U NIVERSITY OF I LLINOIS 2011-12 MEN’S GOLF TABLE OF CONTENTS Head Coach Mike Small . 2-4 Assistant Coach Zach Guthrie . 5 Luke Guthrie . 6-7 Ross Frankenberg . 8 Mason Jacobs . 9 Jonathan Hauter . 10 Thomas Pieters . 11 Alex Burge / Brian Campbell . 12 2011 Fall Recap . 13-14 Olympia Fields Country Club/Fighting Illini Invitational . .15 2010-11 Review . 16-17 2010-11 Results/Statistics . 18-21 Team Records . 22-23 Individual Records . 24-26 Year-By-Year Big Ten Results . 27 Individual Honors . 28 All-Time Letterwinners . 29-30 Back row (L-R): Brian Campbell, Ross Frankenberg, John Gullberg, Jonathan Hauter Illini in the Pros: Steve Stricker . 31 Front row (L-R): Luke Guthrie, Thomas Pieters, Mason Jacobs, Alex Burge Illini in the Pros: D .A . Points . 32 2011-12 ILLINOIS MEN’S GOLF ROSTER 2011-12 ILLINOIS SCHEDULE Fall Schedule Name Year Hometown / Previous School Sept . 10-11 Northern Intercollegiate Sugar Grove, Ill . Alex Burge Fr . Bloomington, Ill ./Bloomington Sept . 16-18 Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational Olympia Fields, Ill . Brian Campbell Fr . Irvine, Calif ./Mater Dei Oct . 1-2 D .A . Weibring Invitational Normal, Ill . Ross Frankenberg Jr . Barrington, Ill ./Barrington H .S . Oct . 10-11 Jack Nicklaus Invitational Dublin, Ohio Luke Guthrie Sr . Quincy, Ill ./ Quincy H .S . Spring Schedule Jonathan Hauter R-So . Groveland, Ill ./Peoria Christian Jan . 28 Tinervin Cup Coral Springs, Fla . Feb . 10-11 Big Ten Match Play Champ . Sarasota, Fla . Mason Jacobs R-Jr . Metropolis, Ill ./ Massac County Feb . 20-21 Mobile Bay Intercollegiate Mobile, Ala . Thomas Pieters So . Nijlen, Belgium/ Sportschool Hasselt March 5-6 Louisiana Classics Invitational Lafayette, La . March 22-23 Borona Collegiate Cup San Diego, Calif . Head Coach: Mike Small (12th year) Mar . 31-Apr . 1 Augusta State Invitational Augusta, Ga . Assistant Coach: Zach Guthrie (5th year) April 21-22 Boilermaker Invitational West Lafayette, Ind . April 27-29 Big Ten Championships French Lick, Ind . May 17-19 NCAA Regional TBD May 29-June 3 NCAA Championships Pacific Palisades, Calif . FIGHTING ILLINI QUICK FACTS ATHLETIC PUBLIC RELATIONS Location . Urbana-Champaign, Ill . Mailing Address . 1700 South Fourth St . Men’s Golf Contact . .Matt Wille Founded . 1867 . Champaign, IL 61820 Email . mjwille2@illinois .edu Enrollment . 42,326 Assistant Coach . Zach Guthrie Cell Phone . 309-453-8459 Nickname . Fighting Illini Years at Illinois . 5th Season Office Phone . 217-333-3592 Colors . Orange and Blue Alma Mater............ Western Illinois ’07 Sports Information Director . Kent Brown Conference . Big Ten Email . .zguthrie@illinois .edu Associate Director . Derrick Burson Assistant Directors . Mike Koon, Derek Neal, Ben Taylor President . Michael Hogan Office Phone . 217-333-0536 Graduate Assistants . Cody Lahl, Nicole Mechling Chancellor . Phyllis Wise Intern . Taylor Thomas Athletics Director . Mike Thomas Home Course . Stone Creek Golf Club Office Manager . Jennifer Funderburk Par / Yardage . 72 / 7,118 New Media/Creative Services . Victor Cortez, Heidi Rivers Head Coach . Mike Small Rating / Slope . 73 .9 / 124 Sports Info Phone . (217) 333-1391 Years at Illinois . 12th Season Sports Info Fax . (217) 333-5540 Alma Mater . Illinois ’88 2011 Big Ten Finish . 1st Websites . www .fightingillini .com / www .illinimensgolf .com Email . .small@illinois .edu Letterwinners Returning / Lost . 4/3 Twitter . www .twitter .com/illinigolf Facebook . www .facebook .com/illinigolf Office Phone . 217-333-8604 Newcomers . 2 Mailing Address . Athletic Public Relations Office Fax . 217-244-9758 NCAA Finish . T-5th . 1700 S . Fourth Street NCAA Appearances . 19 (last in 2011) . Champaign, IL 61820 2011-12 ILLINOIS MEN’S GOLF // 1 COACHING STAFF MIKE SMALL HEAD COACH // 12TH SEASON Head Coach the next level. As someone who still competes and Coach of the Year. The Illini finished as Big Ten Mike Small has succeeds at a handful of tour events each year, he runners-up and placed fourth at NCAA Regionals. brought national has had a chance to rub elbows with the likes of Illinois qualified for the NCAA Championships, recognition to Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. finishing 18th. the Illinois golf program in his Coaching Success Small remains competitive decade plus as Illinois reached the NCAA Championships for the When Mike Small returned to Champaign, Ill., head coach. Small sixth time in the last nine years under Mike Small in June of 2000 to take over as head coach, it has guided the in 2011. Here are some other highlights of his 11 came following a decade of golfing professionally, Illini to three seasons as head coach: including five years spent on the PGA Tour and straight Big Ten • Coaching NCAA champion Scott Langley what is now the Nationwide Tour. championships • Coaching six All-Americans, including Langley, and his team to 21 a second team honoree in 2009 and first team Small continues to compete on a limited basis in team titles in the honoree in 2010 and Guthrie, a first team honoree PGA tour events. Although not playing full-time, past four seasons. in 2011 he does so with some impressive results. When • His teams have won 20 All-Big Ten and 30 he competes, he shows off his Illinois colors and In 2011, the Illini completed their best NCAA Academic All-Big Ten honors. attracts many proud alumni in the gallery. finish since 1941, reaching the NCAA match • Scheduling his club against some of the best play quaterfinals and tying for fifth overall. Over teams in the country. Illinois defeated 19 of the top Small’s success has meant great publicity for Illinois the past four years, Illinois has consistently been 25 teams during the 2010-11 season. golf. The summer of 2007 saw arguably the biggest ranked in the top 10 in the country, finishing of those successes when he won the low club seventh in the 2011 Golfweek computer rankings. Previous Year-by-Year Highlights: professional at the 2007 PGA Championship and Illinois is one of only seven schools to reach the • In 2009-10, Scott Langley won the NCAA title shared the award stand with its champion Tiger NCAA finals each of the past four years. while the Illini advanced to the NCAA for the third Woods on national television. Four years later, he straight year. The Illini ended the season ranked in again earned low club professional honors at the Small’s players have had individual success as the top 10 after its second straight Big Ten crown. 2011 PGA Championship, where he has honored well. Joe Affrunti, who lettered for Illinois in • In 2008-09, Illinois won the Big Ten alongside PGA champion Keegan Bradley on CBS. 2004, earned his PGA Tour card this year. Recent championship, advanced to the NCAA finals graduates Scott Langley and Chris DeForest and claimed titles in seven tournaments overall, qualified for the U.S. Open in 2010 and 2011, including the prestigious Olympia Fields/Fighting respectively. Illini Invitational. • During the 2007-08 season, Illinois recorded the Langley has been Illinois’ most visible player since lowest individual (63, freshman Chris DeForest) Steve Stricker. His run to low amateur at the U.S. and team (272) round in school history. The Illini Open came two weeks after winning the NCAA advanced to the NCAA Championships, finishing championship. Langley also won the clinching 17th. Scott Langley was named Big Ten Freshman match at the Palmer Cup, reached the quaterfinals of the Year at the U.S. Amateur and was one of three players • In 2006-07, senior Kyle Hosick placed 10th at on the United States team at the World Amateur the Big Ten Championships and was named a Team Championships in Argentina. Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar. • Small directed a young Illinois team to a solid Two of his players, Zach Barlow (2008) and Luke year in 2005-06. The Illini recorded four Top-5 Guthrie (2009) won Illlinois State Amateur titles finishes as six different players in the lineup while playing at Illinois. combined for a total of 11 individual Top-10 finishes. Patrick Nagle earned All-Region and Small’s players have also had academic success. In All-Big Ten honors while Mark Ogren also earned 2011, every upperclassman had a 3.0 grade-point all-conference accolades. average or higher while Langley earned the Big Ten • He led his squad to four Top-3 finishes in Medal of Honor. Combined with the construction 2004-05, including runner-up honors at the Bruce of the state-of-the art Demirjian Practice Facility Fossum/TaylorMade Invitational, a tournament in 2007, it is the unique combination of having that featured nine Big Ten teams. a respected teacher/coach and a current playing • During the 2003-04 season, Illinois finished as professional wrapped up in one man that has lifted runner-up at the Big Ten Championships for the Illinois into national contender. third straight year and made its third consecutive appearance in the NCAA Central Regional. Small has the distinction of playing on a Big Ten • In 2002-03, the Illini recorded the lowest 72-hole Year-by-Year Synopsis of Small’s Career championship team and coaching one. Small was team score in school history, finishing as runner- 2011: Earned low club professional honors for the a member of the 1988 team that claimed the title. up at the Big Ten Championships for the second second time at the PGA Championship, which he Small has been named Midwest Regional Coach of year in a row. Illinois went on to a runner-up played for the seventh time in his career. the Year and Big Ten Coach of the Year four times finish at the NCAA Central Regional, marking in his career, including the past three years from the UI’s best performance ever at regionals. Small 2010: Won his record tying third PGA Professional 2009-11 following three Big Ten team titles and was recognized for Illinois’ stellar season by being National Championship and second in a row.