Desert Mountain Intercollegiate Up Next for Ohio State Men’s Golf – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/5/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 5, 2015
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State Men’s Golf engages in its first stroke play event of the Spring season this weekend, battling it out in the Arizona for the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate title. Competition begins with 36 holes on Friday (March 6) with a final round wrapping up the 54-hole event on Saturday (March 7).
An 8 a.m. MT/10 a.m. ET shotgun start is set for Friday while teams will tee off of Holes #1 and #10 on Saturday beginning at 8:30 a.m. MT/10:30 am ET.
TOURNAMENT BASICS
Name: 2015 Desert Mountain Intercollegiate
Course: Desert Mountain Golf Course-Outlaw Course (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Yardage: 7,107 yards – Par 72
Format: Play 5, count 4
Schedule of Play:
Rounds 1-2 (Friday, March 6) | Shotgun start at 8 a.m. MT/10 a.m. ET
Final Round (Saturday, March 7) | Tee times start off #1 and #10 at 8:30 a.m. MT/10:30 a.m. ET
Field – 12 teams (Golfweek rankings):
Florida (36)
Georgetown
Marquette
Michigan
Nebraska
Ohio State (41)
Oregon (19)
Purdue
Saint Mary’s
San Francisco
St. John’s
Toledo
CLOSER LOOK AT THE FIELD
Three schools ranked in Golfweek’s Top-50 will be amongst the competition vying for a tournament title at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate. In addition to the 41st-ranked Buckeyes, No. 19 Oregon and No. 36 Florida are headed to Scottsdale. Ohio State’s Clark Engle (No. 71) is one of three Top-100 individuals expected to tee it up in the desert as well.
THE BUCKEYE LINEUP
1 – Clark Engle, So. (71.50 avg.)
2 – Grant Weaver, r-Jr. (73.73 avg.)
3 – Boo Timko, Sr. (73.87 avg.)
4 – Tee-k Kelly, Jr. (73.33 avg.)
5 – Addison Coll, So. (76.50 avg.)
Individual – Josh Wick, r-Fr. (75.00 avg.)
WEATHER FORECAST
Weather Channel is forecasting sunny skies, no rain and temperature highs in the low 80s for Scottsdale on both days of competition.
RARELY BESTED
Defeats have been few and far between for Ohio State during the 2014-15 season. The Buckeyes own an overall head-to-head record (stroke and match play) of 45-17, including a 7-3 mark against the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate field.
JANE AND WALT DENNIS GOLF PERFORMANCE CENTER RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
The Jane and Walt Dennis Golf Performance Center, home of the Ohio State University men’s and women’s golf programs, has been named a Design Excellence Recognition Program Award recipient by the American Society of Golf Course Architects.
The Dennis Golf Performance Center was recognized “for combining the practicality of artificial turf with creative golf course design techniques to produce a unique indoor golf practice center.”
ENGLE EMERGES
Sophomore Clark Engle climbed into the Golfweek Top-100 this fall, ascending to No. 73 by semester’s end (currently ranked No. 71 nationally). He made the biggest individual jump of all Division-I players in Golfweek’s rankings during the fall season after pacing Ohio State with a 71.5 strokes average in 12 rounds played. He tallied seven scores under par, including four rounds dipped down into the 60s. Engle saved the best for last, going out with his first career medalist honors. He earned Big Ten Golfer of the Week laurels following the Intercollegiate at The Grove individual title.
UPPERCLASSMEN STEADY PRESENCE
Logan Jones, Boo Timko and Grant Weaver competed in all 15 Fall rounds with Timko and Weaver combining to contribute 25 of a possible 30 scores to the team tally. The Timko-Weaver duo both posted a pair of top-10 and four top-25 results. Timko now has 23 top-25 showings and 10 top-10 performances while Weaver has tallied 14 and 6 of his own. Jones cracked the top-25 on three occasions.
