Men’s Golf Misses Chance to Play at Home in NCAA Tournament – Ohio State Buckeyes
5/18/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
May 18, 2002
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COLUMBUS, Ohio–The Ohio State men’s golf team finished 15th at 2002 NCAA West Regional golf tournament, missing an opportunity to advance to the NCAA championships. The top 10 teams from each of three regionals will now travel to Columbus for the 2002 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships May 29-June 1.
The teams moving on from the West Regional are New Mexico, which tied with Washington for the regional title on the University of New Mexico Championship Course in Albuquerque, N.M. The par 72 course measures 7,368 yards. The other eight squads are UNLV, Minnesota, Pepperdine, Arizona, Pacific, Texas, Fresno State and Texas Tech.
San Diego State and Texas Tech battled in a playoff after tying for the No. 10 spot after 54 holes. The Red Raiders eliminated SDSU in a one-hole playoff to gain the final spot.
The Buckeyes fired a 296 Saturday to finish with a 54-hole total of 889 (295-298-296).
Ohio State sophomore Zach Doran (Dublin, Ohio/Columbus, Ohio) finished 3-over (71-72-76=219) for the tournament to lead the Buckeyes with a 23rd-place finish. Senior Doug Wade (Lima, Ohio/Lima Central Catholic) shot a 3-under 69 Saturday (74-77-69=220) to finish a shot behind Doran and tied for 29th overall.
Ricky Barnes of Arizona (70-67-73=210) and Justin Smith of Minnesota (70-72-68=210) tied for medalist honors.
Two other regional competitions also concluded Saturday in the East and Central regionals. Ten teams from each region along with the top two individuals not on one of the qualifying teams advanced to play for the national title in Columbus at The OSU Scarlet Course (7,236, par 71). Practice rounds begin May 27.
Teams advancing from the Central Regional are: Oklahoma State, Purdue, Tulsa, Illinois, N.C. State, Toledo, Baylor, TCU, Virginia Tech and Colorado. Teams moving on from the East Regional are: Clemson, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Augusta State, Virginia Commonwealth, Georgia Southern, Auburn, Georgia, Florida and Alabama-Birmingham.
2002 NCAA West Regional Final Results Pl. Team Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Total 1 New Mexico, U. 293 295 284 872 Washington, U. of 291 293 288 872 3 UNLV 290 292 292 874 4 Minnesota, Univ. of 290 298 287 875 5 Pepperdine Univ. 292 297 288 877 6 Arizona, U. of 292 293 293 878 Pacific, U. of the 294 295 289 878 Texas, Univ. of 285 303 290 878 9 Fresno State Univ. 290 293 296 879 10 San Diego State U. 289 296 297 882 Texas Tech Univ. 298 297 287 882 12 California, U. of 308 286 289 883 13 Oregon, U. of 300 292 293 885 UCLA 296 292 297 885 15 Ohio State Univ. 295 298 296 889 16 Nevada, Univ. of 299 293 298 890 17 Stanford University 303 297 291 891 18 Southern California 294 303 298 895 19 Washington State 302 296 301 899 20 Arizona State U. 304 302 294 900 21 Brigham Young Univ. 301 300 299 901 22 UC-Irvine 307 306 290 903 23 Colorado State Univ. 314 296 301 911 24 Illinois State U. 301 306 306 913 25 IU-Purdue U.-Indy 315 314 302 928 26 Detroit Mercy, U. of 302 311 319 933 27 Central Conn. St. U. 313 316 308 937
OSU Individuals T 23 Zach Doran 71-72-76 219 T 29 Doug Wade 74-77-69 220 T 51 Justin Collins 76-73-74 223 T 90 Jason Oien 74-77-77 228 T 123 Ryan Dennis 77-76-82 235
