Mens Golf Opens 2004-05 At Inverness Intercollegiate
9/8/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Kent State Mens Golf Opens 2004-05 At Inverness Intercollegiate Sept. 8, 2004 For Immediate Release
KENT, Ohio - The Kent State University mens golf team opens the 2004-05 season with a key district tournament as the Golden Flashes compete in this weekends Inverness Intercollegiate Invitational in Toledo, Ohio. The 54-hole event features some of the top teams in the central region. Kent State head coach Herb Page (Kent State 74) begins his 27th year at Kent State, coming off a 24th-place finish at the NCAA Championships last season, the 12th appearance at the national championship in Pages tenure.
Coming Up: Sept. 10-11 at Inverness Intercollegiate Invitational (54 holes)
Recent Result: 24th of 30 at 2004 NCAA Championships
Top Kent State Finisher: N/A
SCOUTING THE INVERNESS INTERCOLLEGIATE: The Inverness Intercollegiate Invitational is a 54-hole event played at Inverness Golf Club in Toledo, Ohio. The 13-team event will consist of 36 holes beginning with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 10, and Saturdays play will begin with a shotgun start at 2:00 p.m. Featuring a 7,255-yard, par-71 course, The Inverness Golf Club was founded in 1903 and has hosted four U.S. Opens, one U.S. Amateur, one U.S. Senior Open and two PGA Championships.
The course: Inverness Golf Club
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Par/Yardage: 71/7,255 yards
The field: UAB, Augusta State, UCF, Eastern Michigan, Georgia Southern, Illinois, Kansas State, Kent State, Kentucky, Michigan State, Northwestern, Notre Dame and Toledo.
2003 team champion: UCLA
2003 individual champion: John Merrick, UCLA
GOLDEN FLASHES STARTING LINEUP:
Name Yr. Season Avg. Career Avg.
Peter Laws Sr. N/A 73.89
Ryan Yip Jr. N/A 74.43
Steve Lohmeyer Sr. N/A 75.06
Joe Hurtuk Sr. N/A 75.79
Jarrod Page Fr. N/A N/A
DIRECTOR OF GOLF/HEAD COACH: Herb Page (Kent State 74) 27th year
GOLDEN FLASHES FINISH IN TOP 25 IN 2003-04: The Kent State mens golf team missed out on a MAC Championship last season, but took advantage of an at-large bid to the NCAA Central Regional, advancing to the NCAA Championships for the 12th time with a 10th place finish at the regional. At the NCAAs, Kent State missed the third-round cut, but finished 24th overall, in the teams first appearance at the national championship since 2001.
WHOS BACK: The Golden Flashes return five letterwinners from 2003-04, losing just one regular in the starting lineup. Back for KSU are three All-MAC selections, in senior Peter Laws (Missassauga, Ontario/Our Lady of Mount Carmel), junior Ryan Yip (Calgary, Alberta/Bishop Carroll) and sophomore Marc Bourgeois (Dieppe, New Brunswick/Mathieu-Martin). Also back are senior Steve Lohmeyer (Dayton, Ohio/Oakwood) and senior Joe Hurtuk (Bedford, Ohio/St. Peter Chanel).
BOURGEOIS TO PLAY IN BELL CANADIAN OPEN: Kent State mens golfer Marc Bourgeois (Dieppe, New Brunswick/Mathieu-Martin) will tee it up in this weekends Bell Canadian Open for his first appearance in a PGA Tour event. Bourgeois, currently a sophomore at Kent State, earned entry into the Canadian Open thanks to a runner-up finish at the Canadian Amatuer Championship.
PAGE INDUCTED INTO OHIO GOLF HALL OF FAME: Kent State Director of Golf Herb Page was chosen as one of four 2004 inductees into the Ohio Golf Hall of Fame, presented by the Ohio Golf Association. Page, now in his 27th year as head coach of the mens program, has coached the Golden Flashes to 11 MAC Championships, 14 NCAA Regional appearances in 16 years and 12 NCAA Championships appearances. Earlier this year he was inducted into the Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame. Joining Page as inductees in 2004 are major-championship winners Tom Weiskopf and Tammie Green, along with Cincinnati golf administrator George "Duke" Smith. The induction ceremony took place Aug. 9, at Plumbrook Country Club in Sandusky, Ohio. Said Page, "Its extremely humbling to be inducted into such a prestigious hall of fame, whose members include Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. I want to thank all my players who have played for me along the way. Its becaus of them an my many great teams that I was given the opportunity to be inducted." Page is just the second coach to be inducted into the 10-year old Ohio Golf Hall of Fame, joining legendary Ohio University coach Kermit Blosser, who coached for 53 years.
ONE DOES NOT NECESSARILY LEAD TO ANOTHER: Last season, for the first time in program history, Kent State advanced to the NCAA Championships in a season that it did not win a MAC Championship. In each of the Golden Flashes previous 11 apperances in the national tournament, KSU has claimed a MAC title along the way. In 2004, however, Kent State finished third at the MAC Championships, but earned one of four at-large bids to the NCAA Central Regional, which was the fourth time the Flashes earned a regional berth without securing the MAC crown.
YIP POSTS LOW-ROUND AT NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL: At last years NCAA Central Regional, Ryan Yip (Calgary, Alberta/Bishop Carroll) fired what he called afterward the best round of his career, in the final 18 holes of the NCAA Central Regional. Yip carded a 69 in that round, including a second nine total of 33, tying for the low-round of the tournament. But the 69 in the final round was more impressive given the fact that no other competitor in the 141-man field came within two strokes of Yip on the day. He had five birdies on his round, one on each of the par fives, and had a crucial birdie on the 17th hole that provided the difference for Kent State to edge Minnesota by a shot in the final standings. It also catapulted Yip from a tie for 34th to start the round to seventh, KSUs highest individual finish at a regional since Jon Mills placed fourth in 2001.
LAWS, YIP ALL-MAC FIRST TEAM; BOURGEOIS MAC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: In an awards ceremony following the 2004 MAC Championships, Peter Laws (Mississauga, Ontario/Our Lady of Mount Carmel) and Ryan Yip (Calgary, Alberta/Bishop Carroll) earned All-MAC First Team honors, while Marc Bourgeois (Dieppe, New Brunswick/Mathieu-Martin) was named the MAC Freshman of the Year and also earned All-MAC Second Team accolades.
Chris Miller, who shot a final-round team-low 72 at the MAC Championships, earned Academic All-MAC honors. It is the second time Miller has been named to the Academic All-MAC Team, also earning the nod in 2002. He also earned All-America Scholar honors from the Golf Coaches Association.
COMING UP NEXT: Kent State takes part in the Notre Dame Invitational/Central Regional Preview, a 54-hole event in South Bend, Ind., Friday-Sunday, Sept. 17-19.
