The NCAA News - News and Features

June 2, 1997

Player-turned-coach finds second title in II men's golf just as satisfying as the first

Columbus State's Scott Clark must not have had enough fun winning a golf championship as a player, so he decided to win one as a coach.

The second-year mentor did just that, guiding his Cougars to the team title at the Division II Men's Golf Championships May 20-23 at Grand Canyon.

Led by Jaco Rall's eight-under-par 280, the Cougars posted a four-stroke win over North Florida for their fourth title in nine years and sixth overall.

It was Columbus State's third crown in the 1990s, but first since 1994. Clark was a player on the 1992 championship squad.

"It was very exciting to win as a player," Clark said, "but even sweeter to win as a coach because you have to manage the players all year."

Rall was one of those players. He fired opening rounds of 67 and 68, then posted a third-round 71 to help Columbus State emerge as the tournament leader for the first time. Teammate Wilfredo Morales shot the team's best third-round score -- 69 -- to lead the Cougars to a 284 round.

Then, Jon Drewery topped the field with a final-round 66 to help Columbus State post a tournament-low round of 282 and secure the victory.

Records were shattered in the race for medalist as Scott Householder of Cal State San Bernardino outlasted North Florida's Felipe Aguilar with a final-round 69 to post a two-shot victory.

Both golfers eclipsed the championship's 34-year-old record for best total score. Householder finished 15 under par while Aguilar was at 13 under. Gary Head of Middle Tennessee State held the previous mark of 10 under par, established in 1963, the first year of the event.

The two golfers were tied after the first round, each having shot six-under-par 66. Jeff White of Abilene Christian shot a second-round 67 to lead at the halfway mark, but Householder and Aguilar emerged as coleaders again after the third round to set the stage for the final dramatics.

"The first round my putter was working great," Householder said. "The last three rounds I was hitting a lot of greens, which kept me going."

Rall placed third at eight under par, while White finished fourth two shots back. Ryan Dillon of South Carolina-Aiken was fifth.

Householder's total helped Cal State San Bernardino tie Rollins for third in the team standings, 11 shots behind North Florida. White's Abilene Christian squad finished fifth.

DIVISION II MEN'S GOLF

TEAM RESULTS

1. Columbus St., 288-295-284-282--1,149; 2. North Fla., 283-293-292-285--1,153; 3. (tie) Cal St. San B'dino, 289-295-291-289--1,164; and Rollins, 297-294-287-286--1,164; 5. Abilene Christian, 287-291-298-295--1,171; 6. (tie) Central Okla., 296-298-291-291--1,176; and S.C.-Aiken, 297-297-295-287--1,176; 8. Fla. Southern, 293-299-293-295--1,180; 9. Cal St. Stanislaus, 292-298-303-292--1,185; 10. Elon, 290-312-305-292--1,199.

11. High Point, 297-299-304-301--1,201; 12. Indianapolis, 288-306-312-303--1,209; 13. UC Davis, 307-316-300-295--1,218; 14. Oakland, 303-307-311-301--1,222; 15. Mo. Western St., 296-311-307-309--1,223; 16. Saginaw Valley, 299-315-313-298--1,225; 17. Ferris St., 295-319-314-305--1,233; 18. Slippery Rock, 318-311-305-315--1,249.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1. Scott Householder, Cal St. San B'dino, 66-70-68-69--273; 2. Felipe Aguilar, North Fla., 66-69-69-71--275; 3. Jaco Rall, Columbus St., 67-68-71-74--280; 4. Jeff White, Abilene Christian, 67-67-74-74--282; 5. Ryan Dillon, S.C.-Aiken, 69-72-70-73--284; 6. (tie) Jon Drewery, Columbus St., 72-76-71-66--285; and Wilfredo Morales, Columbus St., 74-73-69-69--285; 8. Jim Drew, Cal St. Stanislaus, 69-70-73-74--286; 9. (tie) Carter Lamberson, Rollins, 70-78-69-70--287; and Jeff Klauk, Fla. Southern, 72-71-69-75--287.

11. (tie) John Bloomfield, Rollins, 69-75-75-69--288; Todd Sapere, Catawba, 70-71-73-74--288; Casey Devoll, Tex. A&M-Commerce, 74-69-74-71--288; and Garrett Morrison, North Fla., 71-72-71-75--289; 15. Brandon Johnson, Abilene Christian, 72-73-75-71--291; 16. (tie) Jamie Stanley, S.C.-Aiken, 77-74-72-69--292; and Donnie Wilson, High Point, 77-74-72-69--292; 18. (tie) Bobby Delagrange, Indianapolis, 71-77-74-71--293; Justin Good, Central Okla., 75-74-74-70--293; and Danny Simmerman, North Fla., 71-74-76-72--293.

21. (tie) Lee Kinney, Cal St. San B'dino, 73-74-72-75--294; and Eric Lippert, Cal St. San B'dino, 72-74-78-70--294; 23. (tie) Travis Perkins, Fla. Southern, 72-75-75-73--295; Wayne Raath, Fla. Southern, 72-80-73-70--295; and Dustin York, Central Okla., 76-79-70-70--295; 26. (tie) Gordon Chilton, Slippery Rock, 74-76-71-75--296; Tosh Hays, Central Okla., 74-72-76-74--296; and Brandon Slater, Cal St. Stanislaus, 75-76-78-67--296; 29. (tie) Donough Forde, Elon, 72-78-73-74--297; Jeff Hauer, UC Davis, 77-74-75-71--297; Knox Milligan, Elon, 70-77-76-74--297; and Fredrik Nilsson, Rollins, 78-74-70-75--297.

33. Brandon Scott, Abilene Christian, 70-74-76-78--298; 34. (tie) Josh Fryer, Oakland, 73-74-77-75--299; David Harris, Oakland, 75-77-76-71--299; Dax Johnston, Central Okla., 72-79-71-77--299; Jim Lusk, Ferris St., 73-77-78-71--299; Tommy Moore, High Point, 72-75-77-75--299; 39. Richard Havel, Cal St. Stanislaus, 72-78-75-75--300; 40. (tie) Brian Eggleston, Saginaw Valley, 73-80-77-71--301; Dan Hall, Rollins, 80-73-74-74--301; and Mark Korell, Mo. Western St., 75-77-76-73--301.

43. Duncan Burke, Central Okla., 75-73-77-77--302; 44. (tie) Brad Lawrence, Elon, 74-77-77-75--303; and Daryl Wooldridge, Cal St. San B'dino, 78-77-73-75--303; 46. (tie) Jeff Ennis, Elon, 75-80-80-69--304; Carey Gentry, Abilene Christian, 78-77-75-74--304; Chad Lytton, North Fla., 75-79-78-72--304; Mark Petzold, North Fla., 80-78-76-70--304; Tony Romani, High Point, 73-73-78-80--304; and Tobin Scott, Ferris St., 70-77-79-78--304; 52. (tie) Matt Baker, Saginaw Valley, 76-76-80-73--305; Del Demao, Indianapolis, 73-77-79-76--305; Frankie Hamer, S.C.-Aiken, 75-79-76-75--305; and Rusty Ripberger, Indianapolis, 73-76-80-76--305.

56. (tie) Richard Davison, UC Davis, 76-84-73-73--306; Chad Glanton, Columbus St., 75-78-73-80--306; Preston Hafer, S.C.-Aiken, 82-74-80-70--306; Kensey Snider, Indianapolis, 71-76-79-80--306; and Chris Weddle, Mo. Western St., 74-81-73-78--306; 61. Patrick Kinley, Fla. Southern, 77-77-76-77--307; 62. (tie) Nate Dunn, Cal St. Stanislaus, 76-74-77-81--308; and Ben Warren, S.C.-Aiken, 76-77-77-78--308; 64. (tie) Erin Hatcher, Mo. Western St., 74-78-82-75--309; and Chris Petersen, UC Davis, 76-82-75-76--309.

66. (tie) Trey Barnes, Abilene Christian, 78-82-74-76--310; Todd Grassi, Elon, 74-82-79-75--310; Tyler Hahn, UC Davis, 78-77-77-78--310; and Matt Payne, Columbus St., 77-78-82-73--310; 70. Brett Baranek, Saginaw Valley, 73-82-75-81--311; 71. (tie) Todd Covert, Oakland, 78-77-80-77--312; John Gray, Cal St. San B'dino, 78-77-81-76--312; Jason McDaniel, Cal St. Stanislaus, 79-79-78-76--312; Kyle Sinclair, Mo. Western St., 76-77-76-83--312; and Tony Stocklask, West Liberty St., 77-76-80-79--312.

76. Pete Santacasa, High Point, 75-77-84-77--313; 77. J. J. Pelley, Slippery Rock, 82-75-81-76--314; 78. Cameron Hyland, UC Davis, 80-83-78-75--316; 79. (tie) Adam Pranger, High Point, 80-79-77-82--318; and Dave Tokarsky, Saginaw Valley, 77-81-81-79--318; 81. Matt Joseph, Oakland, 77-79-78-85--319; 82. (tie) John Hagemeier, Ferris St., 73-83-84-80--320; and Mike Papson, Slippery Rock, 81-81-74-84--320; 84. Brad Delman, Ferris St., 79-86-80-76--321; 85. Jason Fezy, Slippery Rock, 82-79-79-83--323.

86. (tie) Mike Holub, Ferris St., 84-82-77-82--325; and Joel Wilhite, Mo. Western St., 73-79-83-90--325; 88. Andy McLendon, Fla. Southern, 84-76-84-82--326; 89. Brent DeClark, Oakland, 81-84-84-78--327; 90. Dave Allyn, Saginaw Valley, 89-78-86-75--328; 91. Neal Courtney, Slippery Rock, 81-88-81-81--331; 92. Josh Neal, Indianapolis, 81-81-86-85--333; 93. Mario Coelho, Rollins, DQ-72-74-73--DQ.