Men’s Golf Competes At The Northern Intercollegiate This Weekend – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/27/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Sept. 27, 2000
%^$COLUMBUS, Ohio-The Ohio State University men’s golf team got the fall 2000 season underway in Toledo Sept.18-19 at the first-annual Inverness Intercollegiate Invitational. The Buckeyes shot a final round score of 303 for a 54 -hole total of 924. Ohio State finished in 13th place. South Carolina won the tournament title with a score of 876.%^$
%^$Leading the Buckeyes was Jason Oien (Jr., New Albany/Westerville North) who shot 76-75-73=224 to tie for 13th place. Justin Collins (So., Ironton, Ohio/Ironton) shot 77-77-75=229 to tie for 33rd place. Doug Wade (Jr., Lima, Ohio/Lima Central Catholic) and David Wagenseller (Jr., Wilmington, Ohio/Wilmington) tied for 56th place shooting a three- round total of 239.%^$
%^$Northern Intercollegiate up next
%^$The team next travels to Champaign, Ill., for the Northern Intercollegiate this weekend. The Buckeyes will also get a look at the course they will play at during the Big Ten Tournament, May 4-6, 2001. Last season at the Northern Intercollegiate the Buckeyes finished in second place shooting (296-298-297=891).%^$
%^$2000-01 Season
%^$The Buckeyes will compete in three more tournaments before breaking before the start of the spring season. The Buckeyes are scheduled to be matched against Duke Oct. 15-16 for the Iron Duke Invitational in Durham, North Carolina. Duke will also host the NCAA Championship May 30-June 2. The Scarlet Course will be the site for the Kepler Intercollegiate Tournament, hosted by the Buckeyes, April 14-15, 2001.%^$
%^$High prospects for second-year Buckeye%^$Ohio State’s Justin Collins will be a major asset coming into the 2000 fall season. Collins was the winner of the 2000 Jack Nicklaus Fall Low Qualifier with the lowest stroke average of 70.125.%^$
%^$In Collin’s freshman year at Ohio State he competed in 33 rounds with the Buckeyes and finished fifth on the team his first year in the collegiate ranks with an average of 75.7.%^$
%^$New Faces
%^$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 that 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 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 tenth 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 has also led the Buckeyes to a National Championship win in 1979.
