Ohio State Men’s Golf To Tee It Up At LandFall Classic – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/29/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Oct. 29, 2003
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s golf team returns to action Friday-Sunday as they travel to Wilmington, N.C., to compete in the 2003 Landfall Classic. The event will be held at the par 72, 6,982-yard Jack Nicklaus Course at the Country Club of Landfall.
The 54-hole tournament will begin at 8:45 a.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The format for the event consists of one round each day of the three-day event.
Competing along with the Buckeyes will be East Tennessee State, Florida State, Minnesota, Missouri, Memphis, Penn State, Purdue, Tennessee, Tulsa, UNC Wilmington and Virginia Tech.
ABOUT OHIO STATE
The Ohio State men’s golf team comes into Wilmington, N.C., with a record of 29-17-1 in three tournaments this season.
Ohio State opened the 2003-04 season on a high note with a third-place finish at the Northern Intercollegiate in Ann Arbor, Mich. site of the 2004 Big Ten Championships. The men finished the tournament with a three-round total of 874.
In their second tournament of the season the Buckeyes finished seventh with a three-round team total of 890.
In their last outing at the Barona Intercollegiate, the Buckeyes tied for 10th but posted their lowest tournament score of the season with a three-round total of 857.
Leading the way for the Buckeyes throughout the fall season has been junior Scott Anderson. In nine rounds this season Anderson has posted a team-low scoring average of 73.3. Anderson’s best finish came at the Northern Intercollegiate where he tied for 10th while competing as an individual. LAST TIME OUT
The Ohio State men’s golf team tied for 10th with the University of Denver as it posted a three-round total of 857 at the 2003 Barona Intercollegiate. The event was held at the par 72, 7,088-yard Barona Creek Golf Club in Lakeside, Calif.
Senior Kevin Hall paced the Buckeyes with a season-best finish as he placed ninth with a three-round total of 209. The Buckeyes also received a strong performance from Zach Doran as he tied for 32nd with a three-round total of 215.
Chris Baryla of UTEP captured the individual title as posted a three-round total of 199, while Colorado State won the team title with a total of 836.
EVERYONE RETURNS
In an impressive 2002-03 campaign that saw Ohio State post six Top 5 finishes. The Buckeyes return all of last year’s starters.
“We have everybody back,” head coach Jim Brown said. “We have tremendous senior leadership, in Zach Doran and Kevin Hall. Both are great leaders for us and they’re very hard workers, who are looking to get started.”
Along with seniors Doran and Hall, the Buckeyes also return Scott Anderson, David Vallina, Peter Riddell and Zach Randol, all of whom saw significant action during the 2002-03 season.
Ohio State also returns senior Justin Collins who redshirted during the 2002-03 season and could push Doran for the top spot on the team throughout the season.
Prior to his redshirt season, Collins posted 77 total rounds during his collegiate career, while recording a scoring average of 76.5. In the three years prior to his redshirt season, Collins had posted Top 10 finishes at the Barona Intercollegiate, where he tied for second Oct. and at the Matlock Invitational on March 6-7, 2000 where he tied for ninth.
SEASON IN REVIEW
Ohio State completed another successful season under the direction of head coach Jim Brown, which marked Brown’s 30th year as head coach. Led by Zach Doran and Kevin Hall, the Buckeyes posted six Top 5 finishes including their 23rd Kepler Intercollegiate championship. After the season, Doran was named First Team All-Big Ten, 2003 Ping All-America Honorable Mention and Ping Midwest All-Region after compiling a scoring average of 71.8 per round. The Buckeyes concluded the season at the 2003 NCAA Mideast Regional where they finished 14th.
30 YEARS AND COUNTING
This past season, men’s head golf coach Jim Brown completed his 30th year at the helm for the Buckeyes. Throughout his tenure, Brown has established the Ohio State men’s golf program as one of the top programs throughout the country. Since his first year in 1973, Brown has directed the Buckeyes to 16 Big Ten titles and one national championship, while compiling an overall record of 5,108-1,315-27.
BUCKEYE NEWCOMERS
This fall Ohio State welcomed four new freshman to the team in Colin Biles, Jared Jones, Jamie Miller and Kyle Sawicki, all of whom carry impressive high school resumes, and will look to make an immediate impact this season.
“They all have tremendous high school and junior golf records and they have done well in national tournaments,” Brown said. “They are our future, along with the guys we recruited for the 2002-2003 season. I think all of them can come in and contribute immediately. They are excited about becoming a part of our Buckeye golf program.”
NOTING THE BUCKEYES
Scott Anderson … tied for 43rd at the 2003 Barona Intercollegiate with a three-round total of 218 … competed as an individual in the 2003 Northern Intercollegiate … during the tournament, Anderson opened the season on a high note as he tied for 10th with a three-round total of 215 … during the 2002-03 season, Anderson placed 10th at the 2003 Kepler Intercollegiate to help the Buckeyes to their 23rd Kepler title … posted his career-best finish at the Matlock Classic where he finished tied for seventh … fired a career low at the Matlock Classic of two-under-par, 214.
Dave Bieterman … tied for 16th at the 2003 Big Ten Championships … best finish while at Ohio State came at the 2003 Fossum Invitational where he finished 15th with a three-round total of 218.
Zach Doran … tied for 32nd at the 2003 Barona Intercollegiate with a three-round total of 215 … opened the season with a strong showing at the 2003 Northern Intercollegiate as he posted a three-round total of 220 to finish the event tied for 20th … during the 2002-03 season, Doran was named first team All-Big Ten for his consistent play throughout the 2002-03 season … tied for 11th at the 2003 Big Ten Championships.
Justin Collins … returned to the Buckeyes after redshirting during the 2002-03 season … in his first collegiate tournament in over a year, Collins posted a strong opening performance as he tied for 15th with a three-round total of 218 … during his junior year, Collins averaged 73.6 strokes per round.
Kevin Hall … posted his best finish of the 2003-04 season as he tied for tied for ninth at the 2003 Barona Intercollegiate … finished 15th at the 2003 SMU Invitational with a three-round total of 221 … opened the season the 2003-04 season at the Northern Intercollegiate where he tied for 33rd with a three-round total of 224.
Zack Randol … Randol enters the 2003-04 season with a wealth experience … in his first year of competition with the Buckeyes the Lawrence, N.Y. native competed in 22 rounds, while posting a scoring average of 74.4 strokes per round.
Peter Riddell … in his freshman season for Ohio State, Riddell saw extended time on the varsity squad and should once again contribute for the Buckeyes this season … posted a strong outing at the 2003 Kepler Intercollegiate and helped the Buckeyes to their 23rd Kepler Intercollegiate title opening the tournament with a 76 … opened the 2002-03 season at the Sooner Invitational … was the only Ohio State freshman to qualify for the Sooner Invitational … played as an individual at the Northern Invitational.
Colin Biles … in first his collegiate tournament, as an Ohio State freshman, Biles competed at the Northern Intercollegiate and fired a three-round total of 226 to finish the tournament tied for 47th.
Brent Williams … tied for 43rd at the Barona Intercollegiate with a three-round total of 218 … the senior appeared in his first collegiate tournament as a Buckeye during the 2003 SMU Invitational, where he placed seventh with a three-round total of 216.
MEET COACH BROWN
Now in his 31st year as the Buckeyes head coach, Jim Brown has built Ohio State golf into one of the finest and most respected collegiate programs in the nation.
The numbers are impressive. Under Brown’s guidance, the Buckeyes have qualified for the NCAA tournament 29 times, 11 times finishing in the Top 10, while claiming one national championship in 1979. Ohio State also has dominated Big Ten play, winning 16 conference titles. During the 2002-03 season, Ohio State won the Kepler Intercollegiate for the 23rd time in the school history to give Brown 154 tournament wins during his tenure at the helm at Ohio State.
When the Buckeyes won the national title in 1979, it marked the first time in nearly two decades a northern school claimed the championship. Brown proved the 1979 season was no fluke as the program finished fourth in the NCAA’s in 1980, 1983, 1987, and again in 1997.
Brown earned National Coach-of-the-Year honors in both 1979 and 1986, and was named District IV Coach of the Year in consecutive seasons from 1977 through 1980 and again from 1982 through 1987. He also coached the NCAA All-Star Team that competed in Japan in 1979 and the 1999 Palmer Cup team that defeated a team of top collegiate players from Great Britain and Ireland.
His greatest personal achievement, however, came in 1989, when he was elected to the Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame. Two years later, he was inducted into The Ohio State University Athletic Hall of Fame. Brown was also inducted into the Martins Ferry High School Hall of Fame in 1972 and the Ohio High School Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1994.
Brown has long been a leader in college golf, serving as president of the National Golf Coaches Association from 1990 to 1992. He is currently a National Board Member of College Golf Fellowship, and has served on the NCAA’s Executive Golf Committee from 1990-96. In addition, the Ohio State mentor has been a member of both the All-American Selection Committee and the NCAA District 4 Selection Board.
The winningest coach in Ohio State golf history, Brown has tutored one NCAA individual champ (Clark Burroughs – 1985), 11 Big Ten medallists, 86 All-Big Ten selections, 11 first team All-Americans and 39 other All-America honorees during his stay on the Columbus campus.
A native of Martins Ferry, Ohio, Brown is a 1966 Ohio State graduate. He played both basketball and golf for the Buckeyes, earning three letters in each sport. Captain of the Ohio State golf squad as a senior, Brown began his coaching career in 1967 at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., and in 1969 moved to Kent State.
Brown, who served as the head golf coach and assistant basketball coach at Kent State, left there in 1973 to become the ninth golf coach in Ohio State history. He is married to Tina Lankard and has two children, Julie, who is an Ohio State grad, and Jeff, a former member of the golf team and 1999 Ohio State graduate.
UP NEXT
The Ohio State men’s golf team returns to action Jan. 31-Feb. 1 to compete in the Gator Invitational in Gainesville, Fla.
