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Florida Southern leaves no doubt with convincing triumph


Jun 5, 2000 9:35:32 AM


The NCAA News

Florida Southern led from wire to wire and won its third straight Division II Men's Golf Championship, besting the field by 29 shots at Turlock Country Club in Turlock, California, May 16-19.

The Moccasins, who fired a 12-under-par 1,140 total, won their 11th championship and third in a row. Grand Canyon and Cal State Bakersfield finished in a tie for second place. Host institution Cal State Stanislaus (1,176) finished fourth, followed by West Florida (1,182).

Florida Southern's Jeff Klauk turned in scores of 69, 67, 71 and 68, a 13-under-par total of 275, to easily win medalist honors. Klauk tied for second a year ago.

Klauk outdistanced West Florida's Bryan Clarke, who shot 68-73-71-70 -- 282. Cal St. Bakersfield's Kevin Klebe tied for third with Florida Southern's Alex Renard at 285. Brian Flugstad of Western Washington posted a 287 total to round out the top five.

Florida Southern opened a 10-shot lead on the tournament's first day, shooting a 282 total, and never trailed.

Team results

1. Fla. Southern, 282-284-284-290 -- 1,140; 2. (tie) Cal St. Bakersfield, 292-293-291-293 -- 1,169; and Grand Canyon, 299-293-288-289 -- 1,169; 4. Cal St. Stanislaus, 293-285-295-303 -- 1,176; 5. West Fla., 298-293-295-296 -- 1,182; 6. (tie) Columbus St., 302-298-286-297 -- 1,183; and Western Wash., 286-297-299-301 -- 1,183; 8. (tie) Ferris St., 292-289-292-311 -- 1,184; and UC Davis, 298-292-291-303 -- 1,184; 10. GC&SU, 297-298-292-300 -- 1,187; 11. (tie) Grand Valley St., 288-296-311-303 -- 1,198; S.C.-Aiken, 297-309-295-297 -- 1,198; and Texas Wesleyan, 310-289-300-299 -- 1,198; 14. North Ala., 292-296-301-312 -- 1,201; 15. Charleston (W. Va.), 303-296-303-304 -- 1,206; 16. Valdosta St., 299-305-305-312 -- 1,221; 17. Glenville St., 313-318-308-316 -- 1,255; 18. Mo.-St. Louis, 305-319-315-321 -- 1,260.

Individual results

1. Jeff Klauk, Fla. Southern, 69-67-71-68 -- 275; 2. Bryan Clarke, West Fla., 68-73-71-70 -- 282; 3. (tie) Alex Renard, Fla. Southern, 70-71-71-73 -- 285; and Kevin Klebe, Cal St. Bakersfield, 70-74-70-71 -- 285; 5. Brian Flugstad, Western Wash., 73-72-74-68 -- 287; 6 (tie) Mike Plate, Cal St. Bakersfield, 74-71-73-71 -- 289; and Zoran Ilic, Fla. Southern, 69-74-70-76 -- 289; 8. Mitch Flemming, Ferris St., 71-71-67-81 -- 290; 9. (tie) Craig Welty, Western Wash., 66-74-73-78 -- 291; Jason Read, Texas Wesleyan, 73-69-76-73 -- 291; John Davis, Grand Canyon, 75-74-71-71 -- 291; and Will Johnson, UC Davis, 75-73-69-74 -- 291; 13. Chad Schulze, Millersville, 76-71-73-72 -- 292; 14. (tie) Aaron Kerth, Grand Canyon, 74-75-72-72 -- 293; Charlie Zinn, Cal St. Stanislaus, 72-76-72-73 -- 293; Justin Solberg, Grand Canyon, 74-71-76-72 -- 293; and Wayne Raath, Fla. Southern, 74-72-72-75 -- 293; 18. (tie) Ian Lillibridge, Cal St. Stanislaus, 78-66-73-77 -- 294; and Jason Boyd, UC Davis, 76-71-70-77 -- 294; 20. (tie) Denny Kim, Cal St. Stanislaus, 73-70-75-77 -- 295; Jason Vaughn, North Ala., 69-74-71-81 -- 295; Joey Gossett, Glenville St., 72-76-70-77 -- 295; Paul Nourse, Columbus St., 72-73-72-78 -- 295; Chad Tate, Ferris St., 74-73-78-71 -- 296; Claas Coors, Grand Canyon, 76-73-73-74 -- 296; J. Martinez Medrano, GC&SU, 72-73-73-78 -- 296; Jeff Bryant, Charleston (W. Va.), 72-72-77-75 -- 296; John Campbell, Columbus St., 75-75-72-74 -- 296; and Steve Christophel, Cal St. Bakersfield, 73-74-75-74 -- 296; 30. (tie) David West, Texas Wesleyan, 76-73-76-72 -- 297; John Hagemeier, Ferris St., 72-76-72-77 -- 297; Rob Oppenheim, Rollins, 72-75-72-78 -- 297 and Scott Robbins, S.C.-Aiken, 74-76-76-71 -- 297; 34. (tie) Alex Baker, Grand Valley St., 73-71-79-76 -- 299; Dan Scott, UC Davis, 74-74-75-76 -- 299; David Lea, Columbus St., 76-75-74-74 -- 299; Esteban Endere, GC&SU, 82-74-70-73 -- 299; Gary Shankland, S.C.-Aiken, 74-78-70-77 -- 299; Matt Avinger, S.C.-Aiken, 73-78-73-75 -- 299; Orjan Larsen, West Fla., 77-71-76-75 -- 299; Ryan Norris, Glenville St., 73-74-77-75 -- 299; and Stephen Hansen, Columbus St., 80-75-70-74 -- 299; 43. (tie) Byde Kephart, Grand Valley St., 72-76-75-77 -- 300; Eric Cowles, Grand Valley St., 70-74-79-77 -- 300; and Paul Sobottka, North Ala., 73-74-74-79 -- 300; 46. David Robinson, GC&SU, 71-78-74-78 -- 301; 47. (tie) Alex McMichael, GC&SU, 79-74-75-74 -- 302; Anton Haakman, Columbus St., 79-76-72-75 -- 302; Jamie Kim, Western Wash., 73-75-74-80 -- 302; Justin Regan, North Ala., 74-74-80-74 -- 302; Mark Lawless, Cal St. Stanislaus, 73-76-77-76 -- 302; Stan Matthews, Cal St. Stanislaus, 75-73-75-79 -- 302; and Stuart Manley, West Fla., 77-75-76-74 -- 302; 54. (tie) Andy Davis, Grand Canyon, 78-76-72-77 -- 303; Bo Stephan, Western Wash., 74-76-78-75 -- 303; Jim Sisneros, Cal St. Bakersfield, 75-78-73-77 -- 303; Luke McCotter, Grand Valley St., 76-76-78-73 -- 303; Scott Campbell, Charleston (W. Va.), 76-74-77-76 -- 303; and Tim McMillan, Texas Wesleyan, 80-74-73-76 -- 303; 60. (tie) Andy Blanton, Valdosta St., 73-78-79-74 -- 304; Craig Brown, Valdosta St., 74-75-74-81 -- 304; Kevin Warrick, West Fla., 80-74-73-77 -- 304; Ola Bjoerklund, GC&SU, 75-77-77-75 -- 304; and Stephen Genchi, West Fla., 76-76-75-77 -- 304; 65. Aaron Tallman, Charleston (W. Va.), 72-79-76-78 -- 305, Jeremy Lewis, North Ala., 76-74-77-78 -- 305; and Steve Parramore, Fla. Southern, 79-78-74-74 -- 305; 68. Gregg Wilkinson, UC Davis, 73-77-80-76 -- 306, B.J. Szafran, Valdosta St., 79-76-76-76 -- 307, Dave Wilson, Grand Valley St., 73-75-80-79 -- 307, Dennis Lees, Mo.-St. Louis, 75-78-77-77 -- 307; Dustin Akers, Ferris St., 75-75-75-82 -- 307; and Mikael Mustonen S.C.-Aiken, 76-81-76-74 -- 307; 74. (tie) David Hall, Texas Wesleyan, 82-73-75-78 -- 308 and Matt Lashua, UC Davis, 80-74-77-77 -- 308; 76. Dan Warburton, Cal St. Bakersfield, 77-74-77-83 -- 311; 77. (tie) Chris Fly, Charleston (W. Va.), 83-71-78-80 -- 312; and Freddy Arango, Valdosta St., 78-76-77-81 -- 312; 79. Les Ledingham, Texas Wesleyan, 81-77-78-78 -- 314; 80. (tie) Justin Bridges, Valdosta St., 74-80-78-83 -- 315; and Scott Usher, S.C.-Aiken, 81-77-79-78 -- 315; 82. Andy Schwob, Mo.-St. Louis, 76-81-79-81 -- 317, Joe Norman, Charleston (W. Va.), 86-83-73-75 -- 317; and Scott Sefferlein, Ferris St., 78-70-80-89 -- 317; 85. (tie) Kevin Hogg, Drury, 85-76-80-77 -- 318; and Kyle Szcesniak, Mo.-St. Louis, 79-79-79-81-- 318; 87. Doug Kreitner, Mo.-St. Louis, 77-81-80-82 -- 320; 88. Jason Godsey, North Ala., 81-83-79-84 -- 327; 89. Scott Kirchoff, Mo.-St. Louis, 77-86-82-84 -- 329; 90. Ben Hiener, Glenville St., 81-85-78-86 -- 330; 91. Matt Plosila, Glenville St., 87-83-92-79 -- 341; 92. Jerry Stutler, Glenville St., 91-86-83-85 -- 345; Mark Hansen, Western Wash., DNF.


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