IUP - 2009 PSAC Men's Golf Champions
PSAC Golf Championship Program (pdf)
Final Team Results
Final Individual Results
Final Combination Results
Brad Boyle of IUP birdied the first playoff hole to defeat his teammate and defending NCAA individual champion Gavin Smith and win the PSAC individual title while the performances of both Boyle and Smith in the second round helped lead the Crimson Hawks to their third consecutive PSAC men's golf championship.
The Crimson Hawks as a team shot at 16-over par 592 (298-294) over the two championship rounds to beat out California and Millersville by 23 strokes. The Vulcans and Marauders tied for second place at 39-over 615. Cal shot rounds of 302-313 while Millersville was the opposite with rounds of 313-302. Both teams topped Clarion by one stroke for second place as the Golden Eagles settled for fourth place with a score of 40-over 616 (302-314).
Boyle and Smith, after being two of five players tied for the individual lead after the first round, each put up second round scores of 2-under 70 to tie for the individual title. Those two 70s were two of only three rounds under par for the entire tournament. On the first playoff hole, Boyle hit a pair of three-woods on the Par 5 No. 1, chipped onto the green and then made his birdie putt while Smith settled for a par. Both finished seven strokes ahead of the third place finisher, Paul Babashanian of California.
Gannon's Drew Deimel, Clarion's Jared Schmader and Cal's Bryan Bustamante finished in a three-way tie for fourth while IUP's Ryan Kennedy, West Chester's Griffith Basehore, IUP's Leo Acklin (the defending PSAC individual champion) and Clarion's Zach Schloemer finished in a four-way tie for seventh place. All of those players are named All-PSAC as the Top 10 finishers in the championship.
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First Round Team Results
First Round Individual Results
First Round Combination Results
The first round of the 2009 PSAC Men's Golf Championship was completed on Sunday morning. Second round play is currently ongoing. After one round, defending champion IUP holds a four-stroke lead over Clarion and California. Individually, five players shot a 1-over par 73 to tie for the first round lead: Tyler Bidwell of Mercyhurst, Bryan Bustamante of California, Zach Schloemer of Clarion and Gavin Smith and Brad Boyle of IUP.
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Players teed off on time on Saturday morning and each group got through at least nine holes before the rains came in the early part of the afternoon, which led to play being suspended for the remainder of the day Saturday at the PSAC Men's Golf Championship being held at Hershey Links. First round play will resume on Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. The groups will then continue with the second round with tee times beginning at 10:10 a.m.
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After last weekend's rainout, the PSAC Men's Golf Championship has been rescheduled to this weekend and will be held Saturday-Sunday, October 24-25 at the Hershey Country Club. The men are scheduled for 18 holes each day on Saturday and Sunday. The women's tournament is unable to be held this weekend due to academic conflicts for some teams and it therefore will be held in the spring from April 23-24, 2010, also at Hershey Country Club.
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Sunday's scheduled play at the PSAC Golf Championships has been cancelled due to continuing rain and poor course conditions on Sunday morning in the Hershey area. With the cancellation on Sunday, the entire tournament for both the men and women has been postponed. It is the intention of tournament officials to make up both tournaments at a later date. More information on reschedule dates will be announced as it becomes available. Check back to psacsports.org in the coming week(s) for more information.
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All play scheduled for Saturday at the PSAC Golf Championships has been cancelled due to poor course conditions and rain. The coaches will meet on Sunday morning to determine what play, if any, there will be on Sunday. Tournament officials are hopeful that both the men's and women's tournaments can be completed with 18 holes each on Sunday.
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Hershey, Pa. - The PSAC Golf Championships will once again be contested this weekend at the Hershey Country Club. Eight women's teams will compete for the PSAC women's golf championship and seven men's teams will compete for the men's title. Both the men and women will play 18 holes each on both Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday's tee times are scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m., with golfers starting on both holes No. 1 and No. 10. All golfers will go off hole No. 1 on Sunday beginning at 8:00 a.m.
California is the defending women's team champions. Two of the the five members of the Vulcans' starting lineup from last year's championship team return, led by 2008 individual runner-up Jenna Rothermel, who shot a score of five-over par last year to finish three strokes off the lead. Also returning is Dianne Luke, who finished in third place, three strokes behind Rothermel. The Vulcans finished 35 strokes in front of second place Kutztown last year. Also competing for the women's team title in addition to Cal and Kutztown will be Gannon, Mercyhurst, West Chester, Clarion, East Stroudsburg and Millersville, which is sponsoring women's golf for the first time this year.
IUP is the defending men's champions and the Crimson Hawks return four of the five members of their starting lineup from last year, including individual champion Leo Acklin, who won the individual title by three strokes over teammate Cory Stelick. Also returning this year is Gavin Smith, who later on last year won the NCAA individual championship, Brad Boyle and Ryan Kennedy. Clarion, which finished in second place last year, returns three individuals who finished in the top six last year, including Jared Schmader, Ross Pringle and Mike DeAngelo. The Golden Eagles finished just 13 strokes behind the champion Crimson Hawks last year. Also competing for the men's team title in addition to IUP and Clarion is California, Millersville, Gannon, West Chester and Mercyhurst.