Men's Golf Releases (2005-06) - Guilford Leading After Round One of NCAA Championship - Guilford College

  • GUILFORD GOLF TEAM LEADS AFTER FIRST ROUND OF NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

 

      Lincoln, NE (5/8/06) -- Guilford College's men's golf team shot a 15-over-par 299 Monday and holds a four-stroke lead over Methodist (303) after the first of four rounds at the 23-team NCAA Division III Golf Championships at the Firethorn Golf Club. The Quakers, the defending tournament champions, have an eight-shot lead over third-place Oglethorpe (308) and a nine-stroke edge over Otterbein (309) and Rhodes (309).

 

Guilford is ranked first in the May 4 Bridgestone/Golf Coaches Association of America Division III Coaches Poll and bidding for its third national championship in five years. The Quakers won the 2005 NCAA Division III title in Howey-In-The-Hills, FL, and the 2002 crown at Firethorn.

 

Four Guilford students stand among the top-21 competitors after 18 holes. Junior Colin Clark, the defending national champion, and senior Jeff Osberg both shot three-over-par 74 and share sixth place on the individual leaderboard. Clark made a team-high four birdies, including one on the par-four 15th hole that dropped him to three under. Osberg birdied the 16th hole, which put him at one-over, but he bogeyed the last two holes. Senior Chris Lowman (left) eagled the 15th hole and birdied 16, but finished with a double bogey and bogey. He sits in an 11-way tie for 10th place at 75. Junior Joseph Poplin also bogeyed the last two holes and shot 76, which shares 21st place. Sophomore Steve Walton made the turn at two-over, but struggled on the back nine to finish with an 80 in his NCAA Tournament debut.

 

      LaVerne's Nathan Logan has the individual lead with a one-over 72, thanks to four first-round birdies. Four students, including Jon Deines of tournament host Nebraska Wesleyan, are one stroke of the lead at 73. The championship continues with Tuesday's second round and ends Thursday. Guilford tees off at noon (CST).

 

-Photo courtesy of Dennis Hubbard.

TEAM STANDINGS (after 1 of 4 rounds)
School Strokes Par


1 Guilford 299 +15
2 Methodist 303 +19
3 Oglethorpe 307 +23
T4 Otterbein 308 +24
T4 Rhodes 308 +24
T6 Nebraska Wesleyan 309 +25
T6 Skidmore 309 +25
8 New York 310 +26
9 Redlands 311 +27
T10 Emory 312 +28
T10 Ohio Wesleyan 312 +28
T10 Salem State 312 +28
T10 Texas Lutheran 312 +28
T10 St. John's (MN) 312 +28
T15 LaVerne 314 +30
T16 Hope 319 +35
T16 Washington & Jefferson 319 +35
T18 Gustavus Adolphus 320 +36
T18 California Lutheran 320 +36
20 Huntingdon 321 +37
21 Allegheny 322 +38
22 St. John Fisher 323 +39
23 Claremont McKenna 327 +43

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
1 Nathan Logan LaVerne 72 +1
T2 Jon Deines Nebraska Wesleyan 73 +2
T2 Zach Fuller St. John Fisher 73 +2
T2 Andy Miller Otterbein 73 +2
T2 Mike Stiller Skidmore 73 +2

GUILFORD STUDENTS
T6 Colin Clark 74 +3
T6 Jeff Osberg 74 +3
T10 Chris Lowman 75 +4
T21 Joseph Poplin 76 +5
T60 Steve Walton 80 +