QUICK FACTS AND CONTENTS Table of Contents Carolina Quick Facts, Athletic Personnel, Media Information............................1 Schedule & Roster................................................................................................2 Tar Heel Traditions................................................................................................3 2002 Preview & The Intercollegiate..................................................................4-5 Order of Merit & Executive Cup........................................................................6-7 Chapman Golf Center............................................................................................8 Meet The Tar Heels..........................................................................................9-15 Head Coach John Inman......................................................................................16 Assistant Coach Jamie Green & Support Personnel..........................................17 2001 Spring Review ......................................................................................18-20 2001 Fall Review............................................................................................21-23 Tar Heel History............................................................................................24-27 Tar Heel Titles......................................................................................................28 The Old Well Tar Heel Lettermen..............................................................................................29 Atlantic Coast Conference..................................................................................30 NCAA & Amateur Winners................................................................................31 Endowed Scholarships........................................................................................32 Quick Facts Finley Golf Course..............................................................................................33 Location:Chapel Hill, N.C. Student Services..................................................................................................34 Chartered:1789 The Universtiy of North Carolina..................................................................35-38 Enrollment: 24,635 (15,400 undergraduate) Tar Heel Golf Glossary........................................................................................39 Chancellor:James Moeser Director of Athletics:Dick Baddour www.TarHeelBlue.com Senior Women’s Administrator:Dr. Beth Miller Media and fans can follow the Carolina men’s golf team and the rest of the UNC Affiliation:NCAA Division I athletic program from anywhere in the world on the official site of North Carolina Conference:Atlantic Coast athletics. Nickname:Tar Heels TarHeelBlue.com offers schedules, rosters, results and more for all 28 of Mascot:Rameses the ram Carolina’s varsity sports. School colors:Carolina Blue and White Athletic department web site:www.TarHeelBlue.com Carolina Men’s Golf Head Coach:John Inman (North Carolina, ‘84) Seasons at UNC:Four Office phone: (919) 962-0753 Office fax:(919) 962-0751 Supporting UNC Men’s Golf Assistant Coach:Jamie Green (Ohio Wesleyan, ‘93) The University of North Carolina has a long-term agreement with Nike, which Seasons at UNC:Three provides UNC teams with shoes, apparel, equipment bags and other products. The Office phone:(919) 843-4061 contract, signed in 1994 and again in 1997, was extended for a period of eight Secretary: Betty Krimminger more year beginning in July 2002. In addition to Nike products, the agreement Home Course:Finley Golf Course provides $100,000 annually to the Chancellor's Academic Enhancement Fund for Holes, Par, Yardage:18, 72, 7,187 undergraduate teaching and $100,000 annually to the UNC athletic department to ACC Championships:10–1956, 1960, 1965, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, reward Olympic sport programs and coaches for academic and athletic excellence. 1986, 1995, 1996 2001 ACC Championship finish: 6th of 9 teams 2001 NCAA Tournament results: 14th place, NCAA Central Regional Starters returning/lost:3/2 Letterwinners returning/lost:10/3 On The Cover Athletic training staff: Rob Schneider, head athletic trainer; Dr. Tom Front Row (left to right): Ward Marslender, Richard Treis, Bob Cherry, Jay Brickner, Physician; Dr. Bryan Smith, Physician Degenhart; Second Row (left to right): Assistant Coach Jamie Green, Robbie Petty, Ramon Bescansa, Ned Murchison, Matt Crenshaw, Head Coach John Inman; Back Row (left to right): Rus Clark, Jeremy Elliott, Dustin Bray, Brad Moldin, Doug UNC Athletic Communications Kingston Associate A.D for Athletic Communications: Steve Kirschner 2002 Men’s Golf Media Guide Men’s Golf contact:Lee Snyder The 2002 North Carolina men’s golf media Email address:[email protected] guide was designed and edited by Lee Snyder, Snyder’s phone:(919) 962-8095 Athletic Communications Administrative Assistant, Office phones:(919) 962-2123/962-1376 with assistance from Kevin Maguire and Terry Office fax:(919) 962-0612 Roberts of the Athletic Communications staff. Home phone: (919) 493-7235 The front, back and inside front covers were Mailing address:P.O. Box 2126, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 designed by Cara Johnston. All pictures of current players were taken by Will Owens. Please contact Lee Snyder for information on coverage of the UNC Special thanks to UNCDesign Services for men’s golf team. the Educational Foundation advertisement. Printing by B&B Printing of Bristol, Tenn. 2001-02 NORTH CAROLINA MEN’S GOLF PAGE 1 SCHEDULE & ROSTER Fall Schedule 2001 Day Date Tournament Site Sat.-Sun. Sept. 8-9 The Ridges Intercollegiate Johnson City, Tenn. (The Ridges Golf & Country Club, Par 72, 7,038 yards) Mon.-Tues. Sept. 17-18 Mason Rudolph Championships Franklin, Tenn. (Legends Club Knob Course, Par 70, 6,953 yards) Fri.-Sun. Oct. 5-7 Carpet Capital Classic Dalton, Ga. (The Farm, Par 72, 6,906 yards) Sun.-Mon. Oct. 14-15 Duke Golf Classic Durham, N.C. (Duke Golf Club, Par 72, 7,045 yards) Mon.-Tues. Nov. 5-6 The Prestige Palm Desert, Calif. (Desert Willow, Par 72, 7,056 yards) Spring Schedule 2002 Mon.-Tues. Feb. 18-19 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (TPC at Sawgrass, Par 72, 6,895 yards) Mon.-Tues. Mar. 11-12 Seminole Intercollegiate Tallahassee, Fla. (Golden Eagle Country Club, Par 72, 6,869 yards) Sat.-Sun. Mar. 16-17 Birkdale Collegiate Classic Huntersville, N.C. (Birkdale Golf Course, Par 72, 7,013 yards) Sat.-Sun. Mar. 23-24 Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational Statesboro, Ga. (Forest Heights Country Club, Par 72, 6,945 yards) Sat.-Sun. Apr. 6-7 Cleveland Golf/ASU Invitational Augusta, Ga. (Forest Hills Golf Club, Par 72, 6,875 yards) Sat.-Sun. Apr. 13-14 The Intercollegiate Chapel Hill, N.C. (Finley Golf Course, Par 72, 7,091 yards) Fri.-Sun. Apr. 19-21 ACC Championships Badin Lake, N.C. (Old North State Club, Par 72, 7,102 yards) Thur.-Sat. May 16-18 NCAA Regionals TBA Wed.-Sat. May 29-June 1 NCAA Championship Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State Scarlet Course, Par 71, 7,251 yards) 2001-02 Men's Golf Roster Name Ht. Wt. Class Hometown (High School) Ramon Bescansa 5-8 145 Jr. Santiago, Spain (Bradenton Academy, Bradenton, Fla.) Dustin Bray 6-0 145 So. Asheboro, N.C. (Asheboro) Bob Cherry 5-10 165 Jr. Wilmington, N.C. (New Hanover) Rus Clark 6-4 170 Jr. Raleigh, N.C. (Broughton) Matt Crenshaw 5-9 140 So. Burlington, N.C. (Williams) Jay Degenhart 5-9 180 Jr. Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Country Day) Jeremy Elliott 6-0 180 Jr. Chapel Hill, N.C. (East Chapel Hill) Doug Kingston 6-2 185 Fr. Bethlehem, Pa. (Moravian Academy) Ward Marslender 5-11 185 Fr. Raleigh, N.C. (Broughton) Brad Moldin 6-1 190 Jr. Wilmington, N.C. (Woodberry Forest, Woodberry Forest, Va.) Ned Murchison 5-10 195 Jr. Wilmington, N.C. (New Hanover) Robbie Petty 5-10 145 Jr. Forest City, N.C. (East Rutherford) Richard Treis 5-10 150 So. Baden-Baden, Germany (Markgraf-Ludwig Gymnasium) Head Coach: John Inman (4th year) Assistant Coach: Jamie Green (3rd year) PAGE 2 2001-02 NORTH CAROLINA MEN’S GOLF TAR HEEL TRADITIONS Why Tar Heels? University of North Carolina athletic teams are known as the “No, not a bit,” shot back one of the North Carolina soldiers. Tar Heels because North Carolina is “The Tar Heel State.” “Old Jeff’s bought it all up,” he went on, referring to Jefferson One legend has the nickname being applied to the state’s resi- Davis, President of the Confederacy. dents as long ago as the Revolutionary War. According to this “Is that so? What’s he going to do with it?” story, the troops of British General Cornwallis were fording what “He’s going to put it on you’ns heels to make you stick better is now known as the Tar River between Rocky Mount and in the next fight.” Battleboro when they discovered that tar had been dumped into Upon hearing of the incident, Robert E. Lee smiled and said to the stream to impede their crossing. When they finally got across a fellow officer, “God bless the Tar Heel boys.” the river they found their feet completely black with tar. Their A letter found in 1991 by State Archivist David Olson lends observation that anyone who waded North Carolina rivers would credence to another more direct theory. A letter from Maj. Joseph acquire tar heels led to the nickname first being used. Engelhard describes a fight involving men from North Carolina in Others say the nickname was acquired during the War Between which Lee was heard to have said, “There they stand as if they the States. During one of that war’s fiercest battles a column