Michigan
Wolverine Intercollegiate (Day 2)
Schultz Ties for 10th, U-M Finishes Tied for Sixth at Wolverine Intercollegiate
9/13/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich.
Course: U-M Golf Course (par 71, 6,687 yards)
Tournament: Wolverine Intercollegiate (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Standing: Tie-6th Place of 11 Teams (283-285-299/867)
Top U-M Individual: Jack Schultz, tie-10th (72-68-73/213)
Next Event: Mon-Tue., Sept. 26-27 -- at Inverness Intercollegiate (Toledo, Ohio)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Junior Jack Schultz (Whitefish Bay, Wis./Whitefish Bay HS) finished in a tie for 10th and junior Miguel Echavarria (Medellin, Colombia/The Columbus School) finished a career-best tied for 14th, as the University of Michigan men's golf team posted an 867 54-hole total to tie for sixth at the Wolverine Intercollegiate, which wrapped up on Tuesday (Sept. 13) at the U-M Golf Course.
Schultz led U-M in the final round with a 73, while Echavarria and junior Matt Alessi (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Birmingham Brother Rice) each carded 75s as the Maize and Blue posted a 299 to close tied with IUPUI at the season-opening event.
Using a three-under 68 from senior Matt Thompson (Battle Creek, Mich./Lakeview HS) and even-par 71 from Echavarria and rounds of 72 from Schultz and junior Rahul Bakshi (Chandigarh, India/St. John's HS), the Wolverines shot a one-under 283 in the opening round. A pair of 68s from Schultz and Echavarria highlighted the second round as U-M tallied a one-over 285 to draw even at 568 and sit fourth after the first day of play on Monday (Sept. 12).
Schultz posted his fifth career top-10 finish thanks to his 213 (72-68-73). Echavarria tallied a new 54-hole best at 214 (71-68-75), nearly seven strokes better than his previous top effort. Thompson rounded out the top three starters as he tied for 27th at 219 (68-75-76). Closing out U-M's starting five were Bakshi (72-76-79) and Alessi (78-74-75), who both tied for 48th at 227.
Playing as individuals, freshman Noori Hyun (Seoul, Korea/Centreville HS [Va.]) tied for 40th at 224 (71-76-77), while fellow-freshman Andrew Wong (Deerfield Beach, Fla./Pompano Beach HS) was 56th at 236 (83-77-76). Sophomore Matt Felsenfeld (West Bloomfield, Mich./Leadbetter Golf Academy [Fla.]) also played as an individual and tied for 59th at 246 (76-80-90).
Michigan now heads to Toledo, Ohio -- the site of its 2009 NCAA Finals run -- as the Wolverines will play in Toledo's Inverness Intercollegiate on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 26-27, at the Inverness Club.
Final Team Standings
1. California 281-275-283 = 839 (-13)
2. Baylor 284-278-289 = 851
3. Michigan State 285-276-292 = 853
4. Missouri 290-286-278 = 854
5. North Carolina 284-289-293 = 866
6. IUPUI 300-283-284 = 867
MICHIGAN 283-285-299 = 867
8. Iowa State 290-293-289 = 872
9. Detroit 294-291-295 = 880
10. Marquette 294-294-313 = 901
11. Oakland 302-295-313 = 910
Top Individuals
1. Jace Long, Missouri 67-73-66 = 206 (-7)
2. Joel Stalter, California 72-63-72 = 207
3. Emilio Cuartero, Missouri 72-68-68 = 208
4. Ryan O'Rear, Baylor 71-66-72 = 209
5. Max Homa, California 72-69-70 = 211
Michael Kim, California 68-69-74 = 211
Dan Ellis, Michigan State 70-66-75 = 211
8. Matthew Moseley, Michigan State 72-71-69 = 212
Chris Mory, Michigan State 70-68-74 = 212
10. JACK SCHULTZ, U-M 72-68-73 = 213
Joakim Mikkelsen, Baylor 72-70-71 = 213
Michael Davan, IUPUI 75-70-68 = 213
Nate McCoy, Iowa State 71-71-71 = 213
Other Michigan Individuals
T14. Miguel Echavarria 71-68-75 = 214 T27. Matt Thompson 68-75-76 = 219 T48. Rahul Bakshi 72-76-79 = 227 T48. Matt Alessi 78-74-75 = 227 T40. Noori Hyun 71-76-77 = 224* 56. Andrew Wong 83-77-76 = 236* T59. Matt Felsenfeld 76-80-90 = 246*
* played as individual
NOTES
• Miguel Echavarria tied a career best, posting a three-under 68 in second round. He equaled the 68 (-4) he fired in the second round of the 2010 Rod Myers Invitational.
• With the career-best round, Miguel Echavarria set a new career-best 54-hole tournament tally with a 214 (71-68-75), topping his previous best by seven shots, a 221 (79-68-74) at the 2010 Rod Myers Invitational.
• Michigan coach Chris Whitten made his head coaching debut. Whitten was the Wolverines' assistant coach for the last five years before being named the successor to Andrew Sapp, who left to coach his alma mater, North Carolina -- who also played in this week's tournament.
• Freshmen Noori Hyun and Andrew Wong made their collegiate debuts. Junior Matt Alessi, who earned a spot on the team as a walk-on, made his first collegiate debut and start.
• Former U-M coach Jim Carras served as the official starter for the event. Carras was the head coach at U-M for 20 years (1982-2002).
TOURNAMENT NOTE
• California's 13-under 839 (281-275-283) equaled the Wolverine Intercollegiate 54-hole record. The mark is tied with Michigan, which tallied an 839 (277-275-287) at the 2005 Wolverine Intercollegiate.
• California's Joel Stalter tied the U-M Course record with an eight-under 63 in the second round. He equaled the mark of James McLean (Minnesota), who had a 63 in the second round of the 1999 Wolverine Invitational.
QUOTES
Michigan Head Coach Chris Whitten
On the performance of the week ... "There were definitely good things from every guy, maybe not as consistent as we would like to be. Everyone will have some things to improve on individually. It's good to see our home course in a tournament situation with the regional later this year. Obviously, there are a lot of things we can work on and we have a long time to do it. We had some nice performances from Miguel and Jack and lots of things to build on."
On things to work on early in the season ... "We have some new guys to the team who are just learning to manage schedules and make our practices as efficient as possible, even simple things like speed control and process things on the course during the round. We have two solid weeks of practice before the next event, so we will be working hard."
On returning to the Inverness Club for the next tournament ... "Inverness is one of the great champion golf courses and it takes a lot of local knowledge to play well. You have to have a big game to play a great course so we'll be ready for that. We'll definitely be excited to play."
U-M Junior Jack Schultz
On his performance in U-M's first tournament ... "It was a little sloppy for everyone. We didn't exactly use the home-course advantage to our advantage. We have a lot of inexperience people who learned a lot this week. Hopefully, we'll be able to build on that."
On returning to Inverness ..."I know it's a great course. They hosted the U.S. Senior Open and we know it will be in great shape. It's a tough course with a good field, so I'm definitely looking forward to that."
On what to do the next two weeks between events ... "We had a lot of qualifying, which is important because at the beginning of the year you don't know who is going to be playing the best coming off the summer. We learned what we need to work on in practice, so using this week to get better is most important."
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