June 5, 1999
CHASKA, Minn. - The UNLV golf team shot a final-round 8-over-par 296 to finish in sixth place after the final round of play at the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships, which was held at Hazeltine National Golf Club (par 72, 7,196 yards) Saturday.
Georgia (292-305-290-293-1180) fired a final-round 5-over 293 to capture its first NCAA crown at 28-over. Georgia's Ryuji Imada led the Bulldogs' final-round surge as he shot 5-under par on the day.
The Rebels (295-298-306-296-1195) finished at 43-over in sixth place, 15 shots back.
"It's really tough to deal with," UNLV Head Coach Dwaine Knight, who led the Rebel golf team to its first-ever NCAA title in 1998, said when asked about his team's performance at the tournament. "The top four individuals in the nation weren't here for the final 36 holes, which shows you how difficult this course was. Also, one of the top teams in the nation, Georgia Tech, didn't make the cut.
"On this course, if you aren't 100 percent, you will have trouble - and we weren't 100 percent. The one thing we weren't able to do here is stay away from the big-number round. That third round really hurt us."
Oklahoma State (289-308-285-301-1183), who led Georgia by five shots entering the final round, finished second at 31-over, three shots back. Northwestern (296-299-297-296-1188) finished third at 36-over, Washington (307-301-291-290-1189) finished fourth at 37-over, while Arizona State (297-307-296-292-1192) rounded out the top five at 40-over.
Luke Donald (73-68-72-71-284) of Northwestern held on to capture the individual title at 4-under. Imada (72-76-72-67-287) finished tied for second at 1-under along with Washington's Troy Kelly (75-71-70-71-287)
UNLV's top finisher was Adam Scott (77-70-77-73-297), who finished 11th at nine-over. Jeremy Anderson (71-85-74-69-299) shot a final-round 3-under 69 and finished tied for 16th at 11-over.
"I played a good, solid round today," Anderson said. "Actually, the last 27 holes of the tournament I was 5-under. On a course like this with the weather conditions that we had, I am pretty proud of myself. I think the difference between the start of the tournament and the end for me was keeping the ball in play. Today I gave myself some good chances."
"Jeremy had a great round today," Knight said. "It was tremendous and was something that we really needed. We can take a lot away from this including another top-10 national finish for us, which when you step back and look at it is really something. I am really pleased with my team's character. To have them go out and play hard and have a lot of pride like they did today is Rebel golf. We came in here with five wins, which was the most in the country, and had a chance to win with two rounds to go."
Other Rebels competing were Charley Hoffman (71-73-79-81-304/T47th), Michael Kirk (76-78-76-76-306/T57th) and Chris Berry (80-77-79-78-314/T71st.
NCAA Championship Hazeltine National G.C. Chaska, MN Par: 72Yardage: 7196 Results after Saturday's Final Round 1 Georgia, U. of 292 305 290 293 1180 +28 2 Oklahoma State U. 289 308 285 301 1183 +31 3 Northwestern 296 299 297 296 1188 +36 4 Washington, U. of 307 301 291 290 1189 +37 5 Arizona State U. 297 307 296 292 1192 +40 6 UNLV 295 298 306 296 1195 +43 7 Brigham Young Univ. 293 298 302 303 1196 +44T 8 Houston, Univ. of 297 305 297 300 1199 +47T 8 Clemson University 293 297 303 306 1199 +47 10 North Carolina, U of 294 307 298 302 1201 +49 11 Minnesota, Univ. of 303 305 303 297 1208 +56 12 Florida, U. of 297 311 298 310 1216 +64 13 East Tennessee St. 298 306 317 296 1217 +65 14 Nebraska, U. of 301 305 304 308 1218 +66 15 Illinois, U. of 303 305 304 307 1219 +67---------------Missed 36-hole Cut------------------T 16 Toledo, U. of 308 305 613 +37T 16 California, U. of 307 306 613 +37T 18 Duke University 311 303 614 +38T 18 Oregon, U. of 300 314 614 +38T 20 South Carolina 308 307 615 +39T 20 Arizona, U. of 303 312 615 +39 22 Kansas, U. of 305 311 616 +40 23 Colorado, U. of 315 302 617 +41T 24 Mississippi, U. of 299 319 618 +42T 24 Arkansas, U. of 298 320 618 +42T 24 Colorado State Univ. 309 309 618 +42 27 Augusta State U. 307 318 625 +49 28 Georgia Tech 314 312 626 +50 29 San Diego State U. 308 320 628 +52 30 Richmond, Univ. of 318 324 642 +66
1 Luke Donald N'western 73 68 72 71284 -4T 2 Ryuji Imada Georgia 72 76 72 67287 -1T 2 Troy Kelly Washington 75 71 70 71287 -1 4 Paul Casey ASU 72 77 69 72290 +2 5 Charles Howell Okla. St. 71 77 70 73291 +3T 6 Derek Gillespie Arizona 72 71 76 75294 +6T 6 Max Harris N Carolina 70 75 72 77294 +6T 8 Chris Wisler E Tenn. St 68 75 81 71295 +7T 8 Lucas Glover Clemson 72 73 74 76295 +7 10 Don Hill N Carolina 70 76 77 73296 +8 11 Adam Scott UNLV 77 70 77 73297 +9T 12 Adam Dooley Minn. 77 77 74 70298 +10T 12 Matt Krauss Duke 75 75 73 75298 +10T 12 Jamie Rogers Nebraska 70 78 75 75298 +10T 12 D.A. Points Illinois 73 71 78 76298 +10T 16 Jeremy Anderson UNLV 71 85 74 69299 +11T 16 Brad Hyler N Carolina 76 78 73 72299 +11T 16 Erik Ciotti N'western 75 78 74 72299 +11T 16 Mark Henderson Illinois 73 79 74 73299 +11T 16 Jeremy Parrott Georgia 75 76 72 76299 +11T 16 Landry Mahan Okla. St. 73 75 74 77299 +11T 16 Jonathan Byrd Clemson 73 73 73 80299 +11T 23 B.J. Staten Houston 73 78 78 71300 +12T 23 Gordy Scutt Washington 79 77 72 72300 +12T 23 Richard Elliott Toledo 74 76 76 74300 +12T 23 James McLean Minn. 76 74 75 75300 +12T 23 Ryan Vermeer Kansas 70 79 76 75300 +12T 23 Jani Saari Clemson 75 73 77 75300 +12T 23 Steve Scott Florida 73 80 71 76300 +12T 23 Ryan Lavoie Oregon 71 78 75 76300 +12T 23 Andy Miller BYU 73 74 77 76300 +12T 23 Billy Harvey BYU 75 74 72 79300 +12T 23 Mike Brennan Houston 74 75 72 79300 +12T 34 David Christensen E Tenn. St 76 75 77 73301 +13T 34 Nick Cassini Georgia 76 79 72 74301 +13T 34 Jess Daley N'western 75 76 75 75301 +13T 34 Scott Miller BYU 72 78 75 76301 +13T 34 Michael Morrison Georgia 72 77 74 78301 +13T 39 Andy Sanders Houston 73 79 76 74302 +14T 39 Edward Loar Okla. St. 82 76 69 75302 +14T 39 Manuel Merizalde BYU 73 72 81 76302 +14T 39 Jamie Elson Augusta St 70 80 75 77302 +14T 39 Camilo Benedetti Florida 75 77 72 78302 +14T 44 Rob Rashell Washington 79 76 75 73303 +15T 44 Mark Northey Georgia 73 76 78 76303 +15T 44 Jeff Quinney ASU 72 79 74 78303 +15T 47 Greg Padilla ASU 80 76 77 71304 +16T 47 Victor Schwamkrug Houston 77 77 74 76304 +16T 47 Peter Davidson Okla. St. 72 80 72 80304 +16T 47 Charley Hoffman UNLV 71 73 79 81304 +16T 51 Steve Bradley Florida 75 79 75 76305 +17T 51 Jin Park ASU 74 76 79 76305 +17T 51 Scott Moore Arizona 75 75 77 78305 +17T 51 Josh Habig N'western 73 77 76 79305 +17T 51 Bill Thompson Minn. 71 78 76 80305 +17T 51 Steve Friesen Nebraska 77 71 77 80305 +17T 57 Matt Jones ASU 79 78 76 73306 +18T 57 Michael Kirk UNLV 76 78 76 76306 +18T 57 Anders Hultman Okla. St. 73 80 77 76306 +18T 57 Wade Ormsby Houston 77 75 75 79306 +18T 57 Rich Morris Arkansas 73 74 80 79306 +18T 62 Martin LeMesurier Minn. 79 76 78 74307 +19T 62 Scott Gutschewski Nebraska 77 75 78 77307 +19T 64 Scott Kral Washington 82 77 75 74308 +20T 64 Pat Beste E Tenn. St 80 77 76 75308 +20 66 Larry Nuger Illinois 79 74 76 80309 +21 67 Jose Garrido BYU 77 80 78 75310 +22T 68 John Engler Clemson 73 80 79 79311 +23T 68 Robb Bergeson Washington 74 80 74 83311 +23 70 Nick Gilliam Florida 78 75 80 80313 +25T 71 Josh Madden Nebraska 77 87 74 76314 +26T 71 Ed Parga Illinois 78 81 77 78314 +26T 71 Chris Berry UNLV 80 77 79 78314 +26T 74 Michael Hoey Clemson 81 78 80 76315 +27T 74 John Bloomfield S Carolina 74 76 83 82315 +27 76 Shawn Koch E Tenn. St 77 79 83 77316 +28 77 Paul Daniel N Carolina 85 78 76 80319 +31 78 David Shaffer N'western 79 82 81 78320 +32 79 Jeff Barney Minn. 81 81 81 78321 +33 80 Taylor Walsh Florida 74 84 81 84323 +35 81 Eamonn Brady E Tenn. St 77 79 91 77324 +36 82 Seth Porter Nebraska 77 81 86 81325 +37 83 Rob Simmons N Carolina 78 84 80 88330 +42 84 Tim Riley Illinois 81 89 77 84331 +43
