Men’s Golf Raps Up Fall Season At The Iron Duke Golf Classic – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/13/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Oct. 13, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio-The Ohio State University men’s golf team competed at the Red River Classic in Dallas,Texas Oct. 9-10. The Buckeyes, scoring 287-291-297=875, finished tied for 12th place with Texas A&M. Southern California won the tournament scoring 292-271-285=848. The medalist, Hunter Mahan, was from Southern California and scored 72-65-67=204.
Leading for the Buckeyes was Chris Emanuel (Sr., Otumwa, Iowa/Otumwa), scoring 71-74-73=218 for 29th place. Mike Austin (Sr., Burton, Mich./Flint Powers Catholic), Justin Collins (So., Ironton, Ohio/Ironton), and David Wagenseller (Jr., Wilmington, Ohio/Wilmington) all tied for 39th place with the score of 220.
Up next
The team next travels to Durham, N.C., for the Iron Duke Golf Classic. The tournament will take place Oct. 15-16 to wrap up the fall 2000 season for the Buckeyes. The tournament will include 18 teams and begins with 36 holes to be played Sunday. The final round will be played Monday. Duke will also play host to the NCAA Championship May 30-June 2, 2001.
Chris Emanuel Sees Playing Time
Although Chris Emanuel did not compete in any tournaments last year for the Buckeyes his opportunity came at the Red River Classic Oct. 9-10. Emanuel took this opportunity and ran with it to lead for the Buckeyes scoring 71-74-73=218 for 29th place.
Looking Ahead To Spring
The Buckeyes will take a break before the start of the 2001 season which begins January 29-30, 2001, at the Arizona/Ping Invitational in Tuscon, Ariz.. The Buckeyes host the Kepler Intercollegiate tournament April 14-15, the only tournament the Buckeyes will play on their home course, the Scarlet Course. OSU also will prepare for the Big Ten Championship May 4-6 at Champaign, Ill., a familiar course to the Buckeyes, who played there at the Northern Intercollegiate (Sept. 30-Oct. 1). Following the Big Ten Championships is the NCAA tournament to be held in Durham, N.C. May 30-June 2. New Faces
Scott Anderson (Fr., Great Falls, Mont./Great Falls) and Kevin Hall (Fr., Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Rita) are new additions to the Buckeye roster this season. Both freshman enter their inaugural season in the collegiate ranks with impressive resumes. Anderson was crowned Montana State Champion his sophomore and junior years and was runner-up last season. Brown has confidence they can contribute to the team immediately.
Experienced Team
OSU has its same top five players back from last season but head coach Jim Brown is looking for competition within the team for positions. In addition to Wagenseller and sophomore Justin Collins, OSU returnees include Jason Oien, Doug Wade, Ryan Dennis (Jr., Stow, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit), and Scott Miller (Sr., Middletown, Ohio/Middletown). Oien was third on the team last season with a stroke average of 74.7 over 39 rounds. Dennis was a 10th of a stroke behind at 74.9.
Although Wade did not see any action with the Buckeyes last season his improvement put him in the lineup at the first tournament of the fall season at the Inverness Invitational. Wade also did well in this season’s Jack Nicklaus Fall Low Qualifier, finishing second with an average of 70.25.
Head Coach Jim Brown
Head coach Jim Brown is in his 28th season with the Buckeyes. He has had a longer OSU coaching career than any other coach on the staff right now.
Under Brown OSU has won 16 Big Ten titles and placed second in the conference eight times. Last season OSU won the First Energy Intercollegiate Invitational giving Brown 151 tournament wins in his career. Brown led the Buckeyes to a National Championship win in 1979.
