 276. TCU's Adam Rubinson was second at 277 while Hunter Mahan of Oklahoma State finished third at 278.
"I was probably too excited," Mackenzie said. "I thought I was relaxed this morning hitting balls on the practice range, but I had one bad swing on the first hole this morning and it snowballed from there.
"There were just a couple of bad breaks today. We were in it going into today, so it was a good week. Unfortunately the final round did not go the way we wanted."
Washington, which started the day at 3-over, just two strokes behind tournament leading Georgia Tech, got off to a poor start when Mackenzie recorded a triple-bogie on his first hole. He completed his round with two more bogies and a double bogie. He recorded birdies on the eighth and 18th holes.
Mackenzie's 17th place finish was the second best performance by a Husky at the NCAAs. Only Troy Kelley's second-place finish in 1999 was better.
"Going in to the week, one of my goals was to be in contention going into the final round and I was," Mackenzie said. "It just did not come out the way I wanted it. I played one of my worst rounds of the year.
"Overall I can learn from this. I was happy to play in the last group at the national championship. It is something that everybody dreams about and hopefully I'll be back someday."
Washington was led during the final round by junior John Robertson (Olympia) and sophomore Dan Potter (Coeur d'Alene) who both shot 1-over 72. Potter and junior Conner Robbins (Bremerton) finished the tournament at 7-over 291. Robinson was 10-over 294. Sophomore Corey Prugh (Spokane), who shot 7-over 78 on Saturday, shot 11-over 295 for 72 holes.
"I thought we had a pretty darn good week," Thurmond said. "It's not going to look great because of the way we finished, but the fact is we had three pretty good days. It was a good experience and all of these guys will be back next season. We'll learn from this. It is the second best finish by a Washington team, so these guys have a lot to be proud of."
2002 NCAA Men's Golf Championships
The Scarlet Course
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Par 71, 7,222 yards
Team Results
1 Minnesota 284 289 283 278 1134 -2 2 Georgia Tech 277 286 290 285 1138 +2 3 Clemson 286 277 298 281 1142 +6 3 Texas 291 275 290 286 1142 +6 5 Augusta State 289 283 290 281 1143 +7 6 North Carolina State 286 281 292 285 1144 +8 7 Purdue 284 287 293 281 1145 +9 8 Pepperdine 284 288 286 288 1146 +10 9 Arizona 282 290 288 290 1150 +14 9 Tulsa 281 289 284 296 1150 +14 11 Florida 283 286 291 292 1152 +16 11 TCU 283 283 293 293 1152 +16 11 Washington 279 291 285 297 1152 +16 14 Colorado 280 293 296 284 1153 +17 14 Toledo 283 281 294 295 1153 +17 16 Oklahoma State 289 293 286 286 1154 +18 17 North Carolina 282 284 292 297 1155 +19 18 Illinois 277 296 295 290 1158 +22 19 Baylor 292 289 295 284 1160 +24 20 Virginia Tech 291 280 295 295 1161 +25 21 Fresno State 290 286 297 289 1162 +26 21 Georgia 293 289 291 289 1162 +26 23 UNLV 292 289 290 296 1167 +31 24 Pacific 292 292 286 299 1169 +33 24 Texas Tech 288 287 298 296 1169 +33 26 New Mexico 293 291 293 293 1170 +34 27 UAB 293 286 297 300 1176 +40 28 Auburn 288 287 301 306 1182 +46 28 Georgia Southern 296 291 301 294 1182 +46 30 VCU 295 295 304 297 1191 +55
Washington Results
17 Brock Mackenzie 66 69 72 76 283 63 Dan Potter 71 76 72 72 291 63 Conner Robbins 72 72 70 77 291 86 John Robertson 70 76 76 72 294 97 Corey Prugh 72 74 71 78 295start current to par thru today 1 2 3 4 Individual Results
1 Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech 73 66 70 67 276 2 Adam Rubinson, TCU 69 67 72 69 277 3 Hunter Mahan, Oklahoma State 68 71 67 72 278 4 Graeme McDowell, UAB 71 67 67 74 279 4 Justin Smith, Minnesota 69 70 71 69 279 6 Justin Walters, N.C. State 70 67 71 72 280 6 Nick Watney, Fresno State 72 68 70 70 280 8 Matt Anderson, Minnesota 73 71 71 66 281 8 Michael Beard, Pepperdine 71 72 67 71 281 8 Ryan Moore, UNLV 72 69 68 72 281 8 Par Nilsson, Oklahoma State 71 73 68 69 281 8 D.J. Trahan, Clemson 71 66 78 66 281 13 Ramon Bescansa, North Carolina 69 72 70 71 282 13 Shiv Kapur, Purdue 71 73 71 67 282 13 John Klauk, Texas 73 67 73 69 282 13 James Lepp, Illinois 70 72 72 68 282 17 Ricky Barnes, Arizona 71 71 70 71 283 17 Dustin Bray, North Carolina 68 68 75 72 283 17 Gregg Jones, Clemson 69 69 75 70 283 17 Eric Jorgensen, Michigan State* 72 69 69 73 283 17 Brock Mackenzie, Washington 66 69 72 76 283 17 Chris Noel, Tulsa 69 69 71 74 283 23 Camilo Benedetti, Florida 70 68 73 73 284 23 John Merrick, UCLA* 71 70 71 72 284 23 Chris Nallen, Arizona 69 68 75 72 284 23 Brandt Snedeker, Vanderbilt* 69 70 72 73 284 27 Billy Lowry, Tulsa 71 74 66 74 285 27 Adam Meyer, Baylor 74 70 71 70 285 27 David Miller, Georgia 74 69 72 70 285 27 Michael Webb, Augusta State 73 71 70 71 285 27 Lee Williamson, Purdue 71 70 74 70 285 27 Oliver Wilson, Augusta State 73 68 74 70 285 33 Brad Heaven, Toledo 69 70 75 72 286 33 Chris McKeel, Virginia Tech 70 71 72 73 286 33 Kris Mikkelsen, Georgia Tech 70 74 71 71 286 33 Ben Portie , Colorado 66 72 75 73 286 33 Michael Putnam, Pepperdine 69 72 72 73 286 38 Bret Guetz, TCU 70 70 74 73 287 38 Scott Hailes, New Mexico 74 74 68 71 287 38 Matt Hansen, Pacific 71 75 69 72 287 38 Franklin Hatchett, SMU* 74 66 71 76 287 38 David Inglis, Tulsa 70 74 72 71 287 38 Jason Moon, N.C. State 73 71 71 72 287 38 Russell Surber, Texas 73 72 70 72 287 38 Emmett Turner, Augusta State 71 72 74 70 287 46 Jay Haas, Augusta State 72 74 72 70 288 46 David Jones, Toledo 70 71 71 76 288 46 Kevin Kornowa, Toledo 72 69 75 72 288 46 Travis Mobley, Georgia Southern 74 70 72 72 288 46 Camilo Villegas, Florida 70 72 74 72 288 51 Ryan Baca, Baylor 71 73 75 70 289 51 Brendon De Jonge, Virginia Tech 74 71 69 75 289 51 Reid Hatley, Arizona 70 75 71 73 289 51 Fernando Mechereffe, N.C. State 72 70 72 75 289 51 Simon Nash, Minnesota 71 76 68 74 289 51 Ari Savolainen, Florida 69 72 74 74 289 51 Nicholas Thompson, Georgia Tech 67 73 75 74 289 51 Mark Warman, San Diego State* 67 72 76 74 289 59 Rusty Kennedy, Texas 75 67 77 71 290 59 Geoff Lound, Illinois 68 76 73 73 290 59 Garth Mulroy, N.C. State 71 74 78 67 290 59 Johnson Wagner, Virginia Tech 76 67 74 73 290 63 Jason Allred, Pepperdine 74 73 73 71 291 63 Stephen Carroll , Colorado 72 76 74 69 291 63 Garrett Chaussard, Illinois 69 73 76 73 291 63 Dustin Cone, Purdue 71 77 72 71 291 63 Jason Hartwick, Texas 75 69 70 77 291 63 Brooks Kelly, Texas Tech 70 73 75 73 291 63 Jamie McLeary, Baylor 74 72 76 69 291 63 Dan Potter, Washington 71 76 72 72 291 63 Conner Robbins, Washington 72 72 70 77 291 63 Kane Webber , Colorado 71 74 76 70 291 63 Matt Weibring, Georgia Tech 70 74 74 73 291 74 J.C. Deacon, UNLV 73 76 69 74 292 74 Andy Doeden, TCU 71 74 73 74 292 74 Kevin Haefner, Auburn 70 72 76 74 292 74 David Morgan, Minnesota 72 72 76 72 292 74 Brian O'Flaherty, Pepperdine 70 71 78 73 292 74 Aron Price, Georgia Southern 76 72 73 71 292 80 Martin Catalioto, Clemson 74 72 76 71 293 80 Michael Letzig, New Mexico 76 71 73 73 293 80 Chris Mayson, Purdue 71 73 76 73 293 80 Dalton Melnyk, Florida 75 74 71 73 293 80 Jay Mundy, Auburn 72 69 77 75 293 80 Wilhelm Schauman, Minnesota 72 77 73 71 293 86 David Bolen, Texas Tech 72 72 75 75 294 86 Ryan Carter, Fresno State 74 71 74 75 294 86 Matt Hendrix, Clemson 77 70 71 76 294 86 Brad Jacobson, Texas Tech 74 70 78 72 294 86 Tom Johnson, Northwestern* 72 75 77 70 294 86 Drew Jones, UAB 72 73 75 74 294 86 Joe Liley , Colorado 72 73 77 72 294 86 Bryant Odom, Georgia 74 73 76 71 294 86 John Robertson, Washington 70 76 76 72 294 86 J.J. Wall, Texas 70 73 77 74 294 86 Chan Wongluekiet, Georgia Tech 70 73 76 75 294 97 Ben Duncan, Clemson 72 73 76 74 295 97 Jonathon Echols, Fresno State 71 74 79 71 295 97 Alan Murray, Toledo 72 71 74 78 295 97 Corey Prugh, Washington 72 74 71 78 295 97 Ryan Thomas, UAB 69 74 73 79 295 102 Wm. Ted Brown, VCU 72 73 74 77 296 102 Andy Connell, Arizona 73 76 73 74 296 102 Clark Corbett, UNLV 73 71 77 75 296 102 Christo Greyling, Georgia 71 74 73 78 296 102 Mark Hull, Texas Tech 74 72 73 77 296 102 Anders Hultman, Oklahoma State 74 71 76 75 296 102 Ryan Hybl, Georgia 77 73 73 73 296 102 Brad Moldin, North Carolina 74 72 74 76 296 102 Matthew Zions , Colorado 71 74 71 80 296 111 Derek Abel, Baylor 74 74 74 75 297 111 Bob Cherry, North Carolina 72 72 73 80 297 111 J.J. Killeen, TCU 74 72 74 77 297 111 Sean McTernan, Toledo 75 73 74 75 297 111 Dustin Smith, Fresno State 75 73 76 73 297 111 Lee Williams, Auburn 73 71 74 79 297 117 Jordan Code, Florida 74 76 73 75 298 117 Kevin Henry, Tulsa 71 72 76 79 298 117 Scott Jamieson, Augusta State 73 72 79 74 298 117 Steven Jenkins, VCU 77 75 75 71 298 117 Matt Kern, Pacific 74 72 76 76 298 117 Madalitso Muthiya, New Mexico 72 72 75 79 298 117 Tom O'Stasik, Pacific 80 75 68 75 298 124 Brien Davis, UNLV 75 73 76 75 299 124 Jason Higton, Pacific 72 77 74 76 299 124 Michael O'Neal, Illinois 70 79 74 76 299 124 Jay Reynolds, New Mexico 74 76 77 72 299 124 Kipp Riehle, Arizona 72 76 74 77 299 124 Ben Scribner, Pacific 75 70 75 79 299 130 Jeff Crowe, VCU 72 75 77 76 300 130 Will Doughtie, Baylor 73 75 75 77 300 130 Chad Spencer, Fresno State 73 74 77 76 300 130 Neil Trimm, Tulsa 73 75 75 77 300 130 Donny Wysoczynski, Georgia 74 78 73 75 300 135 Jeremy Elliott, North Carolina 73 72 78 78 301 135 Brian Krusoe, Virginia Tech 76 71 80 74 301 135 Kyle Willmann, Texas Tech 72 78 75 76 301 138 Tyler McKeever, Georgia Southern 74 76 77 75 302 138 Ryan Stinnett, Virginia Tech 71 74 80 77 302 138 Rodney Thomas, N.C. State 75 73 80 74 302 138 Ryan Zylstra, VCU 74 73 78 77 302 142 Wil Collins, New Mexico 73 74 79 77 303 142 Randy Creighton, Pepperdine 81 73 74 75 303 142 Steve Shuert, TCU 73 78 74 78 303 145 Peter Karmis, Purdue 74 71 80 79 304 145 Justin Kolumber, Ga. Southern 72 75 79 78 304 147 Jonathon Dismuke, Auburn 73 75 79 78 305 148 Brandon Askew, UNLV 74 78 77 78 307 148 J.C. DeLeon, Oklahoma State 76 79 75 77 307 148 Kirk Straughen, VCU 82 74 78 73 307 151 Craig Gordon, UAB 81 72 82 73 308 152 David Elmore, Georgia Southern 78 74 81 76 309 152 Alex Noren, Oklahoma State 83 78 78 70 309 152 Ryan Tendall, Illinois 76 75 79 79 309 155 Will Claxton, Auburn 76 79 74 81 310 156 Blake Mozley, UAB 82 82 84 82 330
