| Newsmakers:
March 13, 2006
College
Round-up
UNLV
sophomore Matt Kinsinger led the field
at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship last
week to take home top honors. The UNLV sophomore finished
three strokes ahead of teammate Seung-Su Han
and Oklahoma State's Pablo Martin. Kinsinger was playing
the event as an individual this week. The Rebels were
still able to walk away with team medalist honors.
AJGA
Alum Tiffany Joh |
Jeremy
Alcorn walked away with top honors at the Louisiana
Classics event last week. The Baylor University junior
finished two strokes ahead of Houston's Ricky
Romano. Kevin Newman of Houston
and Mike Regenold of Memphis finished
two strokes back in a tie for third. Houston captured
the team medalist honors.
Auburn
University took the Lady Gamecock Classic by storm last
week finishing 18 strokes ahead of the field. Auburn
senior Maria Martinez led the team
finishing 5-under-par, putting her five strokes ahead
of Florida State's Caroline Westrup.
The
UCLA Bruins topped the field at the Guadalajara Invitational
last week in Mexico. Finishing even-par for the tournament,
the Bruins topped Southern California by seven strokes.
USC senior Irene Cho took home the
top individual honors. Jane Park of
UCLA finished ten strokes back in second. Lauren
Espinosa of Arizona and Tiffany Joh
of UCLA finished in a tie for third. Rounding out the
top-five were Duke's Amanda Blumenherst
and Amie Cochran of UCLA.
Other
AJGA Alumni in Men's College Golf...
AJGA
alum Oscar Floren |
NC
State senior Stephen Lewton defeated
Coastal Carolina's Dustin Johnson in
a playoff at the Seminole Intercollegiate to take home
individual medalist honors. With Johnson's help, Coastal
Carolina won the team division by seven strokes...Texas
Tech took home medalist honors last week at the Hyatt
Plantation Club Intercollegiate. Teammates Andrew
Dresser and Oscar Floren tied
for top honors at 9-under-par...Murray State's Kyle
Shirley lost in a playoff to go home with a
second place finish while still leading his school to
the top team honors...UCLA's Chris Heintz
finished 7-under-par at the Braveheart Classic. Heintz's
teammate Lucas Lee finished in second
pushing UCLA to top the team division...Michael
Chappell was the only player to finish under
par at the SWAC Presidential. His 3-under-par helped
Jackson State to team victory...St. Martin's Shane
Prante finished at 8-over-par to win the Washington
National Winter Championship. Oregon topped the team
division led by Matt Ma...John
Stoltz of Johnson and Wales finished 6-under-par
to lead his team to medalist honors.
Other
AJGA Alumni in Women's College Golf...
Illinois
State's Samantha Richdale took home
medalist honors last week at the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational...Cincinnati
was helped to a top team finish at the Lady Racer Classic
by sophomore Hillery Wilson...Northern
Arizona took home team honors after the first place
individual finish by Sophia Choi at
the Bobcat Desert Classic. The sophomore finished three
strokes ahead of the field en route to her medalist
honors...Middle Tennessee State took home team honors
at the South Alabama Lady Jaguar Invitational led by
Maggie McGill. Ida Lamela
helped Alcorn State take home team honors with her top
individual finish at the SWAC Presidential last week...Georgetown's
Chelsea Curtis took home individual
medalist honors last week at the Fighting Camel Classic.
She finished two shots ahead of the field and helped
lift Georgetown to top team honors.
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