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SOLID FALL SEASON FOR OU MEN’S GOLF
Petrels ranked 6th in
Coaches Poll; 10th in Golfstat poll after Fall Season
Tournament Summary
Oglethorpe’s men’s golf team won one
tournament, finished second in another and finished 6th
and 11th in their final two events of the fall. The
season began in Atlanta in mid September at the fabulous PineIsle
Resort on Lake Lanier. Oglethorpe edged Emory University in a 27
hole rain shortened tournament. Senior Trent Erb won medalist
honors with a 72-35=107 total. It was Erb’s fourth career
tournament victory.
In late September, Oglethorpe tried to defend
its title at the Tom O’Briant Memorial at The Cardinal Golf Club in
Greensboro, but came up 3 strokes short of #1 ranked Methodist
College. Erb (72-71=143) finished second individually and junior
Corey Garner (73-72=145) finished 4th.
Trent Erb won his second tournament of the
season with an excellent round of 70-70=140 at the Greensboro
Invitational. Oglethorpe finished sixth of eighteen schools in the
tournament.
Oglethorpe finished the fall season at The
Gordin Collegiate Classic in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with a
disappointing eleventh place finish. The Gordin Collegiate field is
made up of the nation’s top teams from the previous year’s national
tournament field. Oglethorpe earned its third consecutive
invitation to The Gordin. The Petrels finished 4th in
both previous trips to Myrtle Beach in 2001 and 2002. Corey Garner
totaled rounds of 77-72=149 for 19th individually.
Oglethorpe
Leads Nationally in Total Short Game and Greens Hit>
The Stormy Petrels lead the nation in hitting
greens in regulation and total short game for the fall season. The
petrels hit 59.7 percent or 11 of 18 greens per person in their four
tournaments. Total short game includes both sand save percentage
and the percentage of getting up and down from around the green.
Oglethorpe led this category last year and continues to lead again
this year.
Individually, Corey Garner leads the country
in total short game percentage at .695 and teammate Trent Erb is in
4th place nationally at .615. Erb is second nationally
in greens in regulation at .711 followed by sophomore Joe Green at
.630 for sixth nationally. Erb is fourth nationally in par 4
scoring at 4.08 and Garner is fourth nationally in fairways hit at
.695.
For complete statistics visit
Golfstat
Georgia Cup Update
"Oglethorpe and Erb lead the Georgia Cup scoring races"
Oglethorpe University holds a narrow lead in
the Georgia Cup Team of the Year race by an average of 2.46 strokes
over Emory University and an average of 2.67 strokes over LaGrange
College in what will prove to be one of the closest races in Georgia
Cup history. Trent Erb’s scoring average is 0.46 strokes over par
and he holds a 1.43 average stroke lead over LaGrange College’s
Mason Crumpler. Corey Garner is currently in 5th place,
Joe Green in 7th, Travis Palladino in 8th, and
Jonathan Davis is in 12th place to round out the Stormy
Petrels scoring. The top seven finishers make the All-State Team
this year.
For complete team and individual results,
visit the Oglethorpe Golf men’s page. Click on the new Georgia Cup
icon, set to be ready for viewing in December 2003. The Georgia Cup
page will be linked to current participants: Emory University,
LaGrange College, Oglethorpe, Piedmont, and former member Savannah
College of Art and Design. The website will include current team
and individual standings, past Georgia Cup team and individual
champions, archives dating back to the inaugural 1997-98 season,
pictures and much more.
SCAC Well Represented in National Rankings
#10 Oglethorpe heads a group of seven SCAC
men’s teams ranked in the top 50 in the November Golfstat rankings.
The other schools representing the SCAC in the Top 50 include: #16
Rhodes, #25 Trinity, #28 Millsaps, #32 University of the
South/Sewanee, #41 Southwestern, TX, and #42 DePauw. Oglethorpe
will host the 2004 SCAC Spring Sports Festival Golf Championship at
the beautiful PineIsle Resort on Lake Lanier. The 2004 Championship
will likely be the most closely contested championship since the
1999 tournament where five teams finished within thirteen strokes of
one another with DePauw edging Rose-Hulman by one stroke and
Southwestern by just three strokes.
STORMY PETRELS FALL TO #1 METHODIST AT THE CARDINAL
Second Day Charge Comes Up Short This Year
The number two ranked
Oglethorpe Men’s Golf team battled stroke for stroke with the number
one ranked Methodist Monarchs for 36 holes over two days before
finally coming up a few strokes short. The October 1st
coaches poll was released on Thursday of this week and Oglethorpe
found itself ranked second right behind their playing opponent
Methodist. Methodist received 14 first place votes and totaled 501
points. Oglethorpe finished second in the voting with 458 points
and no first place votes. To view the Golf Coaches Association of
America Poll visit
www.collegiategolf.com.
Despite closing fast
with an excellent round of 292, Oglethorpe came up three strokes
short at the Tom O’Briant Memorial Tournament at The Cardinal Golf
Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. Methodist College fired an
opening round of 293 to take a four stroke lead over the Petrels
after round one. High swirling winds made scoring extremely
difficult and Oglethorpe was one of only two teams to break 300,
with their first round score of 297. For the final round the winds
died down most of the day making scoring conditions much more
favorable. Oglethorpe was set for another back nine charge. Last
year Oglethorpe came back from 11 strokes in the final round to tie
Methodist for first. In similar fashion, the Petrels came from
eight strokes back and overcame Guilford College two years ago. But
this year the back nine magic fell short as Methodist College, led
by medalist Adam Horton who fired a final round one under 69, held
off the relentless Oglethorpe charge. Methodist was able to build
their lead to seven and eight strokes several times during the
middle stretch of holes in the final round making a Stormy Petrel
comeback seem unlikely.
Tournament runner-up
Trent Erb, playing his last collegiate round at The Cardinal,
finished his final round in style with three consecutive threes.
Erb birdied the difficult 16th hole hitting his approach
shot to four feet. He then proceeded to par the signature 196 yard
par three and then capped off his final hole with a ten footer for
birdie on the 428 yard par four 18th hole. Erb played
the back nine in two-under for the two days. On day two, junior
Corey Garner finished the last three holes in one under, playing one
group ahead of Erb. Garner birdied the legendary 17th
hole and parred the 16th and 18th holes to
edge the Petrels closer to the Monarchs.
Methodist finished with rounds of
293-293 for a 586 two day total and Oglethorpe had rounds of 297-292
for a 589 total. Host Guilford College finished third on their home
course with a total of 591. Erb’s 72-71-143 total led Oglethorpe
and earned him the tournament individual runner-up trophy. Garner’s
73-72-145 placed him fourth overall in the ninety player field. The
sophomore duo of Joe Green 77-75-152 and Jonathan Davis 75-77-152
tied for fifteenth place. Freshman Travis Palladino, playing in the
number 5 position, posted an impressive final round 74, edging his
playing partner by two strokes, cutting the Methodist lead to begin
the charge.
For complete results, please visit
Golfstat and scroll down to the 30th
and select Tom O’Briant Memorial hosted by Guilford College.
Stormy
Petrels win rain shortened PinIsle Fall Golf Classic
Oglethorpe’s Erb and Emory’s Scherr share
medalist honors.
Sept. 22, 2003
Oglethorpe kicked off the fall golf season with
a win on their home course, the Renaissance PineIsle Resort at Lake
Lanier Islands, on Monday, September 22. High winds and a steady
rain gave way to the torrential rains that finally made the course
unplayable, and the final nine was washed out.
The relentless rains cut short the final 18
holes, forcing the scheduled 36 hole event to be cut officially to
27 holes. Oglethorpe and the University of the South both shot
opening rounds of 298, and Emory trailed by one with a 299. Piedmont
College ended round one at 328 in fourth-place.
Round two began with steady winds blowing
from the south bringing a huge rainstorm that dumped 2 inches of
rain in less than two hours. Senior Trent Erb and Freshman Travis
Palladino both fired one-under par 35s on the front nine pacing
Oglethorpe to a team total of 2-over par 146 for the final nine.
Sophomore Joe Green and Junior Corey Garner both shot 2-over par 38s
to round out the scoring at 444 for the two day total.
Emory, led by Jason Scherr’s 70-37-107 (T-1st)
and Mike Lebow 75-36-111 (T-5th), followed up their
opening round 299 with a five-over closing round 149 for a two-day
total of 448 to move ahead of The University of the South, who
slipped to third with a second round 161 and a two-day total of 459.
Erb, with nines of 34-38-35=107, won the
fourth tournament of his career by coming from 2 strokes behind
after day one to tie for medalist honors. Palladino finished fourth
in his first college tournament with nine hole rounds of
38-37-35=110. Joe Green finished seventh with nines 36-38-38=112 and
Corey Garner’s nines of 37-40-38=115 placed him in 10th.
Junior Andrew Clark finished tied for 14th with nines of
37-40-41=118. Individuals Zadoc Williams and Jonathan Davis tied for
11th with 117 totals, and Freshman Brad Sill tied for 14th
with a total of 118.
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