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Cougar Golf Team Makes it Four in a Row at C-USA Championships
NAVARRE, Fla. (Apr. 19) -- The University of Houston golf team successfully defended its three-year streak of winning the annual Conference USA championship Wednesday afternoon at The Hidden Creek course in Navarre, Florida. With all five Cougar golfers finishing among the top eight in the 60-player field, including back-to-back individual medalist Andy Sanders, Houston coasted to a comfortable 22-shot victory in the 54-hole Championship. The Cougars' fourth-straight C-USA title was by 22 strokes over runner-up UAB. The win also marked Houston's 18th conference championship in golf dating back to 1956. Excluding 13 years when UH competed as an independent in college sports, the Cougars have won or shared 18 league golf titles in C-USA (4), the Southwest Conference (9) and Missouri Valley (5) conferences. On Wednesday the Cougars shot their best round of the tournament (283). No other team had a better round than Houston on any of the respective days and UH was never seriously threatened after the first day when the lead was just four stokes over South Florida. Houston senior B.J. Staten paced the team Wednesday with a three-under par 69, but it was junior Andy Sanders' steady 54-hole total of four-under par 212 that earned the native of Merritt Island, Florida, his second-consecutive C-USA medalist award. Sanders is ranked as one of the Top 30 collegiate players in the United States and the win was the third of his UH career. He won by three strokes over both Staten (215, one-under) and UAB senior Chris Devlin. The trio were the only players to finish below par at Hidden Creek. UH senior James Edmondson finished in sole possession of fourth place (217, one-over). Senior Chris Morris tied for fifth (218, two-over) and sophomore Wade Ormsby tied for eighth (219, three-over). The All-Tournament team included Sanders, Staten, Edmondson and Morris as well as Devlin (UAB), Chris Campbell of Louisville and Nick Lykins of Cincinnati. All-Conference honors, which reflected individual play for the full spring and fall seasons went to Devlin, who was voted player-of-the-year by league coaches, Sanders, Staten, Morris and Ormsby. Brett Hitchcock of South Florida, Jeff Curl of UNCC, Campbell of Louisville, Jim Herman of Cincinnati and Michael OConnel of DePaul also earned all-league accolades. Southern Miss Justin Emil earned the freshman of the year award with a four-over par score of 220. South Florida Coach Jim Fee was voted coach of the year honors by his peers. League coaches also voted to return next year's championship to the Club at Hidden Creek.
2000 C-USA Men's Golf Championships
The Club at Hidden Creek Navarre, FL
Tournament Dates: 04/17 - 04/19
FINAL TEAM RESULTS
Par: 72
Yardage: 6795
Fin Team R1 R2 R3 Tot Vs Par
1 Houston 285 289 283 857 -7
2 UAB 292 299 288 879 +15
3 South Florida 289 302 293 884 +20
4 Louisville 297 294 298 889 +25
5 UNC Charlotte 299 300 296 895 +31
6 Southern Miss 309 297 291 897 +33
7 Cincinnati 305 298 295 898 +34
8 Memphis 299 308 302 909 +45
9 Tulane 306 293 311 910 +46
10 Saint Louis 308 306 302 916 +52
11 De Paul 302 298 317 917 +53
12 Marquette 312 302 307 921 +57
FINAL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Par: 72
Yardage: 6795
Fin Name School Scores
1 Andy Sanders Houston 70 71 71 212 -4
2 Chris Devlin UAB 72 73 70 215 -1
B.J. Staten Houston 73 73 69 215 -1
4 James Edmondson Houston 72 73 72 217 +1
5 Chris Morris Houston 74 73 71 218 +2
Chris Campbell Louisville 74 72 72 218 +2
Nick Lykins Cincinnati 73 72 73 218 +2
8 Brett Hitchcock So Florida 71 76 72 219 +3
Wade Ormsby Houston 70 72 77 219 +3
10 Justin Emil So. Miss. 74 74 72 220 +4
Colin Wright Memphis 71 76 73 220 +4
12 Mike Hyland NC Charlot 73 75 73 221 +5
Patrick Watermeier So Florida 71 76 74 221 +5
14 Michael O'Connel De Paul 72 71 79 222 +6
Scott Fann St. Louis 72 78 72 222 +6
Ricardo Carrillo So Florida 73 74 75 222 +6
17 Jeff Curl NC Charlot 75 72 76 223 +7
Justin Strausbaugh Tulane 72 75 76 223 +7
Tim Yelverton So. Miss. 79 74 70 223 +7
Neal Kauffman NC Charlot 75 76 72 223 +7
Daniel Ozley UAB 75 74 74 223 +7
Grant Sturgeon Louisville 74 74 75 223 +7
Tyrol Auret UAB 69 82 72 223 +7
Donny Holman So. Miss. 77 73 73 223 +7
25 Matthew Gade Louisville 74 73 77 224 +8
26 Jay Cavanagh So Florida 74 78 73 225 +9
Payton Osborn UAB 78 75 72 225 +9
28 Mark Wentz Marquette 76 72 78 226 +10
29 Doug Ferris So Florida 77 76 74 227 +11
Justin Haupt St. Louis 74 77 76 227 +11
Michael Prieur Memphis 73 79 75 227 +11
32 Graeme McDowell UAB 76 77 75 228 +12
Geoff Nuwash Louisville 75 78 75 228 +12
Jim Herman Cincinnati 76 77 75 228 +12
35 Ryan Lilly Cincinnati 80 79 70 229 +13
36 Joe Hermes De Paul 75 75 80 230 +14
Andy Robertson NC Charlot 76 79 75 230 +14
38 Adam Trower St. Louis 80 75 76 231 +15
Jason Wyatt Memphis 77 75 79 231 +15
Louis Devaleix Tulane 78 73 80 231 +15
Kirk Hathaway Cincinnati 76 74 81 231 +15
John Dallio De Paul 78 77 76 231 +15
43 Matt Cooper Memphis 78 79 75 232 +16
Marc Fisher Marquette 76 77 79 232 +16
Byron Shultz Tulane 83 74 75 232 +16
46 Brad Wilder Cincinnati 81 75 77 233 +17
Ryan Hurley Louisville 82 75 76 233 +17
Nathan Rogers So. Miss. 81 76 76 233 +17
49 Ryan Fisher De Paul 77 75 82 234 +18
Ben Snow So. Miss. 79 79 76 234 +18
Edvins Erkmanis Marquette 79 77 78 234 +18
Bryon McDougall Tulane 76 71 87 234 +18
Jason Goble NC Charlot 78 77 79 234 +18
54 Tim Jacobs Marquette 85 76 74 235 +19
55 Dan Chartrand Memphis 80 78 79 237 +21
56 Brent Kerns St. Louis 82 76 81 239 +23
Brad White Marquette 81 81 77 239 +23
58 Ben Zeiky Tulane 80 80 80 240 +24
59 Mark Wacker St. Louis 84 83 78 245 +29
60 Drew Mayhew De Paul 83 86 82 251 +35
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