No. 7 Ducks L.A.-Bound For 25th NCAA Trip
*Updated season/career stats are available via the link above.
THIS WEEK’S No. 7 OREGON MEN'S GOLF ACTION
NCAA Championships
Dates: Tuesday-Sunday, May 29-June 3, 2012
Course:
Riviera Country Club, Los Angeles, Calif.
Host:
USC (www.USCtrojans.com)
Format:
54 holes (1 round each day) Stroke Play / Match Play (8 teams) - Final 3 Days
Par / Yardage:
71, 7292
Daily First Tee Time (1st/10th Holes):
7 a.m. Pacific Time each day
Golfstat.com Live Results Link:
http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/index.cfm?tournament_id=3137
Teams (Current Golfstat rankings):
Texas (1), Alabama (2), California (3), Auburn (4), UCLA (5), USC (6), Oregon (7), Washington (8), Stanford (9), North Florida (11), Texas A&M (15), Virginia (16), Kent State (17), Florida (18), Florida State (19), UCF (20), Georgia (23), Iowa (25), Liberty (26), Illinois (32), East Carolina (30), Chattanooga (31), UAB (34), TCU (36), St. Mary’s (37), Memphis (38), Long Beach State (42),Virginia Tech (43), Lamar (50), Tulsa (52), N.C. State (53), Iowa State (54), San Diego State (71), Campbell (79), Pepperdine (89)
SETTING THE STAGE
EUGENE – Next week, the No. 7-ranked University of Oregon men’s golf team takes on the nation’s top teams in its 25th NCAA Championships trip in school history and fourth under sixth-year head coach
Casey Martin.
The 30-team event features three rounds of stroke play in three days at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, Calif., on Tuesday-Thursday, May 29-31. The top eight teams then advance to match play with the quarterfinal on Friday, June 1, semifinal on Saturday, June 2, and final on Sunday, June 3.
Thanks to its top-five finish in the Ann Arbor Regional last weekend, the Ducks (second, 288-274-280-842) staked their fourth, top-two regional placing under Martin.
Two years ago, UO tied for third in the 2010 NCAA Championships and enjoyed its best-ever placing in program history. Martin’s other youth-laden squads in '09 and '08 placed 22nd and 27th, respectively.
This week, two Duck seniors rank 11 nationally – Pac-12 Player of the Year
Eugene Wong (fourth, 70.24) and fellow All-Pac-12 First-Team honoree Daniel Miernicki (11th, 70.59).
Besides Wong and Miernicki, three other Ducks stood top 250 this week – senior
Andrew Vijarro (153rd, 72.59), freshman Jonathan Woo (164th, 73.21) and redshirt junior Robbie Ziegler (179th, 73.06).
More NCAA regional information is available at the www.USCtrojans.com and www.NCAAsports.com websites
DUCK CAREER NCAA SCORECARDS
Daniel Miernicki: 2009 – 36th, 75-71-73-219; 2010 – 103rd-t, 70-80-75-225
Eugene Wong: 2009 – 89th-t, 75-72-78-225; 2010 – 9th-t, 69-72-71-212
Andrew Vijarro: 2009 – 104th-t, 78-75-74-227; 2010 – 72nd-t, 76-71-74-221
Robbie Ziegler: 2009 – 132nd-t, 78-77-78-233
DUCK NCAA HISTORY
Oregon has made three of its 24 prior NCAA appearances under the guidance of sixth-year head coach
Casey Martin. In that span, the team's third-place tie in 2010 was its best-ever in program history, and one place better than its showing in 1959. His other youth-laden squads in '09 and '08 placed 22nd and 27th, respectively.
UO's all-time finishes in order of placing follow: third - 2010 (Stroke Play-861), fourth (1959 - 574), seventh (197 - 1228), 10th (1976 - 1194), 11th (1978 - 1188), 14th (1948 - 616; 1956 - 620; 1970 - 1208), 15th (1957 - 632), 16th (1960 - 628; 1975 - 1215), 17th (1947 - 638), 18th (1950 - 619; 1986 - 1192; 1999 - 614), 22nd (1983 - 907; 2003 - 924; 2009 - 897); 23rd (1990 - 1206), 27th (1981 - 904; 1998 - 590; 2008 - 935), 30th (1987 - 926) and 32nd (1964 - 640)
DUCK TEAM BREAKDOWN
Ranked top 15 nationally all season long, No. 7-ranked Oregon features one of its most talented squads ever, composed of four seniors who have led UO to team wins in six events and three individual victories in 2011-12.
Senior
Eugene Wong has led the team in the final standings of five of its 12 stroke play events. His win in the Alister MacKenzie Invitational (65-63-67-195) last fall was his third career-wise, and his school-record 18-under score was a career best by eight strokes.
Among his 37 rounds this season, he has a team-best 22 under-par rounds (and another at par), and has paced the team 17 times. In 2011-12, besides his Alister MacKenzie Invitational victory, he added two runner-up finishes in the Oregon Duck Invitational (-6) and U.S. Intercollegiate (even) and a third-place finish in the Gifford Collegiate ((-7).
Nationally this week in the Golfstat rankings, the 2010 Nickalaus Award winner stood fourth overall (70.24, +0.367) not far behind national leader and Texas frosh Jordan Spieth (70.68).
Four other Ducks rank top 250 this week - seniors Daniel Miernicki (11th, 70.59), Andrew Vijarro (153rd, 72.59)), freshman Jonathan Woo (164th, 73.21) and redshirt junior Robbie Ziegler (179th, 73.06).
The three-time All-Pac-12 First-Team choice Miernicki had the team's hottest start last fall, and opened with nine straight rounds of par or better, including seven under-par. He has led the team in 12 rounds this year, including six of the last 11.
The former honorable mention All-American posted his second U.S. Intercollegiate victory in late March (66-72-66-204 (-6)) – his fifth career win – and five days after he placed third in the Oregon Duck Invitational (71-69-72-212 (-4)). In early April, he added another of his eight top-10 finishes in the Western Intercollegiate (ninth, 73-70-69-212). The past month, he staked three straight runner-up finishes in the Aggie Invitational (73-70-74-217), Pac-12 Championships (68-72-66-71-277) and NCAA Ann Arbor Regional (71-65-70-206).
In the fall, Miernicki posted top-20 placings in his first four events - the St. Mary's Invitational (3rd, 72-68-70-210), The Prestige (fifth, 70-69-68-207), Alister MacKenzie Invitational (12th-t, 67-68-71-206) and the Gifford Collegiate (20th-t, 73-73-72-218) – and also in the Bandon Dunes Championship in early March (15th-t, 73-57-72-220).
Vijarro staked his first collegiate win in the Oregon Duck Invitational (71-70-69-210) at the Eugene Country Club in late March. The Bend, Ore., native shot three, same-tourney, under-par scores for the second time in his career. His six-under score was his third under-par tourney total this season and ninth career-wise (and only three off his career best (-9) that came in The Prestige event last fall (fifth, 68-71-68-207)).
Among other spring highlights, he placed 12th in the Bandon Dunes Championship (71-74-74-219) and top 25 in the Aggie Invitational (20th-t, 78-79-71-228), Pac-12 Championships (21st-t, 79-72-68-72-291 (+3)) and U.S. Intercollegiate (25th-t, 69-74-74-217).
In other fall action, he added two more top-20 finishes in the St. Mary's Invitational (20th-t, 73-72-76-221) and Gifford Collegiate (17th, 75-74-68-217). His other fall effort - the Alister MacKenzie Invitational - featured two under-par rounds (31st, 73-69-69-211).
Overall in Oregon history, Miernicki, Wong and Vijarro rank 1-2-3 in career rounds of par or better (89-81-57).
Redshirt junior
Robbie Ziegler played three fall events for the Ducks in 2011 after redshirting the 2010-11 campaign. The Canby, Ore., native kicked off the season with a 15th-place finish in the St. Mary's Invitational (20th-t, 73-72-76-221), and his two-under second-round is his season best and among 8 under-par scores on the campaign (to go along with two more at par).
In the spring, Ziegler led UO’s team entries in the Bandon Dunes Championship in the overall results (ninth, 70-74-72-216) for the first time this year. He added top-25 overall placings in his late March/early April outings - the Oregon Duck Invitational (eighth-tie, 73-71-71-215 (-1)), U.S. Intercollegiate (fifth-tie, 68-70-72-210 (E)) and Aggie Invitational (21st-t, 72-74-71-74-291)).
Ranked top 250 for the first time in his career the past month, freshman
Jonathan Woo jumped 84 places this week to his season-high national ranking (164th, 73.21). The Singapore native has shot par or better scores in four of his last five rounds in the Pac-12 Championships and NCAA Regional to give him six overall among his 19 on the spring and season. In the latter event in Ann Arbor in mid-May, he shot his first-under par tourney total – a five-under 208 (72-66-70) that included a five-under career-best second round.
He led UO for the first time in his career in the Western Intercollegiate with his first-round 69 in his first appearance as a team entrant (42nd-tie, 69-82-73-224).
A month before in his collegiate debut, he shot a three-under, first-round 68 in the Bandon Dunes Championship en route to his highest collegiate tourney placing (seventh, 68-74-73-215 (+2)). In his second collegiate appearance (and as an individual), the Singapore native added his second top-20 effort in the Oregon Duck Invitational (16th, 73-73-73-219), and his three-over tourney score was only one stroke off his then-career best.
Freshman
Rak Cho connected on under-par scores in six of his first nine rounds for the Ducks last fall, including a season-best five-under-67 in the finale of his collegiate debut, the St. Mary's Invitational (second, 74-68-67-209). He added a third-place effort in the Alister MacKenzie Invitational (67-68-66-201) en route to a 12-under tourney score that ranks fourth all-time for UO.
In the spring, Cho tied his season low round with his five-under 67 in the Amer Ari Invitational opener in early February. In March action, he added another under-par and par round on the par-71 Bandon Trails course en route to a third-place Bandon Dunes Championship finish and two-under tourney score (third, 72-68-71-211).
Sophomore
Ben Itterman played four spring events for the Ducks and placed top 35 in three of them – the Aggie Invitational (20th, 77-79-72-228), Bandon Dunes Championship (30th-tie, 79-75-69-223) and Oregon Duck Invitational (32nd-tie, 73-76-74-223). He had three rounds of par or better this season (including a career-best-tying two-under 69) among his seven career-wise, and another at one over in his most recent tourney.
Redshirt senior
Jack Paton played seven events and carded three rounds at par and two more under par. The Hillsborough, Calif., native placed top 50 in five events this season, with his top-two placings in his first stops of the fall - the St. Mary's Invitational (33rd-tie, 70-81-76-227) and Alister MacKenzie Invitational (31st, 71-72-77-220).
OREGON PLAYER CAREER OVERVIEWS
- Eugene Wong, Sr., North Vancouver, B.C.
Led UO 45 Rounds (Sr. 17, Jr. 5, So. 15, Fr. 8) / 12 Tourneys (Sr. 5, Jr. 2, So. 4, Fr. 1)
63 Under-Par Rounds (Sr. 22, Jr. 5, So. 26, Fr. 10)
16 Rounds at Par (Sr. 1, Jr. 4, So. 5, Fr. 6)
Career Best Round 63/64 (-8) (Sr. 63/64 (-8), Jr. 68 (-4), So. 64 (-7), Fr. 65 (-7))
Career Best Tourney Place 1st x3 (Sr. 1st, Jr. 5th, So. 1st x2, Fr. 10th)
Career Best Tourney Score 195 (-18) (Sr. 195 (-18), Jr. 214 (-2), So. 203 (-10), Fr. 208 (-8))
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Daniel Miernicki, Sr., Santee, Calif.
Led UO 60 Rounds (Sr. 12, Jr. 13, So. 20, Fr. 15) / 18 Tourneys (Sr. 4, Jr. 4, So. 6, Fr. 4)
61 Under-Par Rounds (Sr. 18, Jr. 13, So. 19, Fr. 11)
23 Rounds at Par (Sr. 6, Jr. 6, So. 8, Fr. 6)
Career Best Round 62 (-10) (Sr. 67/68 (-4), Jr. 62 (-10), So. 64 (-7), Fr. 67 (-5))
Career Best Tourney Place 1st-5 Times (Sr. 1st, Jr. 1st x2, So. 1st x2, Fr. 3rd)
Career Best Tourney Score 203 (-13) (Sr. 277 (-11), Jr. 203 (-13), So. 274 (-10), Fr. 209 (-7))
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Andrew Vijarro, Sr. Bend, Ore.
Led UO 24 Rounds (Sr. 5, Jr. 6, So. 8, Fr. 5) / 11 Tourneys (Sr. 1, Jr. 5, So. 3, Fr. 2)
41 Under-Par Rounds (Sr. 13, Jr. 8, 15 So., 5 Fr.)
11 Rounds at Par 10 (Sr. 3, Jr. 4, So. 3, Fr. 1)
Career Best Round 66 (-5) (Sr. 68x2 (-4), Jr. 68 (-4), So. 66 (-5), Fr. 68 (-4))
Career Best Tourney Place 1st (Sr. 1st, Jr. 4th, So. 3rd, Fr. 4th)
Career Best Tourney Score 207 (-9) (Sr. 207 (-9), Jr. 214 (-1), So. 135 (-7), Fr. 209 (-1))
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Robbie Ziegler, RJr., Canby, Ore.
Led UO 20 Rounds (Jr. 3, So. 5, Fr. 12) / 5 Tourneys (Jr. 1, So. 1, Fr. 3)
25 Under-Par Rounds (Jr. 8, So. 7, Fr. 10)
6 Rounds at Par (Jr. 2, So. 2, Fr. 2)
Career Best Round 66 (-6) (Jr. 68/ 70x2 (-2), So. 66 (-6), Fr. 69 (-3))
Career Best Tourney Place 2nd (Jr. 5th, So. 3rd, Fr. 2nd)
Career Best Tourney Score 213 (-3) x2 (Jr. 215 (-1), So. 213 (-3), Fr. 213 (-3))
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Jonathan Woo, Fr., Singapore
Played 19 Rounds, 6 Tournaments
Led UO Rounds 1 (Fr. 1)
5 Under-Par Rounds (Fr. 5)
1 At-Par Round (Fr. 1)
Career Best Round 66 (-5) (Fr. 68 (-5))
Career Best Tourney Place 7th x2 (Fr. 7th)
Career Best Tourney Score 208 (-5) (Fr. 208 (-5))
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Rak Cho, Fr., Brea, Calif.
Led UO 4 Rounds (Fr. 4) / 2 Tourneys (Fr. 2)
8 Under-Par Rounds (Fr. 8)
2 Rounds at Par (Fr. 2)
Career Best Round 66 / 67x2 (-5) (Fr. 66 / 67x2 (-5))
Career Best Tourney Place 2nd (Fr. 2nd)
Career Best Tourney Score 201 (-12) (Fr. 201 (-12)
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Ben Itterman, So., Carlsbad, Calif.
4 Under-Par Rounds (So. 1, Fr. 3)
3 Round at Par (So. 2, Fr. 1)
Career Best Round: 69 (-2), 70 (-2) x2 (So. 69 (-2), Fr. 70 (-2) x2)
Career Best Tourney Place: 8th (So. 20th, Fr. 8th)
Career Best Tourney Score: 216 (+1) (So. 223 (+7), Fr. 216 (+1)
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Jack Paton, RSr., Canby, Ore.
Led UO Rounds 6 (Sr. 1, Jr. 1, So. 4, Fr. 0) / 0 Tourneys
8 Under-Par Rounds (Sr. 2, Jr. 2, So. 4, Fr. 0),
7 Rounds at Par (Sr. 3, Jr. 3, So. 1, Fr. 0)
Career Best Round 65 (-5) (Sr. 70 (-2), Jr. 68 (-2), So. 65 (-5), Fr. 70 (-2))
Career Best Tourney Place 2nd (Sr. 31st, Jr. 8th, So. 2nd, Fr. 12th)
Career Best Tourney Score 208 (-8) (Sr. 218 (+2), Jr. 216 (E), So. 208 (-8), Fr. 220 (+6))
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Tyler Parker, Jr., Portland, Ore.
Rounds at Par 1 (Fr. 1)
Career Best Round 72 (+1)(Jr. 72 (+1), So. 75 (+3), Fr. 72 (E))
Career Best Tourney Place 17th (Jr. 61st, So. 55th, Fr. 17th)
Career Best Score 227 (+11) (Jr. 231 (+15), So. 227 (+11), Fr. 228 (+12))
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Jack Pennington, Jr., Eugene, Ore.
Career Best Round 70 (-2) (Jr. 70 (-2))
Career Best Tourney Place 35th-t (Jr. 35th, Fr. 20th)
Career Best Tourney Score 224 (+10) (Jr. 224 (+10), Fr. 155 (+12))
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Tye Gabriel, Fr., Portland, Ore.
Career Best Round 71 (-1) (Fr. 71 (-1))
Career Best Tourney Place 58th-t (Fr. 80th)
Career Best Tourney Score 229 (+13) (Fr. 229 (+13))
RECENT DUCK ACTION
In its sixth straight regional trip in head coach
Casey Martin’s tenure, No. 7 Oregon matched its pre-tourney seeding in the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional last weekend, and placed second in the 13-team field. The Ducks (288-274-280-842) ended one stroke behind the event’s top seed, No. 6 USC (289-272-280-841), to stake its fourth, top-two regional placing under Martin.
Senior
Daniel Miernicki (second-tie, 71-65-70-206) posted his third straight top-two finish this season, and ended at par or better in all three rounds to give him 24 this season and a school-record 89 career-wise. Miernicki scored the second runner-up regional placing of his career after a similar effort as a sophomore.
Freshman
Jonathan Woo (seventh-tie, 72-66-70-208) enjoyed his fifth and sixth rounds of par or better and shot a five-under season-best second round en route to his first-ever under-par tourney total.
Senior
Andrew Vijarro (28th-tie, 73-74-68-215) led UO for the sixth time this season in the finale, and his three-under score was one off his season best (-4), and two off his career-best (-5). That total was his 16th of the year at par or better and led the team for the 24th time in his career.
Senior
Eugene Wong (19th-tie, 72-69-72-213) staked his 10th, top-20 finish on the season, and UO’s other entrant was redshirt junior Robbie Ziegler (45th-tie, 73-76-73-222).
In prior regional trips under Martin, the Ducks have savored one regional title (2010), and finished second (2009) and 10th (2011) in the current 13-team regional format. In the previous 27-team regional format in his first two years at the helm, UO took second in ’08 and 19th in ’07. A list of recent team / individual finishes follows:
Two weeks before in the Pac-12 Championships in Corvallis, Ore., then-No. 11 UO tied for first place at the end of the regulation (364-358-344-362-1427 (-14)) after it entered the event seeded fifth among six teams ranked top 13 nationally.
In the event hosted at the Trysting Tree Golf Course, UO ultimately placed second after the two-hole playoff to then-No. 6 California. The Ducks still took satisfaction in their third runner-up finish in four years under Martin (and tied their best-ever Pac-12 league finish).
On the par-72 course, Oregon seniors
Daniel Miernicki (68-72-66-71-277 (-11)) and Eugene Wong (69-68-69-73-279 (-9)) placed second and third overall for their best-ever league placings.
Two other Ducks followed in the top 25 - senior
Andrew Vijarro (21st-tie, 79-72-68-72-291) and redshirt junior Robbie Ziegler (21st-tie, 72-74-71-74-291). UO's other entries included freshman Jonathan Woo (32nd-tie, 77-76-70-72-295), and sophomore Ben Itterman (59th-tie, 78-72-78-77-305).
PAC-12 NOTES
This week, the No. 7 Ducks are one of six teams in the nation’s top golf conference ranked top nine nationally that also includes No. 3 California, No. 5 UCLA, No. 6 USC, No. 8 Washington and No. 9 Stanford.
Other Pac-12 teams’ rankings follow: Oregon State (48), Arizona (60), Colorado (68), Arizona State (81), Washington State (117) and Utah (206).
Individual-wise, senior
Eugene Wong (fourth, 70.24, +0.378) is the highest Pac-12 player in this week’s national individual rankings.
Others ranked top 25 include Stanford freshman Patrick Rodgers (fifth, 70.62), Washington junior Chris Williams (sixth, 70.49) Oregon senior
Daniel Miernicki (11th, 70.59), UCLA junior Pedro Figeiredo (15th, 71.39), Washington freshman Cheng-Tsung Pan (17th, 71.19), UCLA sophomore Patrick Cantlay (20th, 71.28) and Stanford junior Andrew Yun (21st, 71.30).
In last June's NCAA Championships, the ‘Conference of Champions’ featured one team in the quarterfinals (UCLA), and the Bruins led the stroke play scoring (872) by three strokes. Three other league members placed top 20 after the opening three rounds - USC (12th-t, 895), Arizona State (18th, 899) and California (19th-t, 902).
On the individual front, the Pac-12 featured the 2011 NCAA runner-up - UCLA's Patrick Cantlay (72-69-71-212), and two four more top-20 finishers in California's Michael Weaver (eighth-tie, 71-71-74-216) and Max Homa (17th-t, 73-74-72-219), USC's Jeffrey Kang (20th-t, 72-73-75-220) and UCLA's Gregor Main (20th-t, 72-70-78-220).
Historically, five different Pac-12 teams (Stanford (7 - 1938, 39, 41, 42, 46, 53, 94), Arizona State (2 - 1990, 96), UCLA (2 - 1988, 208), Arizona (1 - 1992) and California (1 - 2004) have combined for 13 NCAA team titles since the first collegiate championship in 1897.
League individuals have claimed 14 national championships in the same span courtesy of Stanford's Frank Tatum (1942) and Tiger Woods (1996), USC's Scott Simpson (1976, '77), Ron Commons (1981) and Jamie Lovemark (2007), Arizona State's Jim Carter (1983), Phil Mickelson (1989, '90, '92), Todd Demsey (1993) and Alejandro Cañizares (2003),Washington's James Lepp (2005) and UCLA's Kevin Chappell (2008).
TOP DUCK PROFILE
Sixth-year Duck head coach
Casey Martin has established himself as one of the nation's most respected coaches after an equally noteworthy collegiate and pro playing career.
The Eugene native was tabbed the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2010 - his fourth season at the helm - after he led the Ducks to a then-school-record five tournament victories, including Oregon’s first-ever NCAA Regional title. UO followed with a school-best tie for third place in the NCAA Championships in Chattanooga, Tenn., thanks to a fifth-place effort in stroke play, and quarterfinal match play win over league rival Washington, 3-2.
That same 2009-10 season, then-sophomore
Eugene Wong was tabbed the co-Pac-12 Golfer of the Year, won the Jack Nicklaus Award as the Division I player of the year and was named a first-team PING All-American. Wong's tie for ninth at the NCAA Championships is believed to be the best finish ever by a UO golfer.
Other highlights his first few seasons included, wins in the 2006 Northwest Collegiate Classic - his second event at the Duck helm - and the 2007 Thunderbird Invitational in Tempe. Prior to becoming head coach, he served as a volunteer assistant for the Ducks during the 2005-06 season.
Before that he was one of the nation's most recognized professionals since the start of his pro career in 1998. He earned his PGA Tour card in 2000 - the same season he recorded five top-50 finishes. His best showing was a tie for 17th in the 2000 Tucson Open, and he also placed 23rd in the the 1998 U.S. Open.
A graduate of South Eugene High School, Martin was a three time all-conference selection and a two-time All-American at Stanford. In 1995, he received Academic All-America honors while graduating with a degree in economics. He was a member of the 1994 Stanford team that won the NCAA championship.
LANNING JOINS FOLD
The Oregon men's golf team welcomed
Brad Lanning to the program this past summer as a first-year assistant coach. In his recent work as a highly successful high school golf coach, Lanning again joins forces with head coach Casey Martin - his former Stanford teammate from three seasons, including the Cardinal's 1994 NCAA Championship squad.
After college, Lanning spent six years playing professionally with stints on the Hooters Tour, South American Tour and Canadian PGA, and also worked as a stock broker before entering the coaching ranks.
Success came quickly for Lanning as a high school assistant coach with a state title and runner-up finish in two years at St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in Bradenton, Fla. After relocating to Colorado to enter a master’s program at Denver Seminary, Lanning assisted Valor Christian High School to a pair of state championships in his three seasons at the helm.
A 1994 Stanford graduate with a degree in Political Science, Lanning, 40, earned his master’s in Counseling at Denver Seminary in 2011.
MORE ONLINE GOLF INFORMATION
Pac-12 Conference – www.Pac-12.org
NCAA – www.NCAA.org / www.NCAAsports.com
Golf Coaches Association of America - www.collegiategolf.com
Golfstat - www.Golfstat.com
Golfweek - www.Golfweek.com
Junior Golf Scoreboard - www.njgs.com
USGA - www.usga.org
PNGA - www.thepnga.org
OGA - www.oga.org
OREGON GOLF MEDIA
Daily Emerald Student Newspaper: www.dailyemerald.com
Eugene Register Guard: www.registerguard.com
Oregonian: www.oregonlive.com
KEZI-TV (ABC): www.kezi.org
KMTR-TV (NBC): www.kmtr.org
KVAL-TV (CBS): www.kval.org
KUGN-590 AM (Radio): www.kugn.com
Duck News (Online): www.DuckNews.com
MEDIA SERVICES INFORMATION
Assistant AD, Media Services: Dave Williford
Assistant Dir. (M Golf Contact): Geoff Thurner, (541) 346-2250
E-mail: gthurner@uoregon.edu
Department web site: www.goducks.com
Address: 2727 Leo Harris Parkway, Eugene, Ore. 97401
Office Phone: 541/346-5488
Office FAX: 541/346-2244
ALL-TIME NCAA MEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONS
Year Team champion Individual champion
1897 Yale Louis Bayard, Jr., Princeton
1898(s) Harvard John Reid, Jr., Yale
1898(f) Yale James Curtis, Harvard
1899 Harvard Percy Pyne, Princeton
1900 No tournament
1901 Harvard Halstead Lindsley, Harvard
1902(s) Yale Charles Hitchcock, Jr., Yale
1902(f) Harvard Chandler Egan, Harvard
1903 Harvard F. O. Reinhart, Princeton
1904 Harvard A. L. White, Harvard
1905 Yale Robert Abbott, Yale
1906 Yale W. E. Clow, Jr., Yale
1907 Yale Ellis Knowles, Yale
1908 Yale H. H. Wilder, Harvard
1909 Yale Albert Seckel, Princeton
1910 Yale Robert Hunter, Yale
1911 Yale George Stanley, Yale
1912 Yale F. C. Davison, Harvard
1913 Yale Nathaniel Wheeler, Yale
1914 Princeton Edward Allis, Harvard
1915 Yale Francis Blossom, Yale
1916 Princeton J. W. Hubbell, Harvard
1917-1918 No tournaments
1919 Princeton A. L. Walker, Jr., Columbia
1920 Princeton Jess Sweetser, Yale
1921 Dartmouth Simpson Dean, Princeton
1922 Princeton Pollack Boyd, Dartmouth
1923 Princeton Dexter Cummings, Yale
1924 Yale Dexter Cummings, Yale
1925 Yale Fred Lamprecht, Tulane
1926 Yale Fred Lamprecht, Tulane
1927 Princeton Watts Gunn, Georgia Tech
1928 Princeton Maurice McCarthy Jr., Georgetown
1929 Princeton Tom Aycock, Yale
1930 Princeton George Dunlap, Princeton
1931 Yale George Dunlap, Princeton
1932 Yale John Fischer, Michigan
1933 Yale Walter Emery, Oklahoma
1934 Michigan Charles Yates, Georgia Tech
1935 Michigan Edward White, Texas
1936 Yale Chuck Kocsis, Michigan
1937 Princeton Fred Haas, LSU
1938 Stanford John Burke, Georgetown
1939 † Stanford Vincent D'Antoni, Tulane
1940 Princeton, LSU (tie) Dixon Brooke, Virginia
1941 Stanford Earl Stewart, LSU
1942 LSU, Stanford (tie) Frank Tatum, Stanford
1943 Yale Wally Ulrich, Carleton
1944 Notre Dame Louis Lick, Minnesota
1945 Ohio State John Lorms, Ohio State
1946 Stanford George Hamer, Georgia
1947 LSU Dave Barclay, Michigan
1948 San Jose State Bob Harris, San Jose State
1949 North Texas State Harvie Ward, North Carolina
1950 North Texas State Fred Wampler, Purdue
1951 North Texas State Tom Nieporte, Ohio State
1952 North Texas State Jim Vickers, Oklahoma
1953 Stanford Earl Moeller, Oklahoma A&M
1954 Southern Methodist Hillman Robbins, Memphis State
1955 LSU Joe Campbell, Purdue
1956 Houston Rick Jones, Ohio State
1957 Houston Rex Baxter, Houston
1958 Houston Phil Rodgers, Houston
1959 Houston Dick Crawford, Houston
1960 Houston Dick Crawford, Houston
1961 Purdue Jack Nicklaus, Ohio State
1962 Houston Kermit Zarley, Houston
1963 Oklahoma State R. H. Sikes, Arkansas
1964 Houston Terry Small, San Jose State
1965 Houston Marty Fleckman, Houston
1966 Houston Bob Murphy, Florida
1967 Houston Hale Irwin, Colorado
1968 Florida Grier Jones, Oklahoma State
1969 Houston Bob Clark, Cal State-Los Angeles
1970 Houston John Mahaffey, Houston
1971 Texas Ben Crenshaw, Texas
1972 Texas Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite (tie), both Texas
1973 Florida Ben Crenshaw, Texas
1974 Wake Forest Curtis Strange, Wake Forest
1975 Wake Forest Jay Haas, Wake Forest
1976 Oklahoma State Scott Simpson, USC
1977 Houston Scott Simpson, USC
1978 Oklahoma State David Edwards, Oklahoma State
1979 Ohio State Gary Hallberg, Wake Forest
1980 Oklahoma State Jay Don Blake, Utah State
1981 Brigham Young Ron Commans, USC
1982 Houston Billy Ray Brown, Houston
1983 Oklahoma State Jim Carter, Arizona State
1984 Houston John Inman, North Carolina
1985 Houston Clark Burroughs, Ohio State
1986 Wake Forest Scott Verplank, Oklahoma State
1987 Oklahoma State Brian Watts, Oklahoma State
1988 UCLA E. J. Pfister, Oklahoma State
1989 Oklahoma Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1990 Arizona State Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1991 Oklahoma State Warren Schutte, UNLV
1992 Arizona Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1993 Florida Todd Demsey, Arizona State
1994 Stanford Justin Leonard, Texas
1995 Oklahoma State (playoff) Chip Spratlin, Auburn
1996 Arizona State Tiger Woods, Stanford
1997 Pepperdine Charles Warren (playoff), Clemson
1998 UNLV James McLean, Minnesota
1999 Georgia Luke Donald, Northwestern
2000 Oklahoma State (playoff) Charles Howell III, Ok.St.
2001 Florida Nick Gilliam, Florida
2002 Minnesota Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech
2003 Clemson Alejandro Cañizares, Arizona State
2004 California Ryan Moore, UNLV
2005 Georgia James Lepp (playoff), Washington
2006 Oklahoma State Jonathan Moore, Oklahoma State
2007 Stanford Jamie Lovemark, USC
2008 UCLA Kevin Chappell, UCLA
2009 Texas A&M Matt Hill, North Carolina State
2010 Augusta State Scott Langley, Illinois
2011 Augusta State John Peterson, LSU
* Note: The NCAA was founded in 1906. The first championship sponsored by the NCAA was in 1939. [1]
† First championship sponsored by the NCAA.
Note: Match play, 1897-1964; stroke play 1965-2008; stroke play/match play 2009-; (s) indicates spring tournament, (f) indicates fall tournament
