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Jim Owen Named 2008 SCAC Golf Coach-of-the Year
June 1, 2008
Men Come Home in 6th Place at 2008 Championships; Pugh Makes First Team All-American
May 16, 2008
Petrels Stumble on "Moving Day" at the NCAA's
May 15, 2008
Halfway Home: Petrels Soar Into 2nd Place After Round Two
May 14, 2008
Men Fire Excellent Round One, Hold in 7th Place
May 13, 2008
Men's Golf Takes Aim at School's First Ever National Title
May 13, 2008
Men's Golf Wins 2nd SCAC Title in Three Years, Urbanski Named POTY
April 27, 2008
Urbanski Named to Nicklaus Watch List
April 15, 2008
Men Take 2nd Place at Emory Spring Invitational
April 11, 2008
Men Take 3rd Place at Camp Lejeune
March 30, 2008
Men Score 3rd Place Finish at Jekyll Island Invitational
March 20, 2008
Men Stumble to 15th Place Finish at Callaway Classic
March 4, 2008
Men's Golf Ranked #1 by Golf World Magazine
February 21, 2008
Oglethorpe Helps Youth Tee Up
February 8, 2008
Oglethorpe Coaching Staff Honored by Golf Digest
January 10, 2008
Urbanski Earns 1st Team All-American Honors
January 5 , 2008
Urbanski Named Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar
January 3 , 2008
Fall Season Recap: Stormy Petrels #1 in Nation
December 11, 2007
Men Seize #1 National Ranking
November 7, 2007
Men Take Second at Royal Lakes
October 23, 2007
Men Win Gordin Collegiate Classic
October 15, 2007
Men Win O'Briant Memorial
October 8, 2007
Men Take 3rd at Greensboro Fall Classic
October 3, 2007
Petrels Capture 5th Place at 2007 NCAA Championships
May 17, 2007
OU Men Surge to #3 in National Rankings
April 24, 2007
OU Men Climb to #4 in National Rankings
April 2, 2007
Men Rally to Claim Swords at Camp Lejeune
April 1, 2007
Oglethorpe Wins 7th Consecutive Georgia Cup
April 1, 2007
Urbanski Takes Georgia Cup Player of the Year Honors
March 31, 2007
Oglethorpe Finishes Tied for 7th at
Callaway
March 3, 2007
Oglethorpe Finishes 2nd at Royal Lakes Invitational
October 31, 2006
Oglethorpe Stumbles
in Greensboro College Invitational
September 23, 2006
Oglethorpe Edged in 6 Hole
Playoff
September 23, 2006
Petrels Earn Preseason #1
Honors
September, 16 2006
Petrels Ranked #2 in Final
Golfstat Power Rankings
May 15th, 2006
Petrels Place 4th at NCAA's
May 9th, 2006
Green Earns Georgia Cup Player of the
Year Honors
April 11th, 2006
Stormy Petrels Sweep Georgia's
Cup
April 10th, 2006
Methodist Edges Oglethorpe
April 10th, 2006
Green Takes Swords at Camp
Lejeune
April 3rd, 2006
Men Finish 2nd at Camp
Lejeune...Again
April 3rd, 2006
OU Ranked #2 in Freshmen Class
Impact Stats
March 30, 2006
OU Finishes 4th at Jekyll Island
March 30, 2006
OU Places 5 on SCAC's
Anniversary Golf Team
March 28, 2006
Oglethorpe 3rd in Latest Poll
March 16, 2006
Oglethorpe Wins Callaway Collegiate
Classic
March 6, 2006
Guilford Reclaims GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll's Top Spot/Oglethorpe 3rd
January 31, 2006
Erb's 2005 Season a Success on the Hooter's Tour
January 20, 2006
Men Finish Fall Season on High Note
November 15, 2005
Stormy Petrels Lead the
Nation in Fairways and Greens
November 14, 2005
Men 5th Nationally in Freshmen Class
Impact
November 12, 2005
OU Gets National Recognition
November 11, 2005
Six Players Contribute This Fall
November 10, 2005
Oglethorpe Climbs to 3rd in GCAA Poll
November 4, 2005
Men's Golf Wins at Cross
Creek Plantation
October 27th, 2005
Stormy Petrels Finish 2nd at "The
Cardinal"
September 28, 2005
Oglethorpe Moves to Fourth
in GCAA College Coaches Poll
November 11, 2005
Oglethorpe Ranks 6th in GCAA Poll
October 18, 2004
Oglethorpe will host
the 2005 Men's Division III NCAA National Golf Championship
October 12, 2004
Oglethorpe Third at Greensboro
Invitational
October 11, 2004
Oglethorpe Third at
Rain-shortened Cardinal
September 28, 2004
2003 - 2004
Men's Golf Year in Review
August 18, 2004
 August 10,
2004
Oglethorpe Alumnus Trent Erb Makes Professional Golf
Debut
ATLANTA - In his first event on the NGA/Hooters Professional
Golf Tour over the weekend, Oglethorpe University alumnus Trent Erb finished
56th in The Michelob Ultra Classic in Owasso, Okla. Erb, who graduated from
Oglethorpe in May, fought his way back from five over par on his first three
professional golf holes to finish the tournament one under par, earning
nearly $1,000 for the week and making the cut from a field of 161 players.
While playing golf for Oglethorpe's Stormy Petrels, Erb was
a two-time Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year and a
2003 Division III PING All-America First Team selection. In July, he was
named to the United States team for the 2004 Fuji Xerox USA vs. Japan
Collegiate Golf Championship by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
The NGA/Hooters Tour is a developmental tour for rising golf stars and is
one step below the Nationwide Tour, which is receiving television coverage
on the Golf Channel. Erb next travels to Miami, Okla., for the Buffalo Run
Casino Classic scheduled for Aug. 12-15. He returns to Georgia for the
Langdale Ford Championship in Valdosta, Sept. 16-19.
To follow Erb and find more information on results,
pairings, statistics and his daily scorecard, visit
www.NGAHooterstour.com.
Oglethorpe Golfer Named to U.S. Team for
U.S. vs. Japan Matches
Oglethorpe's Trent Erb to compete July 13-16 in Chiba, Japan
ATLANTA - The Golf Coaches Association of American (GCAA) recently named
the United States Team for the 2004 Fuji Xerox U.S.A. vs. Japan Collegiate
Golf Championship. The 12-member squad will consist of eight men's and
four women's collegiate players. The event will be held July 13-16 at
Taiheiyou Club Ichihara Course in Chiba, Japan.
Trent Erb of Oglethorpe is among the eight collegiate players named to
the team.
A senior from Athens, Ga., Erb is the two-time Southern Collegiate
Athletic Conference Player of the Year and was a 2003 Division III PING
All-America selection. The only NCAA Division III player selected for the
Team USA, Erb will represent his division in the U.S. vs. Japan matches.
Additional men selected for the U.S. Team include Kentucky's John Holmes,
J.J. Jakovac of Chico State, Colorado State's Nolan Martin, Indiana's Jeff
Overton, Michael Putnam of Pepperdine, Minnesota's Justin Smith and Peter
Tomasulo of California comprise the men's portion of the team.
The women's team consists of Kailin Downs of New Mexico, Duke's Anna
Grzebien, UCLA's Charlotte Mayorkas and Brooke Tull of TCU.
Team USA leads all-time U.S.A. vs. Japan Collegiate Golf Championship
series, 21-7, and has won eight-straight competitions.
Golf Team Wins Camp Lejeune . . . Again
Erb's 64, Green's 65 and Garner's 66 in the second
round put OU in position to win
Once is not enough when it comes to winning the Camp Lejeune
Intercollegiate. Two years ago to the day the Oglethorpe squad, then led by
senior Robert Fink and juniors Robert Miller and Chris Summers won the
coveted Military sword and shield to join the list of champions in the
circle of honor.
The Stormy Petrel men's golfers fired a school record 16 under par 264
on the par 70 Scarlet Course at Paradise Point Golf Course on the Marine
Military base at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Oglethorpe held the first
round lead on the par 72 Gold Course with a five over par 293 opening round.
The Petrels trailed Rhodes College by five after the 36 holes and were
poised to make another Sunday final day finish at Camp Lejeune. During the
past four years the Stormy Petrels have put together incredible Sunday
finishes that earned them the third place trophy in 2001, the 1st place
sword and shield in 2002, the runner-up trophy in 2003 and this year's come
from behind win.
Sophomore Joe Green's one under par 71 on the windblown 7037 yard course
kept Methodist College (trailing by three), Barton College (trailing by
seven) and Emory University (trailing by ten) chasing Oglethorpe all day.
Green combined with Trent Erb's 74, Danny Swanick's 76 and Jon Davis' 78
for a 299 closing round total to bring home the victory and another set of
swords for Oglethorpe.
Individually, Trent Erb's 72-64-74=210 placed him four under par and
good for third overall. Joe Green's 71 was proceeded by rounds of 75-65 for
a three day total of 211 good for 5th place. Corey Garner's 219 was good
for 18th.
Garner's Double Eagle Highlights
Oglethorpe's Win at Camp Lejeune Intercollegiate
Division III's Oglethorpe University won the 33rd annual Camp Lejeune
Intercollegiate with an even par 856 total edging Division II team Barton
College by three strokes. Carding rounds of 293 on the par 72 Gold
Course, 16 under 264 on the par 70 Scarlet Course, and closing with a 299
on the Gold Course, Oglethorpe won the Intercollegiate for the 2nd time in
three years.
The 7033 yard Gold Course built a new par 5, 11th hole, with the green out
near the river. In Thursday's (March 25th) practice round freshman Danny
Swanick (Tampa, Fla.) with the hole playing at 563, hit a driver - 2 iron
that landed just in front of the green and rolled toward the flagstick and
hit the flagstick stopping one foot from double eagle. On Friday (March
26th) in the first round of the Camp Lejeune Intercollegiate with the hole
playing 537 yards, junior Corey Garner hit a six iron from 220 yards that
landed on the front edge of the green and began rolling directly at the
flagstick. This time the ball found the bottom of the cup for a double
eagle.
Garner knew he had hit it close as the ball rolled toward the flagstick in
between the swales in the green. His playing partner from Piedmont
College saw it go in and yelled "It went in!" Both players looked ahead
to the reaction from pro-am partner Sgt. Maj. Milton Bartely. He motioned
that he thought it went over the back. So the threesome proceeding toward
the green unaware they had christened the new hole with a double eagle.
Head Coach Jim Owen standing 100 yards to the left of the green with
former Oglethorpe Athletic Director Jack Berkshire and his wife Tomzie
could not see the hole but applauded what they thought was an eagle putt
opportunity. Assuming the ball had in fact rolled over the green, the
group began looking for the ball. Piedmont College golfer John Dalton
again insisted he had seen the ball go in the cup from the fairway. The
trio then moved toward the cup and amazingly there lay a Titliest pro v1x
with his Oglethorpe logo in the bottom of the cup. The threesome erupted
in excitement not only for Garner's amazing feat, but for the "two" they
were going to write on their scorecard in Camp Lejeune's unique best ball
pro-am format.
For 33 years the Marine base at Camp Lejeune has hosted this memorable
event for collegians. The first 36 holes are played on two different
courses with the collegians playing their own ball and the military
personnel playing their ball with their full handicap. On Saturday night
at a banquet held at the Officer's Club on the base awards are given out
for the best ball teams. Despite the double eagle, the team came up short
in the best ball. Senior All-American, Trent Erb, and his partner from
Piedmont College and retired Sgt. Ron Tipton carded a seven under par 65
on the 7000 yard Gold Course and followed it up with a blistering 17 under
par 53 on the much shorter par 70 Scarlet Course to tie for first with a
24 under par total of 118. On Sunday the event's final 18 holes involved
only the collegians and the race for the prestigious authentic Marine
swords presented to the winning team from the 32 team field.
Oglethorpe University joins the University of North Carolina, Elon
University, Gilford College, Virginia Commonwealth, and Methodist College
as the only multiple winners of the Intercollegiate
Methodist Continues Hold on GCAA/Precept
Coaches Poll
Oglethorpe remains sixth in February Poll
NORMAN, Okla. - Methodist continued its streak as the nation's
top-ranked men's golf program by earning 13 first-place votes in the
latest GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll. The Monarchs were the coaches
preseason No. 1 pick and also held the ranking throughout the fall.
Four additional programs also earned first-place votes.
Second-ranked Guilford and No. 5 Ohio Wesleyan garnered one
first-place vote apiece while third-ranked Gustavus Adolphus tallied
three and fourth-ranked Saint John's garnered four. Oglethorpe and
Wisconsin-Eau Claire held at sixth and seventh, respectively. Emory,
Redlands and Greensboro each moved up one spot to complete the top
10.
Central and Denison also climbed one spot, to 11th and 12th,
respectively. Texas-Dallas fell five spots to No. 13. Nebraska
Wesleyan comes in at No. 14 and is followed by Hardin-Simmons,
Skidmore and Otterbein. La Grange made the biggest move in the
rankings, going from being previously unranked to No. 18. Defending
national champion Averett climbed one spot to No. 19 while
Huntingdon dropped to No. 20.
LaVerne moved one rung to No. 21 and Mary Hardin-Baylor moved up
three to No. 22. Trinity University suffered the biggest tumble in
the poll, falling seven spots to No. 23. Wesley and previously
unranked Allegheny tied at No. 24.
Hope and Pacific Lutheran dropped from the rankings.
The Division III Precept Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of
Division III coaches that are members of the Golf Coaches
Association of America. The next Division III Precept Coaches Poll
will be released March 4.
Precept Division III Coaches Poll
- 1 Methodist (13) 537 1
- 2 Guilford (1) 481 3
- 3 Gustavus Adolphus (3) 462 4
- 4 Saint John's (4) 460 2
- 5 Ohio Wesleyan (1) 440 5
- 6 Oglethorpe 435 6
- 7 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 415 7
- 8 Emory 366 9
- 9 Redlands 323 10
- 10 Greensboro 321 11
- 11 Central 264 12
- 12 Denison 259 13
- 13 Texas-Dallas 239 8
- 14 Nebraska Wesleyan 210 19
- 15 Hardin-Simmons 207 14
- 16 Skidmore 187 15
- 17 Otterbein 183 17
- 18 La Grange 150 NR
- 19 Averett 135 20
- 20 Huntingdon 121 18
- 21 LaVerne 120 22
- 22 Mary Hardin-Baylor 97 25
- 23 Trinity University 78 16
- T24 Allegheny 62 NR
- T24 Wesley 62 23
Others Receiving Votes: Pacific Lutheran 60, Hope
57, Olivet 56, Muskingum 42, Rhodes 41, Rochester 36, Williams 33,
Saint Thomas 29, Trinity College 20, Christopher Newport 18,
Illinois Wesleyan 18, University of the South 15, Franklin 14, New
York 14, Texas Lutheran 14, Claremont McKenna-Mudd-Scripps 13,
McMurry 11, St. Lawrence 10, LeTourneau 9, DePauw 8, California
Lutheran 6, Washington & Lee 6, Nazareth 3, Wooster 2, Susquehanna 1
Joe Green Earns Honors as the 2003 GCAA/SOFTSPIKES National
Freshman of the Year
Green was honored at the GCAA banquet at the NCAA Tournament as
one of sixfinalists from around the country for this prestigious
award. His stellar play at the NCAA Tournament, finishing 19th
overall, with rounds of 76-77-70-73-296 earned him Honorable Mention
All-American honors and helped seal the award for him. Green from
Jacksonville, Florida played extremely well all season long and put
himself in position to earn one of the most prestigious awards in
the history of the golf program. Please see
www.collegiategolf.com for
the full story.
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