Ohio State Men’s Golf Prepares to Host 37th-Annual Kepler Intercollegiate – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/11/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 11, 2007
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s golf team will play host to the Kepler Intercollegiate this weekend. The event will be played at the par 71 7,454-yard OSU Scarlet Course. Practice rounds will be held Friday. Each team will play 36 holes Saturday and 18 holes Sunday. Teams will tee off at about 8:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisville, Marshall, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Ohio, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, SMU, South Carolina and Wisconsin will make up the tournament field.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Complete tournament results will be available live on the internet at golfstat.com and at the end of each day on ohiostatebuckeyes.com.
NOTING THE BUCKEYES
Colin Biles – Biles led the Buckeyes and set a team and individual season low with a fourth-place tie after firing off rounds of 77-71 (148) at the Boilermaker Invitational (April 7-8). Biles led the Buckeyes in scoring in nine out of the team’s 12 tournaments played in 2005-06 while also leading the team with a stroke average of 73.4. He finished in the Top 20 individually in seven tournaments with his best finish (T4) coming at the Fossum Invitational, (4/22-23, 2006). Biles was selected to the NCAA Central Regional competition as an individual and earned second team All-Big Ten honors in 2005-06. Kevin Grabeman – Grabeman shot rounds of 82-74 (156) and tied for 52nd in his second tournament appearance of the season at the Boilermaker Invitational April 7-8. Grabeman was fourth on the team in 2005-06 with a 76.2 stroke average. His best finish was a (T36) at the Inverness Invitational, Sept. 19-20, 2005.
Jared Jones – Jones posted an individual season best finish with a 152 total (80-72) to tie for 24th place at the Boilermaker Invitational (April 7-8) Jones played in four tournaments in 2005-06 and had a 76.4 stroke average with his low round of 75 coming at the Duke Classic Oct. 9-10, 2005.
Zach Sebert – At the Boilermaker Invitational (April 7-8), Sebert tied for 43rd after shooting rounds of 79-76 (155). Sebert was a Division III All-American at Otterbein College in 2006.
David Vallina – Vallina finished tied for 56th after rounds of 80-77 (157) at the Boilermaker Invitational, April 7-8. The senior played in six tournaments in 2005-06 and had an average that was second-best on the team (75.7). He shot low rounds of 72 twice and his best finish was a tie for 15th at the Fossum Invitational, April 22-23, 2006.
BOILERMAKER INVITATIONAL RECAP
The Ohio State men’s golf team finished tied for sixth with Indiana at the Boilermaker Invitational Sunday. The Buckeyes shot rounds of 316-293 (609) over the two-day, 36-hole rain shortened event at the Kampen Course (par 72, 7,338) in West Lafayette, Ind. Michigan State won the tournament by nine shots over Northwestern and Purdue with a score of 593 (301-292). Ryan Brehm of Michigan State won medalist honors after shooting a 2-under par 142 (72-70).
Coach Brown on hosting the Kepler Intercollegiate
“We are tremendously excited to host the 37th Annual Robert Kepler Intercollegiate here on the Scarlet Course. We have an outstanding field and the Scarlet will provide a stern test once again. This will be the first men’s tournament since the restoration project was completed and we look forward to seeing how the new course plays. As always, the Scarlet will be set up difficult and the field will have to really control all aspects of their game to shoot the best scores that they can. With the majority of the Big Ten teams participating this should be a nice preview for the Big Ten Championships in two weeks.”
