Golf DIVISION I MEN’S
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Golf DIVISION I MEN’S Highlights Augusta State Shocks Them Again: When Houston won back-to-back Division I men’s golf championships in 1984 and 1985, Augusta State head coach Josh Gregory had not reached his 10th birthday. It took 26 years, but Gregory became the fi rst coach to lead a Division I squad to back-to-back titles since then, when his senior-laden squad beat Georgia 3-2, for the 2011 title at Karsten Creek Golf Club on a sweltering afternoon in Stillwater, Okla. One year ago, the Jaguars knocked off Oklahoma State in the fi nal. “I have no words to describe this feeling,” said Augusta State’s Patrick Reed. “It’s kind of bittersweet because what we accomplished was special, but this is the last time we’ll play together in college. We will all go our separate ways. “This week was incredible. Two in a row, 6-0, turning pro and all of us leaving, unfortunately. But we couldn’t ask for anything better to fi nish our careers (at Augusta).” Reed was the only junior on a squad with four seniors. And talk about a mixed bag. Reed, an Augusta native, started his career at Georgia, but ended up in Augusta to play for Gregory. After dismantling Oklahoma State’s Peter Uihlein in his semifi nal win, Reed grinded his way to a 2-up victory against Bulldog senior Harris English in the championship match. Senior Henrick Norlander was barely recruited while playing junior golf in Sweden. But former Jaguar Kalle Edberg thought Gregory should take a chance on the 6-foot-2 kid with a good swing. Norlander beat Oklahoma State’s Kevin Tway in the semifi nals, but dropped his match with Georgia’s Russell Henley in the fi nal. “I wouldn’t trade this for anything,” said Norlander. “Pro golf is always going to be there, but what I’ve been through with these guys the last few years … I wouldn’t change a thing. “When we won last year, we were kind of in shock. This year, we knew we had a good team but to win it again is just hard to imagine.” Mitch Krywulycz came to the United States from Australia. He lost a tough 1-up match to Oklahoma State’s Morgan Hoff man in the semifi nals, but bounced back to beat Hudson Swaff ord, 2-up, in the championship. Augusta State’s third point came from Carter Newman, who won a dramatic extra-hole match in the semifi nals, then easily defeated T.J. Mitchell, 7 and 5, in the fi nals. The fourth senior, Ollie Bengtsson, was a Swedish junior champion and missed the 2010 championship playing as the sixth man, something he’s done most of his career. “It’s college golf, maybe it’s not big-time football or basketball, but they just made history and to be able to do that, win back-to-back national championships, and to do it in the fashion they did is remarkable,” said Gregory, who has won two NCAA titles in nine seasons. “It’s something I’ve never dreamed of; something I can’t believe just happened to us, and that’s exactly what the kids say.” During the trophy presentation, Gregory addressed the small gathering of Augusta State fans – some of who drove overnight 16 hours to get to Stillwater. The obviously emotional coach held back tears, knowing that a special group of student-athletes accomplished something not done in a quarter of a century. Chris Haack’s Georgia Bulldogs sent out three seniors and battled until the end as expected. Henley beat Norlander 3 and 2, going 3-0 in match play. Henley drained a 50-footer on the fi fth hole and never looked back. “We hung in as best we could,” said Henley. “Augusta State is playing really good golf right now, and we knew we’d have to play really good golf against them. We gave it a run. I’m proud of what everybody did to get us here.” “That is pretty impressive,” said Haack of Augusta State’s repeat. “That just shows how good that group of guys are. They could do it twice. They took down some pretty powerful teams en route doing it. My hat is off to them.” 2 DIVISION I MEN’S GOLF—TEAM RESULTS Dylan Frittelli, Texas ...............................................................75-73-72 .............................220 2011 Team Results Paul Haley, Georgia Tech .....................................................71-72-77 .............................220 Jeffrey Kang, Southern California ....................................72-73-75 .............................220 Jeff Karlsson, Kennesaw St..................................................72-73-75 .............................220 THREE-ROUND TOTALS Gregor Main, UCLA ................................................................72-70-78 .............................220 (Par 288-864) Thomas Pieters, Illinois .........................................................76-74-70 .............................220 1. UCLA .....................................................................................286-288-298 .............................872 Ryan Sirman, Oklahoma ......................................................71-72-77 .............................220 2. Georgia Tech .....................................................................283-290-302 .............................875 Matt Thompson, Michigan .................................................74-76-70 .............................220 3. Oklahoma St. ....................................................................292-293-294 .............................879 29. Tim Gornik, Duke ....................................................................75-72-74 .............................221 Illinois ...................................................................................291-287-301 .............................879 Hunter Hamrick, Alabama ..................................................71-74-76 .............................221 5. Georgia ................................................................................291-288-305 .............................884 Kyle Scott, Georgia Tech ......................................................72-74-75 .............................221 6. Ohio St. ................................................................................291-299-297 .............................887 32. Lee Bedford, Wake Forest ....................................................74-73-75 .............................222 7. Augusta St. .........................................................................294-294-300 .............................888 Ignacio Elvira, Texas A&M ....................................................72-77-73 .............................222 8. Duke .....................................................................................303-293-293 .............................889 Phil Francis, Arizona St. .........................................................78-72-72 .............................222 9. Texas A&M ..........................................................................289-301-300 .............................890 Alex Kim, UCLA ........................................................................71-76-75 .............................222 10. Iowa ......................................................................................304-292-296 .............................892 Jason Millard, Middle Tenn. ................................................76-71-75 .............................222 Michigan .............................................................................307-292-293 .............................892 Alex Redfield, Ohio St. ..........................................................74-75-73 .............................222 12. Southern California ........................................................303-289-303 .............................895 38. Eric Chun, Northwestern .....................................................77-70-76 .............................223 Texas .....................................................................................299-301-295 .............................895 Bo Hoag, Ohio St. ....................................................................71-75-77 .............................223 14. Alabama ..............................................................................288-292-316 .............................896 Morgan Hoffmann, Oklahoma St. ...................................75-73-75 .............................223 15. Arkansas ..............................................................................296-298-303 .............................897 Brad Hopfinger, Iowa ............................................................74-72-77 .............................223 16. San Diego ...........................................................................300-304-294 .............................898 David Lipsky, Northwestern ...............................................74-74-75 .............................223 San Diego St. .....................................................................295-301-302 .............................898 Kevin Miller, Kent St. ..............................................................81-69-73 .............................223 18. Arizona St. ..........................................................................303-293-303 .............................899 Ben Murray, San Diego .........................................................72-75-76 .............................223 19. California .............................................................................300-299-303 .............................902 Garrick Porteous, Tennessee ..............................................77-73-73 .............................223 Kent St..................................................................................304-302-296