Poor play, weather plagues men's golf team

By By Asher Fusco

Thursday, March 30, 2006

The Kansas men’s golf team participated in the 60th Annual Western Intercollegiate in Santa Cruz, Calif., but neither pleasant weather nor low scores were to be found.

The Jayhawks finished in 15th place in a field of 16 teams on Tuesday. Gusting winds along with pesky rain and hail fell in California. Three rounds were originally scheduled, but Kansas played only two because of the poor conditions.

Kansas did not fare well at the par-70 Pasatiempo Golf Course, posting scores of 303 and 307.

Kansas did not place an individual in the Top 20, and only one team, Cal State Northridge, separated Kansas from the bottom of the leaderboard.

Senior Pete Krsnich turned in the best results of the week for the Jayhawks, finishing in a tie for 29th place, with an overall score of 149. Krsnich said he would make no excuses for the team’s poor play, though.

“We just didn’t play as well as we should have,” Krsnich said. “We just didn’t make as good of shots as we should have.”

Kansas coach Ross Randall did not have a positive analysis of the situation either.

“It wasn’t the weather, we just didn’t play well,” Randall said.

Junior Tyler Docking scored 152 and finished tied for 48th place. Usually at the top of the leaderboard, junior Gary Woodland also had his fair share of trouble, and finished tied for 58th with a 153.

When asked about his score of 159, senior Luke Trammell expressed his disappointment. He finished in a tie for 69th place.

“We probably should’ve played a little better, and the weather should’ve favored us a bit more, but we didn’t really handle the weather as well as we should have,” Trammell said.

In an effort to diversify the lineup, Randall inserted sophomore Joey Mundy into the equation, but Mundy fared no better than his teammates, shooting a 157 to finish in a tie for 75th.

Duke managed to hold off the rough conditions to score 577 and a first-place finish. Rob Grube of Stanford took home the individual honors after shooting a two-round 158.

The Jayhawks will try to rebound quickly from their recent struggles, as they travel to Cary, N.C., next week to compete in the Courtyard by Marriot Intercollegiate.

The team has less than a month to prepare for the Big 12 Championship, allowing the Jayhawks only a few weeks to smooth out the kinks in their swings.

However, the players seem confident about their chances as the stakes are raised. “I’m really confident that we’ll have a good squad going into the Big 12, which is the ultimate key,” Krsnich said.

— Edited by Meghan Miller

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