Ohio State Men’s Golf Prepares for Boilermaker Invitational – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/5/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 5, 2007
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s golf team will travel to West Lafayette, Ind., this weekend to compete in the Boilermaker Invitational. The event will be played at the par 72, 7,382-yard Kampen Course. Purdue University 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 8 a.m. Sunday. Auburn, Baylor, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Missouri, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Purdue, Toledo, Washington and Wisconsin will make up the tournament field.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Complete tournament results will be available at ohiostatebuckeyes.com at the end of each day.
THE OSU LINEUP
Colin Biles
Kevin Grabeman
Jared Jones
Zach Sebert
David Vallina
NOTING THE BUCKEYES
Colin Biles – Biles tied for 47th with a 226 total (76-79-71) at the Chris Schenkel Invite (March 17-18). The 1-under final round for Biles was the sixth time this season he recorded a round of par or better. 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’s last tournament appearance came at the Coca-Cola Duke Golf Classic (Oct. 8-9, 2006) where he finished tied for 68th after rounds of 78-78-77 (233). 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 had his best tournament total of the season after shooting rounds of 73-75-76 (224) and tied for 38th place at the Schenkel Invitational (March 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 – Sebert’s last tournament appearance was at the Rio Pinar Intercollegiate. He shot an individual season best tournament total of 228 (77-71-80) and tied for 69th place. Sebert was a Division III All-American at Otterbein College in 2006.
David Vallina – Vallina tied for 73rd place after rounds of 78-73-80 (231) at the Schenkel Invitational (March 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.
E-Z GO CHRIS SCHENKEL INVITATIONAL RECAP
The Ohio State men’s golf team finished in 15th place at the E-Z Go Chris Schenkel Invitational Sunday in a field that included eight Top 25 teams. The Buckeyes shot rounds of 298-302-303 (903) over the two-day, 54-hole event at the Forest Heights Country Club (par 72, 6,962) in Statesboro, Ga.
Coach Brown on playing at the Boilermaker Invitational
“Purdue will be a great test for our team. The Kampen Course will be set up tough and play long, especially with the weather forecast showing cooler temperatures. There are a number of Big Ten teams in the field this week and it will be a good opportunity for us to see the competition as we approach the Big Ten Championship. In addition, the Kampen Course hosts the 2008 NCAA Championship so it will be a nice preview for the team towards next season.”
