Men’s team sets records in Hawaii

By By Tim Hall

Monday, February 14, 2005

The Kansas men’s golf team finished play at the Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate Golf Tournament Friday in Hilo, Hawaii, where it tied for 11th place.

Despite a second-round slump, the Jayhawks were still able to finish strong and rewrite the Kansas golf record books as the team fired the lowest tournament score in Kansas history.

“I thought that we played real well as a team although we had a poor second round,” coach Ross Randall said. “Even though everyone was shooting real good scores, you still have to make good shots and make good putts, and we did that.”

The Jayhawks finished the tournament 31 under par as a team, making 56 birdies and four eagles.

“I had never heard of anything like it in all my years of coaching golf,” Randall said. “It was almost like everyone was playing pitch-n-putt out there.”

Big 12 Conference foe Oklahoma State took full advantage of the 6,800 yard golf course. They led in all three rounds and took home the championship. Oklahoma State won the tournament by seven strokes, posting a team score of 801 — 63 under par.

Kansas posted a third round score of 274, which was 13 strokes better than the team score of 287 that the Jayhawks fired in the second round. Sophomore Tyler Docking, shot a final round 72 and a three-round total 206 to finish the tour. Senior Kevin Ward shot a final round five under 67 and a three round total of 206 as well.

The strong finish by the Jayhawks can be credited to senior golfer Andrew Price, who achieved a third round score of 63, which was not only his career-low score, but also tied the lowest score in Kansas history. Price’s round of nine under stands alone as the lowest round-to-par in Kansas’ history.

Ryan Vermeer is the only other golfer in Kansas history to shoot a 63 in tournament play. Vermeer shot an eight under par round of 63 in the Western Intercollegiate at the Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif., in 2000.

Price bounced back from a second round score of 75 to shoot the low round of the tournament and finish in a tie for 24th. His scorecard was without a blemish as he carded nine birdies and nine pars. The second round 75 did not have any mental effect on Price, as he was able to rely on his swing in the final round.

“I had a pretty bad second round, but I felt really good practicing that afternoon and the next morning before the start of the third round,” Price said. “I just had to get my alignment squared. I knew it wasn’t going to be a problem and I knew I was going to go low in the final round because I just felt really good.”

Junior Pete Krsnich shot a three round total of 217 and sophomore Gary Woodland carded a three round total of 219 to round out the Jayhawks.

Kansas set another school record as well. The first round team score of 16 under par was the lowest single round in Kansas tournament-play history.

Edited by Jennifer Voldness

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