Michigan
Pinehurst Intercollegiate
Rankin Leads U-M in Shortened Pinehurst Intercollegiate
3/21/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Site: Pinehurst, N.C.
Course: Centennial Pinehurst Course No. 8 (par 72, 7,035 yards)
Tournament: Pinehurst Intercollegiate
U-M Finish: 16 Place of 17 Teams (316-301/617)
Top U-M Individual: Bill Rankin, tie-34th (77-75/152)
Next U-M Event: Sat-Sun., Apr. 8-9 -- at Boilermaker Invitational (West Lafayette, Ind.)
PINEHURST, N.C. -- With overnight rains causing unplayable conditions on and around the Centennial Pinehurst Course No. 8, the final round of the 2006 Pinehurst Intercollegiate was cancelled today (March 21) giving the University of Michigan men's golf team a 16th place finish with a 617 36-hole total. After opening with a 316 first day total on Sunday, the Maize and Blue responded and improved dropping 15-strokes with a 301 in the second round to close. That would prove to be it for the Wolverines, with weather canceling the final round.
Freshman Bill Rankin (Traverse City, Mich./Central HS) closed out the 36-holes as the top Wolverine as he tied for 34th with a 152 total. After opening with a 77, he dropped two-strokes in the second and eventual final round with a three-over 75. After starting off three-over through his first six holes, his three birdies negated three bogeys during his next 12 holes as he played even par to finish the round with a 75.
Sophomore Brian Ottenweller (Grand Rapids, Mich./Catholic Central HS) tied for 47th with a 153 total. Ottenweller opened with an 81 in the first round, but came back firing in the second round as he fired his eight par or better round of the season with an even-par 72, as the two bogeys he recorded were erased by two birdies as he played two-under through his final 11 holes.
Senior Christian Vozza (Traverse City, Mich./Grand Rapids Baptist HS) and senior Brandon Duff (Goodrich, Mich./Powers Catholic HS) both tied for 59th with 156 totals. For Vozza he opened with an 80 and followed with a 76 in the second round, while Duff recorded back-to-back 78s. Sophomore Tim Schaetzel (Atlanta, Ga./Pace Academy) rounded out the five-man team as he tied for 90th with a 167 total (81-86).
Overall, SMU used a 291 first day team total to build a three-stroke lead and held on after a 301 in the second round to close with a 592 36-hole total to win the team title by four strokes. UAB finished as the runner-up with a 596 total (298-298), while host Indiana (294-303) was third at 597. In addition to the team title, SMU's Colt Knost used a one-under 71 and an even-par 72 to win medalist honors with a one-under 143 total. UNC Wilmington's Will Shambley was the runner-up at 144 (73-71).
The Wolverines will have a few weeks off before hitting the links again Saturday and Sunday (April 8-9) at the Boilermaker Invitational. The 54-hole tournament will be played at the Kampen Course on the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Ind.
Team Standings
1. SMU 291-301 = 592
2. UAB 298-298 = 596
3. Indiana 294-303 = 597
4. Charlotte 302-296 = 598
5. UNC Greensboro 298-301 = 599
6. Xavier 301-301 = 602
7. Southern Mississippi 307-297 = 604
Ball State 305-299 = 604
9. Wisconsin 305-300 = 605
UNC Wilmington 305-300 = 605
11. VCU 307-299 = 606
12. Rhode Island 306-301 = 607
13. Marquette 305-304 = 609
14. Illinois 308-303 = 611
15. Penn State 301-312 = 613
16. MICHGIAN 316-301 = 617
17. East Carolina 310-309 = 619
Top Individuals
1. Colt Knost, SMU 71-72 = 143 (-1)
2. Will Shambley, UNC Wilmington 73-71 = 144
3. Brandon DeStefano, SMU 72-73 = 145
4. Jason Cuthbertson, Southern Miss 74-72 = 146
Andrew DiBitetto, Charlotte 73-73 = 146
6. Jake Lowder, UNC Greensboro 78-69 = 147
Trevor Murphy, Charlotte 74-73 = 147
Patrick Nagle, Illinois 73-74 = 147
Ben Spitz, Rhode Island 75-72 = 147
Josh Thompson, UAB 72-75 = 147
11. Drew Allenspach, Indiana 71-77 = 148
John Streibich, Xavier 73-75 = 148
Michigan Individual Scores
T34. Bill Rankin 77-75 = 152 T47. Brian Ottenweller 81-72 = 153 T59. Christian Vozza 80-76 = 156 T59. Brandon Duff 78-78 = 156 T90. Tim Schaetzel 81-86 = 167
N O T E S
• For the first time in his career, Bill Rankin finished as the top Wolverine in a tournament. He is now the fifth different Wolverine to do so this season along with Brandon Duff (3), Brian Ottenweller (2), Tim Schaetzel (2), Christian Vozza (1) and Rankin (1).
• With his even-par 72 in the second round, Brian Ottenweller pulled into a tie on the team with his eighth round of par our better. He now has eight total of his 26 rounds, tying him with Brandon Duff (8) and Christian Vozza (8). Ottenweller is also second on the team with four rounds under 70, trailing Vozza's five.
• Brandon Duff and Tim Schaetzel remain the only two Wolverines to have competed and started all nine tournaments this season.
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