Both golf teams predict strong returns

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Women’s Golf

Head Coach: Erin O’Neil, sixth season

Key Losses: None

Key Returners: Seniors Emily Powers and Meghan Gockel, juniors Grace Thiry and Meghna Bal

The Jayhawks certainly don’t lack experience.

After a 2008-2009 campaign without a single senior, the Jayhawks now have two, Emily Powers and Meghan Gockel, leading the charge for the 2009 fall season. Kansas opens the season Sept. 14 in Lincoln, Neb., at the Chip-N-Club Invitational. Last year the Jayhawks finished sixth in the event, with then-sophomore Grace Thiry carding a 54-hole total of 223 to finish 10th individually and lead the team. Two weeks after the opening weekend the Jayhawks will make their way to Manhattan, where last year they were able to clinch a top-5 finish on the strength of an Emily Powers 54-hole total of 223, which was good enough for her first career title. Also returning is junior Meghna Bal, who tied with Powers with a team-high 31 rounds scored. Her scoring average of 78.71 was second only to Powers’ 76.45.

— Tim Dwyer

Men’s Golf

Head Coach: Kit Grove, fourth season

Key Losses: Brandon Hermreck, Walt Koelbel, Zach Pederson, Andrew Strom

Key Returners: Seniors Bryan Hackenberg, Bobby Knowles and Patrick Roth, junior Nate Barbee, sophomores Ian Anson and Blake Giroux, freshmen Chris Gilbert, Alex Gutesha and Dan Waite

Though a few weeks out from the start of its fall season, the men’s golf team was well represented at the 99th Kansas Amateur earlier this month. Seven of nine current and former Jayhawks advanced to match play, four to the second round, and junior Nate Barbee and recently graduated Andrew Storm advanced to the Mission Hills tournament’s quarterfinal round. Among current Kansas golfers, senior Patrick Roth was the next highest finish, bowing out of competition in the third round. Roth was defending his Kansas Amateur championship earned one year before. Barbee led the team in scoring average in 2008-09 with a 73.12 stroke average and recorded three Top 20 finishes on the year. He opened the season with a tie for fourth at a rain-shortened Fairway Club Invitational followed by a sixth-place finish at the Kansas Invitational. The Jayhawks turned in their most impressive performance collectively at the Big 12 Championship. The recently graduated Zach Pederson finished in seventh place to lead the pack. As a team, the Jayhawks entered the competition seeded No. 11 but led at times during the first round before finishing the event in seventh place.

— Stephen Montemayor

Kansas places 12th in South Carolina

Senior Emily Powers leads team with 72, places 11th overall.

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Sports Brief: October 26, 2007

Here's what's happening in sports for October 26, 2007

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Women’s golf earns first place finish

Lady Jayhawks take the top spot at Arizona invitational; individual players rank ...

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Bad weather, over par, bad weekend

Overall, women’s golf team place last, in 18th place.

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Team takes ninth at Ohio State

Women’s golf players say the tough course shows off their weaknesses and ...

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Men’s and women’s golf briefs

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Hawks finish fourth in tournament

Women’s golf team fights 40 mph winds at Susie Berning Maxwell Classic.

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Women’s golf to play Oklahoma tournament

The Jayhawks will face Big 12 competition this weekend.

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Women’s, men’s golf teams compete in invitationals

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Sport Briefs: October 15, 2007

Cross country men, women compete in NCAA Pre-Nationals.

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Women’s golf team strives for successful start

The women’s golf team will play in the Chip-N-Club Invitational today in ...

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Jayhawks take 5th in Big 12 tourney

The victory could earn the women’s team a spot in the NCAA ...

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Jayhawks focus on short game strategy

The Big 12 tournament looms on the horizon.

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Men’s golf takes eighth in River Landing ...

The Jayhawks finished 30 strokes behind tournament champion Duke. This was the ...

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Women’s golf team to face challenge in ...

The women’s golf team finished in fifth-place in last week’s tournament in ...

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Golfers place fifth in Nebraska

The Kansas Women’s Golf team took fifth place in the Chip-N-Club Invitational ...

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Hawks capture title

Sophomore Camilla Svensson tied for fourth in her first appearance this season.

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Golf team to play in Georgia tournament

The Jayhawks won the individual and team titles at the Duramed Invitational ...

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Men’s and women’s golf teams to compete ...

Women’s team hosts an invitational at home while the men’s team travels ...

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Men's Golf Notes: February 5, 2008

Here's what's new in men's golf.

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Women's golf earns another top ten title

It is almost their tenth top-ten finish this season.

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Jayhawks to return top players

Kansas' top golfers to return.

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Jayhawks in seventh at invitational

Women’s golf competing in Palmetto Intercollegiate in South Carolina.

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Jayhawks place fifth in weekend tournament

Women's golf team come out strong in Sir Pizza Cards Challenge.

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Season swings into high gear

The women’s golf team heads south for the McHaney/Morehead Invitational in Lubbock, ...

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Women’s golf standings

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Clubbers finish seventh in Denver

Despite rain delays, the Kansas Women’s Golf team finished in seventh place ...

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Men’s golf team heads south for Baylor ...

Sophomore Nate Barbee will lead the squad, which is ranked fourth in ...

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Freshmen come out strong for Kansas

Freshmen golfers Meghan Potee and Thanuttra Boonraksasat placed at the Baylor Spring ...

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Men’s golf takes sixth place in Big ...

Freshman Brad Hopfinger tied for seventh place, which was his best finish ...

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Jayhawks finish third overall

Kansas struggled in the first rounds in Norman, Okla., but improve four ...

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Player from down under making her way ...

Although language is not a barrier, classes and the weather have proven ...

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Two women’s golfers came from far to ...

Bal, Thiry came from across the world to play golf, attend school ...

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Women's Golf Brief

Results from the Chip-N-Club invitational

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Fourth-place finish good sign for season

The womens’ golf team finished in the top-five for the third time ...

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Women’s golf standings

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Jayhawks in 10th at Missouri Invite

The Jayhawks are 29 strokes behind the first place team, Oklahoma State.

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Team confident after Qdoba invitational

Jayhawks look to heat up as they play in warmer weather.

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Men’s golf team places 10th in Cajun ...

Kansas, which scored 862 in the Louisiana tournament, competes March 21-23 in ...

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Coach pleased with team’s achievement at Fresno ...

Coach Erin O’Neil noticed an improvement from sophomore Emily Powers, especially after ...