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Erb, Williams Highlight 5 OU Golfers on SCAC
Anniversary Golf Team
Oglethorpe University’s Trent Erb and Tolliver Williams, the only
two-time Players-of-the-Year in Southern Collegiate Athletic
Conference men's golfing history, highlight an impressive group of
five former Petrels named to the SCAC's 15th Anniversary men’s golf
team. Joining Erb and Williams on the team from Oglethorpe are
Robert Fink, Robert Miller and Chris Summers. Erb, the league's
Golfer-of-the-Year in 2003 and 2004, set the all-time conference
championship 36-hole record when he fired a two-day total of 141 at
the 2003 championships at Hulman Links Golf Club in Terre Haute,
Ind. The old mark of 142 had stood since 1964. At that same
championship, he became the first player in championships history to
post a sub-70 final round score with his second-round 69. Oglethorpe
won three conference championships during his four-year tenure. A
two-time All-American selection, Erb capped his career by being
named the recipient of the 2004 Jack Nicklaus Award - awarded to
Division III Men's Golfer-of-the-Year.
Williams earned Golfer-of-the-Year honors in 1996 and 1998, and if
not for the washout of the 1997 championships, could have been the
only three-time medalist. His 146 at the 1998 championships was a
then SCAC championship best and remains the largest margin of
victory in conference history (9 shots). His record-setting
performance also propelled Oglethorpe to its first conference
men's golf title. Williams was named the school's first men's golf
All-American that same year and led the Petrels to their
first-ever appearance in the Division III national championships.
Robert Fink finished second as a freshman at the 1999
championships, a shot behind the eventual winner, before earning a
two-shot victory to earn SCAC Men's Golfer-of-the-Year honors in
2000 at Stonebridge Golf Club in Cordova, Tenn. The Petrels won
three conference titles during Fink's tenure.
As a freshman, Robert Miller finished third at the 2000 SCAC
Championships and duplicated the feat as a senior in 2003 when OU
won its fourth consecutive men's golf championship.
Chris Summers is one of just four golfers to earn First Team All-SCAC
honors three times during his career (2001-03). Summers bookended
those awards with a SCAC Men's Golfer-of-the-Year award at the
2002 championships at Deerfield Country Club in Madison, Miss. A
two-time All-American, (2002-03) Chris along with Robert are the
only members of the all-anniversary team to play on four
conference championship teams.
The SCAC’s 15th Anniversary teams were selected in each sport
through balloting by present coaches and administrators.
Athletes who participated in conference competition between the
fall of 1991 through the spring of 2004 and had been named to at
least two All-SCAC teams were eligible for selection.
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