Men's Golf Season Comes To A Close
May 31, 2000
HIGHLIGHTS: The Oregon State men's golf team had one of its most successful seasons in 1999-2000. OSU won the Northwest Invitational, the Pacific Invitational, and the Pilot Spring Invitational this year, while totaling 12 top-10 finishes in 14 tournaments. The Beavers qualified for NCAA regional competition for the third time in four years, and were ranked as high as 24th in the MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings. OSU had its best finish ever at the Pacific-10 Championships when they finshed second on the strength of 11 sub-par rounds from OSU golfers, totaling a score of 19-under-par 1,421. OSU also broke or tied several school records at the Pac-10s.
Four golfers earned All-Pac-10 honors as well. Sophomore John Lepak earned Second-Team All-Pac-10, while junior Anthony Arvidson and seniors Dustin Wayne and Tim Mickelson received Honorable Mention.
Arvidson became the first OSU golfer in 12 years to win two tournaments in a season with his wins at the Oregon Duck Invitational and the Northwest Invitational. Tim Mickelson recorded the highest finish for an OSU golfer at the Pac-10 Championships with his 2nd-place effort. Senior Kyle Hudson won the Pilot Spring Invitational this year as well for OSU, giving the Beavers three individual wins this year.
HEAD COACH MIKE KETCHAM ON THE SEASON: "It was a disappointing way to end, coming up one shot short (at the NCAA West Regional). It's amazing, you hit 860-some shots during the course of a tournament, and the whole year comes down to one shot. But I don't want that to take away from the nice things that the kids did during the year. We had a good season, a lot of records were broken and we won some golf tournaments. Certainly, we have set a standard and raised the bar for the years to come. I can't call it a great year, based on the fact that we came up a little short of going to the national championships, but we've certainly made huge strides over the last couple years, and I think the program will be better because of it.
"The outlook, I think, is outstanding. We had a bunch of seniors in the lineup in the three, four, and five spots, and we have some kids that we've recruited the last couple of years who have been waiting their time to get their chance, and now they're going to get their chance."
KETCHAM ON NEXT YEAR: "We have five new kids coming in next year as well. All of them, I think, can contribute immediately. I think the team next year has a chance to improve just like this year's team did as the season went on, and hosting the NCAA Regional Championship out at Trysting Tree will certainly be in our favor. I think we have an outstanding chance to get to the national championships.
"We have an international flavor. We recruited a kid from Denmark and a kid from England. The young man from Denmark is the 15th-ranked amateur in the country of Denmark right now, and we certainly think he's going to be one of our solid players for next year. There are three or four months between now and the start of the season, and there will be some kids that will develop extremely quickly, and some kids that will come in and make an impact that you might have thought were still a year away.
"We're excited. It's going to be fun, and the opportunity these kids have been waiting on, they're going to get their chance.
KETCHAM ON THIS YEAR'S REDSHIRTS (SEAN DEACON, DAREN GRIEG, AND DAVID STYPULA): "Those guys will certainly be in the mix next year. All three of them got stronger this year, and improved their games a great deal. I think all three of them have a very strong chance of contributing next year."
SIGNEES: OSU will have five new faces on the team next year, including two players from overseas and one from Canada. Here is a look at the signees:
David Yarnes - Tucson, Ariz.
Cameron McKenzie - Vancouver, B.C.
James Salt - Cheshire, Eng.
Michael Jurgenson - Denmark
David Williams - Corvallis, Ore.
OSU IN THE RANKINGS: With its season over, Oregon State ranked 28th in the May 30 MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings. Individually, Lepak was 61st, and Mickelson was 79th. OSU was 32nd in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings. Lepak was the only Beaver in the top-100 at 76th. OSU climbed as high as 24th in the MasterCard poll (May 3), 23rd in the Golfweek poll, and 22nd in the Golfstat rankings. Individually, Lepak was ranked as high as 42nd in the MasterCard poll.
As of May 30, The Pac-10 had five teams in the MasterCard top 25, with Arizona State at No. 4, Arizona No. 10, Washington No. 18, Oregon No. 20, and Stanford No. 23.
The Pac-10 has three individuals in the top 25. Arizona State's Paul Casey is 7th, followed by Arizona's Derek Gillespie and Ricky Barnes at 17th and 22nd, respectively.
WEST REGIONAL: OSU tied for 13th at the NCAA West Regional May 18-20 with an 866, just one shot away from joining California, Stanford, and Idaho in a four-way playoff for the 10th spot and the right to advance to the NCAA Championships. Cal ended up winning on the fourth hole of the sudden-death playoff.
Anthony Arvidson led the Beavs with his 3-under-par 213 over the three rounds, including a final-round 68, to tie for 24th.
Arizona captured the team title with a 25-under 839, while Pepperdine's Michael Beard won the individual title with a 12-under 204.
Here is a look at the final scores from the tournament:
TEAM SCORES (par 864, top-10 advance. Cal won in a playoff for 10th place.) 1. Arizona 839, 2. UNLV 843, 2. BYU 843, 4. USC 848, 5. New Mexico 850, 6. Fresno State 851, 6. Arizona State 851, 8. Washington 855, 9. Pepperdine 864, 10. California 865, 10. Stanford 865, Idaho 865, 13. Oregon State 866, 13. Oregon 866, 13. Pacific 866, 16. UCLA 869, 17. CSU-Northridge 880, 18. San Diego State 883, 19. UTEP 884, 19. Colorado State 884, 21. Wright State 894, 22. Long Beach State 899, 23. Princeton 914, 24. Towson 936, 24. Navy 936, 26. Iona 946, 27. Maryland-Baltimore 954.
INDIVIDUAL SCORES (par 72) 1. Michael Beard, Pepperdine 71-68-65--204, 2. Joel Hendry, New Mexico 72-66-70--208, 2. Calvin Kupeyan, UNLV 68-72-68, 4. Ryan Nelson, Portland 73-68-68--209, 5. Four tied at 210.
OSU SCORES T24. Bryan Geiberger 81-73-78--232.
WOW!: Senior Kyle Hudson tied the second-lowest round in school history with his final-round 66 to win the Pilot Spring Invitational. Kyle totaled a 6-under-par 173 at the Pilot, and averaged 74.4 strokes in seven tournaments, the lowest average of his career.
ACE IN THE HOLE: Senior Dustin Wayne recorded his first career hole-in-one when he used a six-iron to ace the par-three 17th hole of the Stanford Golf Course in the U.S. Intercollegiate on May 7.
LEPAK SECOND TEAM ALL-PAC-10: John Lepak, last year's Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, earned Second Team All-Pac-10 honors, after a third place finish at the Pac-10 Championships. Lepak also earned First Team All-Pac-10 last year.
MICKELSON, ARVIDSON AND WAYNE HONORED: Tim Mickelson, Anthony Arvidson, and Dustin Wayne all earned Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 recognition. For Mickelson, it was his first such honor, while Wayne received Honorable Mention last year as well. Arvidson was a member of the Pac-10's All-Academic Second Team last year, and was Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 after his freshman season.
MICKELSON SETS SCHOOL RECORDS: Tim Mickelson, a senior, tied Charles Kingsbaker's OSU record of 64 in the third round of the Pac-10 Championships. Mickelson's 8-under score the par 72 Karsten Golf Course on is the most shots under par by any Oregon State golfer, since Kingsbaker's 64 came on a par 71 course.
Mickelson tied the school record held by Dave Molitor (1972-73) for low three-round total of 206, and set a new standard for four rounds with his 275 (13-under) total.
BEST EVER FOR OSU: The Beavers played perhaps their best golf of the season at the Pac-10 Championship at the par 72 Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz., Apr. 24-26. OSU finished at 19-under par 1,421, including school-record 15-under-par third round, thanks to 11 sub-par rounds from Beaver golfers. Bryan Geiberger was 42nd at 294, and Eric Dahm shot 317 to finish 58th.
AT A GLANCE: A look at individual scoring averages, with rounds played in parentheses, best finish, and low round for the year: Anthony Arvidson, 73.1 (37), 1st (Northwest Classic, Duck Invitational), 68 Eric Dahm, 75.3 (24.5), T7th (Pilot Spring Invitational), 70 Todd Deacon, 75.7 (11.5), T7th (Pilot Spring Invitational), 72 Sean Deacon, has not played. Chance Holmes, 76.0 (11.5), 20th (Pilot Spring Invitational), 71 (twice) Kyle Hudson, 74.4 (20.5), 1st (Pilot Spring Invitational), 66 Bryan Geiberger, 75.4 (28), T11th (Pepperdine Inv.), 69 Daren Grieg, has not played. John Lepak, 72.4 (40), 2nd (Southwestern), 67 Tim Mickelson, 73.0 (34), 2nd (Pac-10s), 64 David Stypula, has not played. Dustin Wayne, 73.5 (28), 10th (Pac-10s), 67
COACHING STAFF: Mike Ketcham is in his fourth year as the director of the men's golf program, and he continues to build Oregon State into a national power.
Ketcham has put together one of the deepest teams in Oregon State history this year. His teams continue to experience success, as a result of expert teaching of the game's fundamentals, national recruiting, and effective communication.
Ketcham arrived in Corvallis after spending five years at San Jose State University. While heading up the Spartan program, the team made three appearances in the NCAA West Regionals and qualified for one NCAA Tournament. The program was ranked consistently in the top 25 during his tenure, and he was selected the Big West Conference Coach of the Year once.
The Ottumwa, Iowa native started his coaching career as the mentor of the Scottsdale Community college program in Arizona. He led the team to the National Junior College Athletic Association national championship both years (1993, '94) he was associated with the school. He was named the NJCAA Coach of the Year both seasons, and coachedeight NJCAA All-Americans. His teams compiled an 84-1 conference record over the two years.
Ketcham was a NJCAA All-american in 1985 at Odessa Junior College in Texas before beginning a two-year career at Arkansas. Ketcham played professionally on the U.S. Golf Tour, Asian Tour, and the Canadian Tour, in addition to going through the PGA Tour Qualifying school twice.
Brian Watts returned to Oregon State this year after five years in private business. Watts coached at OSU as an assistant during the 1996-97 and 1997-98 seasons. After playing on the Golden State Tour, Florida State Tour and the Canadian PGA Tour for four years, he brings back tremendous experience to the OSU program. He also worked as an assistant professional at the DeBell Golf Course in Burbank, Calif., and at Golf Classics of America in Beverly Hills and San Dimas.
Watts graduated from Western Oregon University in 1989 with a bachelor of science in physical education. He also attended Oregon State.
FINAL STATISTICS PLAYER TOURNAMENT RD. 1 RD. 2 RD. 3 TOTAL +/- RD-PAR FINISHAnthony Arvidson Northwest, 72 72 70 71 213 -3 2 1 Pacific, 72 70 68 77 215 -1 2 2 Tucker, 72 77 78 76 231 +15 0 t80 Pepperdine, 72 79 72 74 225 +9 0 t21 Arizona Ping, 71 73 71 75 219 +6 0 t26 Taylor Made, 72, 70, 72 79 76 76 231 +17 0 t82 Duck, 72 72 69 71 212 -4 2 1 Western, 70 71 73 75 219 +9 0 t34 ASU, 72 72 75 73 220 +4 0 t38 Pac-10s, 72 (4th rd.) 74 75 72 (72) 293 +5 0 t36 U.S., 71 68 75 72 215 +2 1 t6 Regional, 72 73 72 68 213 -3 1 t24 TOTALS/AVG: 880 874 880 2706/37 +56 8 351/12 low: 68 (three) 73.3 72.8 73.3 73.1 +4.6 29.2
David Crowell Northwest, 72 81 72 74 227 +9 0 t35 (indiv.) Pacific, 72 73 75 78 226 +10 0 t21 TOTALS/AVG: 154 147 152 453/6 +19 0 56/2 low: 72 77.0 73.5 76.0 75.5 +9.5 28.0
Eric Dahm Northwest, 72 70 71 76 217 +1 2 9 Pacific, 72 74 75 74 223 +7 0 t12 Pepperdine, 72 80 73 73 226 +10 0 t27 Southwestern, 71 71 73 75 219 +6 0 t21 Pilot, (45 hl.) 71, 72 71 35 73 179 E 0 t7 Duck, 72 81 72 78 231 +15 0 t67 ASU, 72 79 73 82 234 +18 0 t87 Pac-10s, 72 (4th rd.) 82 79 75 (81) 317 +29 0 58 TOTALS/AVG: 608 551 606 1846/24.5 +86 2 288/8 low: 70 76.0 73.4 75.7 75.3 +10.7 36.0 rd4: 81
Todd Deacon Northwest, 72 81 79 77 237 +21 0 62 (indiv.) Pilot, (45 hl.) 71, 72 72 34 73 179 E 0 t7 Duck, 72 75 72 74 221 +5 0 t26 (indiv.) Western, 70 74 79 81 234 +24 0 t95 TOTALS/AVG: 302 264 305 871/11.5 +50 0 190/4 low: 72 (2) 76.0 75.4 76.2 75.7 +12.5 47.5
Bryan Geiberger Northwest, 72 71 72 78 221 +5 1 t18 Pepperdine, 72 74 77 71 222 +6 0 t11 Arizona Ping, 71 73 77 74 224 +11 0 t48 Taylor Made, 72, 70, 72 71 75 76 222 +8 1 t39 Southwestern, 72 76 81 69 226 +13 1 t48 Duck, 72 74 75 73 222 +6 0 t31 Pac-10s, 72 (4th rd.) 80 71 70 (73) 294 +6 2 42 U.S., 71 81 82 87 250 +37 0 96 Regional, 72 81 73 78 232 +16 0 119 TOTALS/AVG: 681 683 676 2113/28 +108 5 452/9 low: 69 75.6 75.8 75.1 75.4 +12.0 50.2 rd4: 73
Chance Holmes Northwest, 72 71 82 71 224 +8 2 t25 Tucker, 72 76 75 83 234 +18 0 t89 Pilot, (45 hl.) 71, 72 76 39 71 186 +7 1 20 Duck, 72 76 78 77 231 +15 0 t67 (indiv.) TOTALS/AVG: 299 274 302 875/11.5 +48 3 201/4 low: 71 (3) 74.7 78.2 75.5 76.0 +12.0 50.2
Kyle Hudson Northwest, 72 72 70 78 220 +4 1 t13 Tucker, 72 74 78 73 225 +9 0 t48 Arizona Ping, 71 74 72 76 222 +9 0 t37 Taylor Made, 72, 70, 72 82 72 77 231 +17 0 t82 Southwestern, 71 75 83 75 233 +20 0 t73 Pilot, (45 hl.) 71, 72 72 35 66 173 -6 1 1 Duck, 72 75 75 73 223 +7 0 t39 (indiv.) TOTALS/AVG: 524 485 518 1527/20.5 +60 2 293/7 low: 66 74.8 74.6 74.0 74.4 +8.5 41.8
Brodie Jordan Northwest, 72 72 75 77 224 +8 0 t25 (indiv.) TOTALS/AVG: 72 75 77 74.6
John Lepak Northwest, 72 69 73 72 214 -2 1 t2 Pacific, 72 73 78 75 226 +10 0 t21 Tucker, 72 75 73 68 216 E 1 t12 Pepperdine, 72 73 74 74 221 +5 0 t9 Ping Arizona, 71 75 75 75 225 +12 0 t55 Taylor Made, 72, 70, 72 72 68 77 217 +3 1 t13 Southwestern, 71 72 68 72 212 -1 1 2 Duck, 72 70 73 72 215 -1 1 t8 Western, 70 74 71 72 217 +7 0 t23 ASU, 72 77 73 74 224 +8 0 t62 Pac-10s, 72 (4th rd.) 70 67 72 (69) 278 -10 3 t3 U.S., 71 70 71 74 215 +2 1 t6 Regional, 72 70 71 75 216 E 2 t38 TOTALS/AVG: 940 935 952 2896/40 +33 11 263/13 low: 67 72.3 71.9 73.2 72.4 +2.5 20.2 rd4: 69
Tim Mickelson Northwest, 72 74 74 75 223 +7 0 24 (indiv.) Tucker, 72 73 74 76 223 +7 0 t38 Ping Arizona, 71 72 80 76 228 +15 0 t64 Taylor Made, 72, 70, 72 74 69 70 213 -1 2 t4 Southwestern, 71 77 80 74 231 +18 0 t67 Duck, 72 69 72 77 218 +2 1 t15 (indiv.) Western, 70 73 69 71 213 +3 1 t11 ASU, 72 71 73 71 215 -1 2 t20 Pac-10s, 72 (4th rd.) 72 70 64 (69) 275 -13 3 2 U.S., 71 74 72 77 223 +10 0 t36 Regional, 72 78 71 74 223 +7 1 t87 TOTALS/AVG: 807 804 805 2485/34 +54 10 281/11 low: 64 73.3 73.0 73.1 73.0 +4.9 25.5 rd4: 69
Dustin Wayne Northwest, 72 75 73 71 219 +3 1 t10 (indiv.) Pacific, 72 79 71 76 226 +10 1 t21 Pepperdine, 72 83 74 70 227 +11 1 t29 Duck, 72 71 78 71 220 +4 2 t22 Western, 72 70 75 74 219 +9 0 t34 ASU, 72 74 78 74 226 +10 0 t74 Pac-10s, 72 (4th rd.) 70 74 67 (70) 281 -7 3 10 U.S., 71 75 78 73 226 +13 0 t50 Regional, 72 70 71 73 214 -2 2 t29 TOTALS/AVG: 667 672 649 2058/28 +51 10 279/9 low: 67 74.1 74.6 72.1 73.5 +5.6 31.0 (70) OREGON STATE TEAM TOTALS: (Score averages do not include Pac-10 results, since five scores counted.) TOURNAMENT ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 ROUND 4 TOTAL +/- FINISH Regional (864) 291 (+3) 285 (-3) 290 (+2) 866 +2 t13/27 U.S. Inter. (852) 287 (+3) 296 (+12) 296 (+12) 879 +27 5/18 Pac-10s (1440) 366 (+6) 357 (-3) 345 (-15) 353 (-7) 1,421 -19 2/10 ASU (864) 294 (+6) 294 (+6) 292 (+4) 880 +16 t10/17 Western (840) 288 (+8) 288 (+8) 292 (+12) 868 +28 8/20 Duck (864) 287 (-1) 289 (+1) 287 (-1) 863 -1 3/14 Pilot - OSU sent a 'B' team to this tournament, scores won't count in team total. 1/12 Southwestern (852) 294 (+10) 302 (+18) 290 (+6) 886 +34 t8/14 Taylor Made (856) 296 (+8) 284 (+4) 299 (+11) 879 +23 7/24 Ping Arizona (852) 292 (+8) 295 (+11) 300 (+16) 887 +35 10/20 Pepperdine (864) 306 (+18) 293 (+5) 288 (E) 887 +23 t2/12 William Tucker (864) 298 (+10) 300 (+12) 293 (+5) 891 +27 11/20 Pacific (864) 290 (+2) 289 (+1) 302 (+14) 881 +17 1/15 Northwest (864) 282 (-6) 283 (-5) 297 (+9) 862 -2 1/12 TOTALS/AVG: 3214/292.1 3213/292.0 3236/294.1 9663/878.4 +208 67/226 +73/+6.6 +73/+6.6 +88/+8.0 +18.9 5.5/18.8
