2011-12 Men’s Golf University of Washington Athletic Communications • Box 354070 • Graves Hall • Seattle, WA 98195 • (206) 543-2230 • (206) 543-5000 fax SID Contact: Brian Tom ([email protected]) www.GoHuskies.com NCAA Championship Release May 15, 2012 No. 8 Seed UW On The Road To The Riviera Washington Quick Facts Huskies making their 9th NCAA championship appearance in 11 years under Matt Thurmond. SCHOOL INFORMATION Institution: ....................................University of Washington WASHINGTON HARBORS TITLE HOPES Location: .. ......................................................Seattle, Wash. The Husky men’s golf team will be a No. 8 seed for the 2012 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship to be hosted Enrollment: ........................42,000 (31,474 undergraduates) May 28-June 3 at The Riviera Country Club in Pacifi c Palisades, Calif. A total of 30 teams and six individuals will compete in the 54-hole stroke play portion of the tournament next Tuesday through Thursday. The top Founded: ............................................................Nov. 4, 1861 eight teams will advance to match play starting on Friday, June 1 with a national champion being crowned Nickname: ................................................................Huskies on Sunday, June 3 ... Washington was one of fi ve teams to advance out of the Southwest Region hosted in Affi liation: ...................................................NCAA Division I Norman, Okla. The third-seeded Huskies won the regional by four shots over top-seeded Texas and UW junior Colors: ...................Purple (PMS 5265) and Gold (PMS 7502) Chris Williams was medalist ... The Longhorns earned the No. 1 seed for the championship. The rest of the Mascot: .............. Dubs (live) & Harry the Husky (costumed) top-10 is second-seed Alabama, followed by California, Auburn, UCLA, USC, Oregon, Washington, Stanford Conference: ...........................................................Pacifi c-12 and San Diego State. The Huskies will be paired with Oregon and Stanford for the fi rst two rounds ... The Pac- President: ......................................................Michael Young 12 Conference leads the way with six teams in the fi eld -- all among the top-10 ranked squads. The SEC and Big 12 each have four teams in the fi eld. Athletic Director: .......................................Scott Woodward Website: ..............................................www.gohuskies.com HUSKY LINEUP Husky Coach Matt Thurmond is going with the same lineup he featured at the NCAA Regional in Norman that MEN’S GOLF INFORMATION contains a mix of veterans and underclassmen. Headlining the Husky fi vesome are junior Chris Williams and Coach: ..................... Matt Thurmond, 11th year (BYU, 1999) freshman Cheng-Tsung Pan; both members of the 2012 All-Pac-12 First Team. Junior Charlie Hughes is a Asst. Coach: ......... Dan Potter, 1st year (Washington, 2004) tested veteran of three NCAA regionals, one NCAA Championship and was a 2nd-team all-conference selec- Volunteer Asst. Coach: ...Scott Alexander, 4th year (Seattle tion last year as a sophomore. Sophomore Trevor Simsby has established himself as a mainstay in the Husky University) lineup and senior Ty Chambers is in the lineup for the fi fth time this season and is the only senior of the group. NCAA Championship Appearances: ......23 (11 in last 13 years) HUSKIES IN THE RANKINGS Best Finish: ..............................................................3rd, 2005 Washington is currently ranked 8th by Golfstat.com and 11th in the Golfweek.com/Sagarin rankings. Individu- Best Individual Finish: .......................1st, James Lepp, 2005 ally, Williams is currently ranked fourth in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and fi fth on Scratch Players World Amateur Rankings, while Pan is 14th and 11th on the respective lists. Golfweek.com/Sagarin rates 2011-2012 Schedule Williams No. 5 and Pan No. 26 among the nation’s top college golfers. On Golfstat.com, Williams is 6th and Pan 17th. Both were semifi nalists for the Ben Hogan Award. Simsby is 128th in the Golfweek.com/Sagarin Date Tournament Finish rankings. Sept. 26-27 Kikkor Golf Husky Invitational 1st of 6 Oct. 9-11 The Prestige at PGA WEST 2nd of 16 THE COURSE Oct. 23-25 U.S. Intercollegiate T2nd of 14 The 2012 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship will be played at Riviera Country Club in Pacifi c Palisades, Calif. Oct. 31-N. 2 Gifford Intercollegiate 5th of 11 from May 29 through June 3. The course features a par-71, George C. Thomas design that stretches to 7,292 Feb. 1-3 Waikoloa Intercollegiate 7th of 20 Feb. 13-14 Sam Diego Collegiate 1st of 15 yards from the championship tees. Nicknamed “Hogan’s Alley” after Ben Hogan won the 1947 and 1948 Los Feb. 27-28 Del Walker Match Play 2nd of 8 Angeles Open and the 1948 U.S. Open at the Club within a span of 18 months, the course has also played host Mar. 16-18 Bandon Dunes Championship T1st of 15 to the 1983 & 1995 PGA Championship and the 1998 U.S. Senior Open. The Club has also hosted the PGA Mar. 30-A. 1 U.S. Collegiate 5th of 17 Tour’s Los Angeles Open since 1929. Apr. 6-7 ASU Thunderbird 5th of 17 Apr. 27-29 Pac-12 Championship 7th of 13 TICKETS May 17-19 NCAA Regionals (Norman, Okla.) 1st of 14 All session tickets are $30 and can be purchased at www.usctrojans.com. Single day tickets are also available May 30-J. 5 NCAA Championship (Los Angeles, Calif.) for $10. LIVE COVERAGE UW Schedule at NCAA’s Live scoring will be available on the internet at www.golfstat.com. Tournament recaps, results and post-round Mon., May 28 (all times are PST) notes and quotes also can be found at www.gohuskies.com. 11:40 a.m. Washington Practice Round (tee No. 10) Tue., May 29 1st Round INDIVIDUALS 1:10 p.m. 1st Round off No. 10 (UW, Ore, Stan) THE FIELD Wed., May 30 2nd Round 1. Texas 11. North Florida 21. Iowa 1. Josh Anderson, Pepperdine 7:50 a.m. 1st Round off No. 1 (UW, Ore, Stan) 2. Alabama 12. Texas A&M 22. Oklahoma 2. Nate McCoy, Iowa State Thu., May 31 Final Round ; Stroke Play 3. California 13. Virginia 23. East Carolina 3. Vaita Guillaume, Campbell TBA Determined after 2nd Round standings 4. Auburn 14. Liberty 24. Illinois 4. Albin Choi, North Carolina St. Fri., June 1 Match Play 5. UCLA 15. Chattanooga 25. UAB 5. Jonathan De Los Reyes, St. Mary’s TBA Quarterfi nals 6. USC 16. Kent State 26. TCU 6. Phillip Chian, Long Beach St. Sat., June 2 Match Play 7. Oregon 17. Florida 27. Memphis 10 or 10:45 Semifi nals 8. Washington 18. Florida State 28. Virginia Tech Sun., June 3 Match Play 9. Stanford 19. UCF 29. Lamar 10:00 a.m. Finals 10. San Diego State 20. Georgia 30. Tulsa 2011-2012 Washington Roster (projected lineup in bold) Following The Huskies NAME HT YEAR EXP HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL There are many ways fans can follow Washington Gerrit Chambers 5-10 SO 1V Brush Prairie, Wash. (Hockinson HS) Husky men’s golf, including on Twitter, Facebook, Ty Chambers 5-11 SR 3V Brush Prairie, Wash. (Prairie HS) Tumblr and by blog: Charlie Hughes 6-3 JR 2V Maple Ridge, B.C. (Thomas Haney Secondary) Larry Iverson 6-4 JR 2V Kalispell, Mont. (Glacier HS) GoHuskies.com: http://www.gohuskies.com Yifan Liu 5-8 FR HS Guangzhou, China (Heritage Academy [Fla.]) Twitter: http://twitter.com/UW_MGolf Cheng-Tsung Pan 5-6 FR HS Bradenton, Fla. (IMG Academy) http://twitter.com/MattThurmond Trevor Simsby 6-2 SO 1V Carlsbad, Calif. (La Costa Canyon HS) Blog: http://huskygolfblog.com/ Tumblr: http://coachthurmond.tumblr.com Chris Williams 6-0 JR 2V Moscow, Idaho (Moscow HS) Head Coach: Matt Thurmond Assistant Coaches: Dan Potter, Scott Alexander (Volunteer) Husky Notes UW WINS SOUTWEST REGIONAL IN NORMAN HUSKY HONORS Chris Williams eagled the 18th hole to earn medalist honors and Washington Washington was well represented on the list of Pac-12 All-Conference award held off a fi nal-round charge from top-ranked Texas to take home the team title winners. Both Williams and Pan were fi rst team selections. It was the second at the NCAA Southwest Regional. The third-seeded Huskies were 5-over-par 293 time Williams has earned fi rst team recognition after he was second team as a during the fi nal round at a blustery Jimmie Austin OU Golf Course in Norman, freshman. Pan is just the second UW freshman to ever earn fi rst team all-confer- Okla. No. 1 seed Texas shot 292 on Saturday but could not catch the Huskies, ence honors, joining current PGA Tour pro Troy Kelly (1999). In all, Washington who had a fi ve shot advantage entering the fi nal round. Washington ended up -4 has had 13 fi rst team selections under the direction of Thurmond. for the tournament (860) to win by four shots over the Longhorns. The win was the teams third ever NCAA Regional title (2012, 2010, 2002) and Williams joins WILLIAMS REPRESENTING THE U.S. Richard Lee (2010) as the Huskies only Regional medalist. For the second consecutive year, Williams has been selected to represent the United States team at the Palmer Cup. The 2012 version of the annual Ryder Cup- HUSKIES CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY style competition will be played June 28-30 at The Royal County Down Golf Club Washington has become a mainstay in the NCAA Championship since Matt in Newcastle, Northern Ireland. It marks the third time Williams will represent the Thrumond took over as head coach in 2001-02. In Thurmond’s 11 years, the U.S. in international play. The Moscow, Idaho native was 2-0-2 at the 2011 Palmer Huskies have now made it to nine championships. They have fi nished 11th or Cup in which the Americans defeated the Europeans 13-11 at the Sandwich Club better in stroke play in each of those championships, including a third-place fi n- in Greenwich, Connecticut.