May 30, 1998
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The California men's golf team wrapped its 1997-98 season Saturday with a 15th place finish in the NCAA Golf Championship at New Mexico's Championship Golf Course. Cal, which held down the 10th position at -7 after Friday's third round, entered today's competition with the goal of posting its second Top-10 finish at the NCAAs in the last four years. But those hopes would fall short for the Golden Bears as Cal carded its highest total of the four day with a combined 10-over-par fourth-round effort for a final total of 3-over 1155.
UNLV, which entered the tournament as the nation's top-ranked collegiate golf team, took home the 1998 NCAA crown with a final score of 34-under 1118. Clemson's 31-under total of 1121 was good enough for second, while Georgia Tech (-30), Oklahoma State (-25) and Arizona State (-22) finished third, fourth and fifth, respectively. UCLA, the only other Pac-10 team to make the cut, finished in a two-way tie for eighth at 10-under-par 1142.
Individually for Cal, junior Dan Coyle fired his third consecutive sub-par round with a 3-under total of 69 and finished tied for 29th place overall at 3-under 285. However, the rest of the squad struggled as none of the other four was able to finish with a solid round. The Bears next best finisher was junior Dan Arroyo, who shot an uncharacteristic 6-over total of 78 on his way to a 1-over 289 tied for 42nd place finish. Freshman Adam Ainbinder, whose 5-over 77 was also his worst round at the NCAAs, finished tied for 48th at 2-over 290, while Sophomore Han Lee's 2-over 74 gave him a four-round total of 3-over 291 and placed him tied for 55th.
The individual title went to Minnesota's James McLean who shot a remarkable 17-under-par total of 271. Stanford's Joel Kribel of Pleasanton, UNLV's Chris Berry, TCU's J.J. Henry and Clemson's Charles Warren all shared second place honors at 16-under 272.
Despite today's disappointing finish, the 1997-98 season was a remarkable one for the Bears, who played the entire spring without their top player, Alemeda's Dong Yi. Ranked as low as 46th in the nation in early April, Cal's 1998 NCAA Championship appearance appeared unlikely. But after a fourth place finish at the Pac-10 Championship, a tournament Cal led for the first three rounds, Cal was rewarded with its postseason opportunity. Cal then went out an took advantage of that opportunity with its best-ever fourth place finish at the NCAA West Regional two weeks ago, earning the right to compete in the 1998 NCAA final.
NCAA Championship
UNM Championship Course Albuquerque, NM
Date: 05-30-1998
Par: 72 Yardage: 7166
FINAL TEAM RESULTS
Fin School Scores
1 UNLV 284 269 276 289 1118 -34
2 Clemson University 283 278 278 282 1121 -31
3 Georgia Tech 281 277 286 278 1122 -30
4 Oklahoma State U. 278 286 278 285 1127 -25
5 Arizona State U. 289 282 283 276 1130 -22
6 Ohio State Univ. 284 286 280 285 1135 -17
7 Minnesota, Univ. of 296 275 283 283 1137 -15
T 8 UCLA 289 275 284 294 1142 -10
T 8 Houston, Univ. of 294 276 287 285 1142 -10
10 Auburn University 290 283 285 287 1145 -7
11 South Carolina 285 281 284 296 1146 -6
12 TCU 290 282 290 286 1148 -4
13 Miami of Ohio 286 283 290 292 1151 -1
14 Florida, U. of 282 288 287 297 1154 +2
15 California, U. of 290 277 290 298 1155 +3
FINAL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Fin Name School Scores
1 James McLean Minn. 71 66 65 69 271 -17
T 2 Chris Berry UNLV 70 68 67 67 272 -16
T 2 *Joel Kribel Stanford 69 67 68 68 272 -16
T 2 J.J. Henry TCU 67 67 70 68 272 -16
T 2 Charles Warren Clemson 69 66 67 70 272 -16
6 Bryce Molder GA Tech 68 68 68 69 273 -15
T 7 Darren Angel ASU 73 67 71 65 276 -12
T 7 Tim Clark NC State 68 72 69 67 276 -12
T 7 Matt Kuchar GA Tech 69 67 70 70 276 -12
10 Joey Maxon Clemson 69 71 70 68 278 -10
T 11 Victor Schwamkrug Houston 74 70 69 66 279 -9
T 11 Jeff Quinney ASU 69 71 71 68 279 -9
T 11 Jeremy Parrott Georgia 69 71 69 70 279 -9
T 11 Kyle Voska Miami (OH) 67 68 71 73 279 -9
T 15 Craig Matthew Ohio State 73 69 69 70 281 -7
T 15 Ryan Armour Ohio State 67 75 67 72 281 -7
T 15 Edward Loar OK State 68 72 66 75 281 -7
T 15 Bill Lunde UNLV 73 65 67 76 281 -7
19 Bo Van Pelt OK State 70 67 74 71 282 -6
T 20 Martin LeMesurier Minn. 71 72 72 68 283 -5
T 20 Charles Howell OK State 70 74 70 69 283 -5
T 20 *Harry Singh UTA 68 72 72 71 283 -5
T 20 Brandon DiTullio UCLA 72 68 71 72 283 -5
T 20 Andy Sanders Houston 71 69 71 72 283 -5
T 20 Charley Hoffman UNLV 71 67 71 74 283 -5
T 26 Reid Edstrom Auburn 75 68 71 70 284 -4
T 26 Scott Weatherly Auburn 70 72 71 71 284 -4
T 26 Jeff McGraw UCLA 71 70 70 73 284 -4
T 29 Dan Coyle California 75 70 71 69 285 -3
T 29 Jake Kransteuber S Carolina 68 74 71 72 285 -3
T 29 *Michael Connell Miss. St. 72 69 72 72 285 -3
T 29 Bryant MacKellar Auburn 71 71 70 73 285 -3
T 29 Jeremy Anderson UNLV 70 69 72 74 285 -3
T 34 John Engler Clemson 71 72 71 72 286 -2
T 34 Kevin Mihailoff Florida 70 72 71 73 286 -2
36 Simon Lacey Florida 70 75 67 75 287 -1
T 37 Jin Park ASU 75 73 68 72 288 E
T 37 Steve Friesen Nebraska 69 72 74 73 288 E
T 37 Mark Catalano S Carolina 72 68 75 73 288 E
T 37 Scott Lander UNLV 73 70 71 74 288 E
T 37 D.J. Brigman UNM 69 71 69 79 288 E
T 42 Lucas Glover Clemson 76 70 71 72 289 +1
T 42 Jonathan Byrd Clemson 74 71 70 74 289 +1
T 42 Jeff Burns Houston 75 67 73 74 289 +1
T 42 Jeff Brown Ohio State 74 69 71 75 289 +1
T 42 Max Harris N Carolina 74 68 72 75 289 +1
T 42 Dan Arroyo California 70 69 72 78 289 +1
T 48 Landry Mahan OK State 77 73 70 70 290 +2
T 48 Greg Padilla ASU 75 71 73 71 290 +2
T 48 Adam Speirs Miami (OH) 76 70 71 73 290 +2
T 48 Byron Schlagenhauf UCLA 75 69 72 74 290 +2
T 48 Eric Ecker S Carolina 74 69 72 75 290 +2
T 48 Josh Watney Fresno St. 69 71 74 76 290 +2
T 48 Adam Ainbinder California 76 66 71 77 290 +2
T 55 Chris Morris Houston 74 70 74 73 291 +3
T 55 Alberto Ochoa TCU 73 70 75 73 291 +3
T 55 Han Lee California 69 72 76 74 291 +3
T 55 Steve Bradley Florida 69 68 79 75 291 +3
T 55 Ross Fulgentis UCLA 74 68 71 78 291 +3
T 60 Wes Latimer GA Tech 76 74 75 67 292 +4
T 60 Adam Dooley Minn. 79 69 73 71 292 +4
T 60 Mike Austin Ohio State 72 74 73 73 292 +4
T 60 Brent Roof S Carolina 75 75 66 76 292 +4
T 60 Mike Pearson GA Tech 73 70 73 76 292 +4
T 65 Albert Hromulak Ohio State 72 74 77 70 293 +5
T 65 Scott Volpitto TCU 75 74 72 72 293 +5
T 65 Carlton Forrester GA Tech 71 72 78 72 293 +5
T 65 Jason Dufner Auburn 74 72 73 74 293 +5
T 65 Bill Thompson Minn. 75 68 75 75 293 +5
T 70 Sal Spallone TCU 75 71 75 73 294 +6
T 70 Kyle Thompson S Carolina 71 70 76 77 294 +6
T 72 Josh McCumber Florida 73 75 73 74 295 +7
T 72 John Bishop Miami (OH) 73 72 75 75 295 +7
T 74 Grady Girard TCU 75 74 73 74 296 +8
T 74 Jason Semelsberger UCLA 72 73 76 75 296 +8
T 74 Boyd Summerhays OK State 70 77 72 77 296 +8
T 77 Tee McCabe Miami (OH) 70 80 75 72 297 +9
T 77 Roland Thatcher Auburn 76 75 73 73 297 +9
T 77 Paul Casey ASU 72 74 73 78 297 +9
80 Ryan Lagergren Miami (OH) 78 73 73 74 298 +10
81 Steve Scott Florida 74 73 76 77 300 +12
82 Rob Kerr Minn. 80 75 73 75 303 +15
83 B.J. Staten Houston 80 73 79 74 306 +18
84 Jay Berkowitz California 76 77 76 78 307 +19
