2011-12 HOUSTON GOLF 2011-12 HOUSTON GOLF NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY in 1956 the University of Houston Began a Dynasty That Is Unparalleled in All of College Sports
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HISTORY & RECORDS NCAA Championships History .................24 At the NCAA Championships ..............25-27 At the NCAA Regionals ............................28 Conference Championships History .........29 At Conference Championships............30-31 Season & Career Records .........................32 All-Time Low Rounds ..............................33 Postseason Records ................................34 All-Americans ........................................35 Honor Roll ..............................................36 On Professional Tours .............................37 All-Time Roster ......................................38 Coaching/All-American Intercollegiate History ................................................39 2011-12 HOUSTON GOLF 2011-12 HOUSTON GOLF NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY In 1956 the University of Houston began a dynasty that is unparalleled in all of college sports. Beginning that season, Houston dominated the college golf world, winning 12 of the next 15 NCAA golf championships. The Cougars have won 16 titles in all, and incredibly, finished second four times and third four other times. A Cougar has won the individual national championship eight times, trailing only Yale (13). The following is a year-by-year look at the NCAA Championships since 1952. Year Champion UH Finish Individual Champion (Score) Site 1952 North Texas 11th Jim Vickers, Oklahoma State Purdue University GC (Lafayette, Ind.) 1953 Stanford 8th Earl Moeller, Oklahoma State Broadmoor GC (Colorado Springs, Colo.) 1954 SMU 5th Hillman Robbins, Memphis State Braeburn CC (Houston, Texas) 1955 LSU t-4th Joe Campbell, Purdue Holston Hill CC (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1956 Houston 1st Rick Jones, Ohio State The Ohio State University Scarlet Course (Columbus, Ohio) 1957 Houston 1st Rex Baxter, Houston Broadmoor GC (Colorado Springs, Colo.) 1958 Houston 1st Phil Rodgers, Houston Taconic GC (Williamstown, Mass.) 1959 Houston 1st Richard Crawford, Houston Eugene CC (Eugene, Ore.) 1960 Houston 1st Richard Crawford, Houston Broadmoor GC (Colorado Springs, Colo.) 1961 Purdue 12th Jack Nicklaus, Ohio State Purdue University GC (Lafayette, Ind.) 1962 Houston 1st Kermit Zarley, Houston Duke University GC (Durham, N.C.) 1963 Oklahoma State 2nd R.H. Sikes, Arkansas Wichita State CC (Wichita, Kan.) 1964 Houston 1st Terry Small, San Jose State Broadmoor GC (Colorado Springs, Colo.) 1965 Houston 1st Marty Fleckman, Houston (281) Holston Hills CC (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1966 Houston 1st Bob Murphy, Florida (283) Stanford University GC (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1967 Houston 1st Hale Irwin, Colorado (286) Shawnee GC (Delaware, Pa.) 1968 Florida 2nd Grier Jones, Oklahoma State (276) New Mexico State GC (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1969 Houston 1st Bob Clark, Cal St. Los Angeles (298) Broadmoor CC (Colorado Springs, Colo.) 1970 Houston 1st John Mahaffey, Houston (284) The Ohio State University Scarlet Course (Columbus, Ohio) 1971 Texas 2nd Ben Crenshaw, Texas (273) Tucson National GC (Tucson, Ariz.) 1972 Texas 2nd Ben Crenshaw/Tom Kite, Texas (279) Cape Coral CC (Cape Coral, Fla.) 1973 Florida 6th Ben Crenshaw, Texas (282) Stillwater CC (Stillwater, Okla.) 1974 Wake Forest 3rd Curtis Strange, Wake Forest (282) Carlton Oaks CC (Santee, Calif.) 1975 Wake Forest 12th Jay Haas, Wake Forest (282) The Ohio State University Scarlet Course (Columbus, Ohio) 1976 Oklahoma State 3rd Scott Simpson, USC (283) Univ. of New Mexico GC (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1977 Houston 1st Scott Simpson, USC (289) Seven Oaks GC (Columbus, Ohio) 1978 Oklahoma State 18th David Edwards, Oklahoma State (209) Eugene CC (Eugene, Ore.) 1979 Ohio State t-9th Gary Hallberg, Wake Forest (287) Bermuda Run CC (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1980 Oklahoma State 18th Jay Don Blake, Utah State (283) The Ohio State University Scarlet Course (Columbus, Ohio) 1981 BYU 3rd Ron Commans, USC (283) Stanford University GC (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1982 Houston 1st Billy Ray Brown, Houston (280) Pinehurst CC (Pinehurst, N.C.) 1983 Oklahoma State 3rd Jim Carter, Arizona State (287) San Joaquin CC (Fresno, Calif.) 1984 Houston 1st John Inman, North Carolina (271) Bear Creek Golf World (Houston, Texas ) 1985 Houston 1st Clark Burroughs, Ohio State (285) Grenelefe CC (Haines City, Fla.) 1986 Wake Forest 5th Scott Verplank, Oklahoma State (282) Bermuda Run CC (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1987 Oklahoma State 10th Brian Watts, Oklahoma State (280) The Ohio State University Scarlet Course (Columbus, Ohio) 1988 UCLA DNQ E.J. Pfister, Oklahoma State (284) North Ranch CC (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) 1989 Oklahoma 26th Phil Mickelson, Arizona State (281) Oak Tree CC (Edmond, Okla.) HISTORY & RECORDS HISTORY 1990 Arizona State DNQ Phil Mickelson, Arizona State (279) Innisbrook Island Course (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 1991 Oklahoma State DNQ Warren Schutte, UNLV (283) Poppy Hills (Pebble Beach, Calif.) 1992 Arizona 13th Phil Mickelson, Arizona State (271) Univ. of New Mexico GC (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1993 Florida DNQ Todd Demsey, Arizona State (278) Champions GC (Lexington, Ky.) 1994 Stanford 19th Justin Leonard, Texas (271) Stonebridge CC (McKinney, Texas) 1995 Oklahoma State 14th Chip Spratlin, Auburn (283) The Ohio State University Scarlet Course (Columbus, Ohio) 1996 Arizona State DNQ Tiger Woods, Stanford (285) Honors Course (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1997 Pepperdine 9th Charles Warren, Clemson (279) Conway Farms Golf Club (Lake Forest, Ill.) 1998 UNLV t-8th James McLean, Minnesota (271) Univ. of New Mexico GC (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1999 Georgia t-8th Luke Donald, Northwestern (284) Hazeltine National Golf Club (Chaska, Minn.) 2000 Georgia Tech 4th Charles Howell, Oklahoma State (265) Grand National Lake (Opelika, Ark.) 2001 Florida 20th Nick Gilliam, Florida (276) Duke Golf Club (Durham, N.C.) 2002 Minnesota DNQ Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech (276) The Ohio State University Scarlet Course (Columbis, Ohio) 2003 Clemson DNQ Alejandro Canizares, Arizona State (287) Karsten Creek Golf Club (Stillwater, Okla.) 2004 California DNQ Ryan Moore, UNLV (267) Cascades Golf Course (Hot Springs, Va.) 2005 Georgia DNQ James Lepp, Washington (276) Caves Valley Golf Course (Baltimore, Md.) 2006 Oklahoma State DNQ Jonathan Moore, Oklahoma State (276) Sunriver Resort-Crosswater Club (Sunriver, Ore.) 2007 Stanford DNQ Jamie Lovemark, USC (271) Golden Horseshoe Golf Club Gold Course (Williamsburg, Va.) 2008 UCLA DNQ Kevin Chappell, UCLA (286) Purdue Golf Complex, The Kampen Course (West Lafayette, Ind.) 2009 Texas A&M DNQ Matt Hill, NC State (207) Inverness Club (Toledo, Ohio) 2010 Augusta State DNQ Scott Langley, Illinois (206) The Honors Course (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 2011 Augusta State DNQ John Peterseon, LSU (211) Karsten Creek Golf Club (Stillwater, Okla.) DNQ - Did not qualify for Championship. NCAA Record Book does not list individual scores before 1965. 26 MEDIA ALMANAC AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 1955 t-4th- 591 Holston Hills Country Knoxville, Tenn. HOUSTON’S NCAA TEAM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Individual scores not available Year Coach Score Runner-Up Site 1985 Dave Williams 1,169 Oklahoma State Haines City, Fla. NCAA Championship #1 1984 Dave Williams 1,145 Oklahoma State Houston, Texas 1956 1st - 601 1982 Dave Williams 1,141 Oklahoma State Pinehurst, N.C. Ohio State Scarlet Course Columbus, Ohio 1977 Dave Williams 1,197 BYU Hamilton, N.Y. Rex Baxter 73-67^ – 140 1970 Dave Williams 1,172 Wake Forest Colorado Springs, Colo. BabeHiskey 76-77 – 153 1969 Dave Williams 1,223 Wake Forest Colorado Springs, Colo. Frank Wharton 77-76 – 153 1967 Dave Williams 585 Florida Delware, Penn. Richard Parvino 76-79 – 155 1966 Dave Williams 583 San Jose State Palo Alto, Calif. ^ –Course record 1965 Dave Williams 577 UCLA Knoxville, Tenn. NCAA Championship #2 1964 Dave Williams 580 Oklahoma State Colorado Springs, Colo. 1962 Dave Williams 741 Oklahoma State Durham, N.C. NCAA Individual Champion #1 1960 Dave Williams 603 Purdue/Okla. State Colorado Springs, Colo. 1957 1st – 601 1959 Dave Williams 561 Purdue Eugene, Ore. Broadmoor Golf Club Colorado Springs, Colo. 1958 Dave Williams 570 Oklahoma State Williamstown, Mass. Frank Wharton 74-73 – 147 1957 Dave Williams 601 Stanford Colorado Springs, Colo. Rex Baxter 74-75 – 149 1956 Dave Williams 601 North Texas/Purdue Columbus, Ohio Babe Hiskey 77-73 – 150 Stan Binion 81-74 – 155 NCAA Championship #6 NCAA Championship #9 1971 2nd – 1,151 NCAA Championship #3 NCAA Individual Champion #5 1966 1st – 583 Tucson National Golf Club Tucson, Ariz. 1962 1st – 741 Stanford University Golf Club Palo Alto, Calif. John Mills (2nd) 65-69-71-75 – 280 NCAA Individual Champion #2 Marty Fleckman 143 Tom Jenkins (t-18th) 289 1958 1st – 570 Duke University Golf Club Durham, N.C. Hal Underwood 143 Corker DeLoach (t-18th) 289 Taconic Golf Club Williamstown, Mass. Kermit Zarley (1st) 68-72 – 140 Elwin Fanning 147 Bruce Lietzke 293 Phil Rodgers 139 Mark Hopkins (t6th) 73-74 – 147 Wright Garrett 73-77 – 150 Jim Grant 149 Babe Hiskey 142 1971-72 2nd – 1,159 Homero Blancas 74-77 – 151 Jacky Cupit 143 Cape Coral Country Club Cape Coral, Fla. Frank Wharton 146 Fred Marti 78-75 – 153 NCAA Championship #10 1967 1st – 585 Bill Rogers (t-4th) 70-68-72-75 – 285 Bob Pratt 146 Arthur Russell (t-4th) 74-73-68-70 – 285 1963 2nd – 582 Shawnee Golf Club Delaware, Penn. Corker DeLoach (t-12th) 291 & RECORDS HISTORY Wichita Country Club Wichita, Kan. Doug Olson 142 NCAA Championship #4 John Mills 298 NCAA Individual Champion #3 Kermit Zarley (t-2nd) 73-68 – 141 Hal Underwood 145 Bob Barbarossa 147 Jim McLean 299 1959 1st – 561 Fred Marti 72-74 – 146 Wright Garrett 72-74 – 146 Tom Wright 151 Eugene Country Club Eugene, Ore. 1972-73