Men’s Golf Prepares for Fossum Intercollegiate – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/18/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 18, 2007
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s golf team will travel to East Lansing, Mich., to compete in the Fossum Intercollegiate this weekend. The event will be played at the par-72, 7,013-yard Forest Akers West Golf Course. No. 29 Michigan State will be the host school for the tournament.
Practice rounds will be held Friday. Each team will play 36 holes Saturday and 18 holes Sunday. Teams will tee off at about 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. The lowest four scores from each team will count towards the total team score. Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Rice, Toledo, UNC Charlotte, Wisconsin and Xavier 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.
THE OSU LINEUP
Colin Biles
Kevin Grabeman
Jared Jones
Zach Sebert
David Vallina
NOTING THE BUCKEYES
Colin Biles – Biles shot rounds of 72-82 (154) and tied for 23rd place at the Kepler Intercollegiate (April 14-15). 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 competed as an individual at the Kepler Intercollegiate, April 14-15 and finished tied for 51st with rounds of 79-81 (160). 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 led the Buckeyes and posted an individual season best finish tying for 18th place after firing off rounds of 77-76 (153) at the Kepler Intercollegiate (April 14-15). 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 Kepler Intercollegiate (April 14-15), Sebert tied for 23rd after shooting rounds of 78-76 (154). Sebert was a Division III All-American at Otterbein College in 2006.
David Vallina – While competing as an individual at the Kepler Intercollegiate, April 14-15, Vallina shot a tournament total 158 (82-76) and tied for 43rd place. 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.
KEPLER INTERCOLLEGIATE RECAP
The Ohio State men’s golf team finished in seventh place at the Kepler Intercollegiate Sunday. The Buckeyes shot rounds of 305-315 (620) over the two-day, 36-hole rain-shortened event at The OSU Golf Club Scarlet Course (par 71, 7455) in Columbus, Ohio. No. 20 Louisville won the tournament by nine shots over Michigan State with a score of 591 (292-299). Matt Harmon of MSU won medalist honors after shooting an even-par 142 (71-71).
Coach Brown on playing at the Fossum Intercollegiate
“This will be our final event before hosting the Big Ten Championships and we are looking to take advantage of the opportunity. Michigan State will provide a good test for our young men and we need to go up there and manage our games the best that we have done all year. We will focus strongly on our short games this week and look to make the right decisions out on the golf course. Once again, this field will consist of a number of Big Ten teams and we have a group that is ready to play their best.”
