American Athletic Conference Men’s Golf Championship Black Diamond Ranch * Lecanto, Fla. May 1-3, 2016 The American Athletic Conference is pleased to have the 2016 Men’s Golf Championship at Black Diamond Ranch in Lecanto, Fla., hosted by The American and USF. The three-round tournament will be held on the Quarry Course. The winner of the three-day tournament will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals.
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE #5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Sunday, May 1 - Round 1 #4 East Carolina, #5 Memphis, #6 UCF 8:00 a.m. #4 East Carolina, #5 Memphis, #6 UCF 8:10 a.m. #4 East Carolina, #5 Memphis, #6 UCF 8:20 a.m. #4 East Carolina, #5 Memphis, #6 UCF 8:30 a.m. #4 East Carolina, #5 Memphis, #6 UCF 8:40 a.m.
Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1
#5 #4 #3 #2 #1
#1 USF, #2 Houston, #3 Memphis #1 USF, #2 Houston, #3 Memphis #1 USF, #2 Houston, #3 Memphis #1 USF, #2 Houston, #3 Memphis #1 USF, #2 Houston, #3 Memphis
8:50 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:10 a.m. 9:20 a.m. 9:30 a.m.
Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1
#5 #4 #3 #2 #1
#7 Cincinnati, #1 Tulsa, #9 Temple #7 Cincinnati, #1 Tulsa, #9 Temple #7 Cincinnati, #1 Tulsa, #9 Temple #7 Cincinnati, #1 Tulsa, #9 Temple #7 Cincinnati, #1 Tulsa, #9 Temple
8:15 a.m. 8:25 a.m. 8:35 a.m. 8:45 a.m. 8:55 a.m.
Tee #10 Tee #10 Tee #10 Tee #10 Tee #10
#5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Team #4, #5, #6 Team #4, #5, #6 Team #4, #5, #6 Team #4, #5, #6 Team #4, #5, #6
Monday, May 2 - Round 2 8:00 a.m. 8:10 a.m. 8:20 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 8:40 a.m.
Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1
#5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Team #1, #2, #3 Team #1, #2, #3 Team #1, #2, #3 Team #1, #2, #3 Team #1, #2, #3
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Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1
#5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Team #7, #8, #9 Team #7, #8, #9 Team #7, #8, #9 Team #7, #8, #9 Team #7, #8, #9
8:15 a.m. 8:25 a.m. 8:35 a.m. 8:45 a.m. 8:55 a.m.
Tee #10 Tee #10 Tee #10 Tee #10 Tee #10
#5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Team #4, #5, #6 Team #4, #5, #6 Team #4, #5, #6 Team #4, #5, #6 Team #4, #5, #6
Tuesday, May 3 - Round 3 8:00 a.m. 8:10 a.m. 8:20 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 8:40 a.m.
Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1
#5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Team #1, #2, #3 Team #1, #2, #3 Team #1, #2, #3 Team #1, #2, #3 Team #1, #2, #3
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Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1 Tee #1
#5 #4 #3 #2 #1
Team #7, #8, #9 Team #7, #8, #9 Team #7, #8, #9 Team #7, #8, #9 Team #7, #8, #9
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Tee #10 Tee #10 Tee #10 Tee #10 Tee #10
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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK February 24 Rigel Fernandes, Jr. March 2 Aksel Olsen, Sr. March 9 Thomas Perrot, Jr. March 16 Chase Koepka, Sr. March 23 Blair Hamilton, Sr. March 30 Manuel Elvira, So. April 6 Al Dickens, Sr. April 20 Aksel Olsen, Sr.
Manuel Elvira, UCF
MONTHLY HONORS September 2015 Eric Dietrich, Jr. October 2015 Lars van Meijel, Jr.
Aksel Olsen, USF
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UCF KNIGHTS Name Andrew Arft Manuel Elvira Klaus Ganter Juuso Kahlos Thomas Le Berre Ryan Stovash Donnie Trosper George Williams
Year Fr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr.
Hometown Casselberry, Fla. Santander, Spain Madrid, Spain Espoo, Finland Chantilly, France Orlando, Fla. Canton, Mich. Welwyn, England
Head Coach: Bryce Wallor Assistant Coach: Adrien Mork
Pictured: (L-R): Head coach Bryce Wallor, Ryan Stovash, Thomas Le Berre, Manuel Elvira, Juuso Kahlos, George Williams, Klaus Ganter, Donnie Trosper, Andrew Arft, Assistant coach Adrien Mork
CINCINNATI BEARCATS Name Davis Baxter Blake Hamilton Chad Howard Paul Huber Hays Moreland Emerson Newsome Jared O’Kelley Scot Sapp Austin Squires Christian Vining Brennen Walsh
Year So. R-Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Jr.
Hometown Nolensville, Tenn. Union, Ky. Dublin, Ohio Edgewood, Ky. Memphis, Tenn. Dacula, Ga. Canton, Ga. Pickerington, Ohio Union, Ky. Louisville, Ky. Cincinnati, Ohio
Head Coach: Doug Martin Assistant Coach: Jonathan Ehlen
Pictured: (L-R): Jared O’Kelley, Chad Howard, Blake Hamilton, Austin Squires, Emerson Newsome, Davis Baxter, Scot Sapp, Paul Huber, Brennen Walsh, Christian Vining, Hays Moreland
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UCONN HUSKIES Name Corey Birch Tyler Cooke Eric Dietrich John Flaherty Nick Harrington Jimmy Hervol Zach Iannone Blake Kelley Nabeel Khan Cameron MacKay Sasha Wortelboer Zach Zaback
Year Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr.
Hometown Ridgefield, Conn. Warwick, R.I. Cheshire, Conn. Glastonbury, Conn. Chaplin, Conn. Hopkinton, Mass. Hamden, Conn. Manchester, Conn. Westerville, Ohio Brookfield, Conn. Geneva, Switzerland Farmington, Conn.
Head Coach: Dave Pezzino Volunteer Assistant Coach: Jon Wortmann
Pictured: (L-R): Volunteer coach Jon Wortmann, Nick Harrington, Blake Kelley, John Flaherty Cameron MacKay, Corey Birch, Zach Iannone, Jimmy Hervol, Sasha Wortelboer, Tyler Cooke, Eric Dietrich, Zach Zaback, Nabeel Khan, head coach Dave Pezzino
HOUSTON COUGARS
Name Carson Cavner Logan Davis Alan De Bondt Matt Dunn Sam Elkington George Gardner Joshua Gibbons Papito Gonzalez Blair Hamilton Vincent Martino Emmett Oh Michael Perras Matt Scobie Zach Tracy Jacob Veerman Matt Williams
Year R-Fr. R-Fr. So. R-Jr. Fr. Fr. R-So. R-So. Sr. Sr. R-Jr. So. Jr. Fr. R-Fr. R-Fr.
Hometown Jupiter, Fla. Humble, Texas Antwerp, Belgium Houston, Texas Cypress, Texas Southlake, Texas Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia McAllen, Texas Burlington, Ontario, Canada Southlake, Texas Calgary, Alberta, Canada Deer Park, Texas Ajax, Ontario, Canada Houston, Texas Sugar Land, Texas Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Director of Golf: Jonathan Dismuke Associate Head Coach: Ryan Dismuke Volunteer Assistant Coach: Dr. Fran Pirozzolo
Pictured: Front Row (L-R): Zach Tracy, Joshua Gibbons, Carson Cavner, Matt Dunn, Emmett Oh, Papito Gonzalez, Alan De Bondt, Matt Williams, director of golf Jonathan Dismuke Back Row: Associate head coach Ryan Dismuke, Logan Davis, Blair Hamilton, Michael Perras, Vincent Martino, George Gardner, Matt Scobie, Sam Elkington, Jacob Veerman 2 01 6 A M E R I C A N A T H L E T I C C O N F E R E N C E
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EAST CAROLINA PIRATES Name Clay Brown Josh Chandler Tim Conover Wes Conover Al Dickens Jacob Hicks George Kilgore Stephen Lavenets Jack Sides Jackson Spires Nick Thompson
Year Jr. R-Jr. So. Sr. R-Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr.
Hometown Davidson, N.C. Washington, N.C. Holly Springs, N.C. Holly Springs, N.C. Charlotte, N.C. Mebane, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Rougemont, N.C. New Bern, N.C. Fayetteville, N.C. Southern Pines, N.C.
Head Coach: Press McPhaul Assistant Coach: Matt Sterling
Pictured: (L-R): Clay Brown, Tim Conover, Jacob Hicks, Jackson Spires, Al Dickens, Stephen Lavenets, Jack Sides, Josh Chandler, George Kilgore, Wes Conover, Nick Thompson
MEMPHIS TIGERS Name JC Campbell Sydney Chung Tait Darby Chase Harris Mikko Kauniskangas Kevin Lee Taylor McCullum Eithel McGowen Thomas Perrot Lars Van Meijel
Year Fr. Jr. R-So. Fr. Fr. R-So. R-So. R-Jr. Sr. Jr.
Hometown Dallas, Texas Jackson, Tenn. Olive Branch, Miss. Jackson, Tenn. Kuopio, Finland Galatin, Tenn. Hoover, Ala. Lima, Peru Paris, France Best, Netherlands
Head Coach: Blake Smart Graduate Assistant Coach: Will Pearson
Pictured: Front Row: Taylor McCullum, Lars van Meijel, Tait Darby, Kevin Lee, Sydney Chung Back Row: Head coach Blake Smart, Thomas Perrot, Eithel McGowen, JC Campbell, Mikko Kauniskangas, Chase Harris, graduate assistant coach Will Pearson
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USF BULLS Name Claudio Correa Christian DiMarco Rigel Fernandes Chase Koepka Jeffrey Meltzer Aksel Olsen Francesco Ruffino
Year So. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So.
Hometown Santiago, Chile Longwood, Fla. Bradenton, Fla. West Palm Beach, Fla. Bradenton, Fla. Stavanger, Norway Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Head Coach: Steven Bradley Assistant Coach: John Gordon
Pictured: Assistant coach John Gordon, Jeffrey Meltzer, Chase Koepka, Aksel Olsen, Cristian DiMarco, Claudio Correa, Rigel Fernandes, head coach Steve Bradley
TULSA HURRICANE Name Preston Crawford Sam Humphreys Marc Kepka Jack Knoesel Matthew Marquez Francisco Yanez
Year Fr. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So.
Hometown Jenks, Okla. Edmond, Okla. Owasso, Okla. Columbia, Mo. Cascade, Trinidad Santiago, Chile
Head Coach: Bill Brogden
Front Row: Matthew Marquez, Marc Kepka, Preston Crawford, Francisco Yanez Back Row: Assistant coach Matt Mabrey, Jack Knoesel, Sam Humphreys, Sebastian Smith, head coach Bill Brogden
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TEMPLE OWLS Name Trevor Lohman John Barone Liam Fahey Mark Farley Bobby Firth Brandon Matthews Gary McCabe Evan Notaro Erik Reisner Sam Soeth Evan Thornton Trey Wren
Year Fr. R-Fr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Fr. Jr Fr. Fr. So. Fr.
Hometown Bellevue, Wash. Dunmore, Pa. Villanova, Pa. Penndel, Pa. Jenkintown, Pa. DuPont, Pa. Collegeville, Pa. Bath, Pa. Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Newtown Square, Pa. Wyomissing, Pa. Suffolk, Va.
Head Coach: Brian Quinn Assistant Coach: Matt Teesdale
Pictured: (L-R): Mark Farley, Trey Wren, Brandon Matthews, John Barone, Gary McCabe
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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 2015 Quarry Course - Lecanto, FL Par: 72 - 7,025 yards Hosted by Black Diamond Ranch April 26- 28, 2015 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM RESULTS Team Finish USF 1 SMU 2 UCF 3 Houston 4 Memphis 5 Cincinnati 6 East Carolina 7 Tulsa 8 UConn 9 Temple 10
R1 282 289 285 283 296 291 297 298 298 304
R2 275 288 288 292 289 296 297 291 299 311
R3 280 273 283 291 284 289 287 294 296 291
Total (To Par) 837 (-27) 850 (-14) 856 (-8) 866 (+2) 869 (+5) 876 (+12) 881 (+17) 883 (+19) 893 (+29) 906 (+42)
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Name, School Ryan Fricker, USF Bryson Dechambeau, SMU Trey Valentine, USF Linus Vaisanen, UCF Andrew Buchanan, SMU Federico Zucchetti, UCF Chase Koepka, USF Jared O’Kelley, CIN Kyle Pilgrim, HOU Thomas Perrot, MEM Lars van Meijel, MEM Austin Smotherman, SMU Roman Robledo, HOU Jackson Spires, ECU Wesley Conover, ECU Rigel Fernandes, USF Matthew Marquez, TLS Eithel McGowen, MEM Alan De Bondt, HOU Claudio Correa, USF Manuel Elvira, UCF Emerson Newsome, CIN Brandon Matthews, TEM Alex Higgs, SMU John Flaherty, UConn Matt Mabrey, TLS Ryan Stovash, UCF Jared Howard, CIN John Michael O’Toole, CIN Zach Zaback, UConn Ryan Burgess, SMU
Finish 1 2 T3 T3 T5 T5 7 T8 T8 T10 T10 T10 T10 T14 T14 T14 17 T18 T18 T18 T18 T22 T22 T22 T25 T25 T25 T28 T28 T30 T30
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R1 67 71 74 70 69 69 73 71 73 72 72 73 70 73 73 70 74 73 69 72 70 71 74 76 73 73 79 75 74 74 75
R2 67 72 68 68 71 73 70 70 70 71 71 73 72 74 69 70 71 75 74 73 74 75 77 73 75 74 73 75 76 76 74
R3 Total (to par) 71 205 (-11) 64 207 (-9) 67 209 (-7) 71 209 (-7) 71 211 (-5) 69 211 (-5) 69 212 (-4) 72 213 (-3) 70 213 (-3) 71 214 (-2) 71 214 (-2) 68 214 (-2) 72 214 (-2) 69 216 (E) 74 216 (E) 76 216 (E) 72 217 (+1) 70 218 (+2) 75 218 (+2) 73 218 (+2) 74 218 (+2) 73 219 (+3) 68 219 (+3) 70 219 (+3) 73 221 (+5) 74 221 (+5) 69 221 (+5) 72 222 (+6) 72 222 (+6) 72 223 (+7) 74 223 (+7)
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Name, School Sebastian Smith, TLS Matt Scobie, HOU Cameron MacKay, UConn Vincent Martino, HOU Jacob Hicks, ECU Cory Gaylord, MEM Pat Ross, TEM Al Dickens, ECU Francisco Yanez, TLS Eric Detrich, UConn Mark Farley, TEM Jose Joia, UCF Chris Wiatr, UConn Colton Staggs, TLS George Kilgore, ECU Ben Pearson, MEM Matthew Teesdale, TEM Baxter Reeves, CIN Evan Thornton, TEM
Finish T30 33 T34 T34 T34 T37 T37 39 40 T41 T41 T41 44 T45 T45 T47 T47 49 50
R1 78 71 75 75 75 77 76 78 76 80 76 76 75 75 76 80 78 77 82
R2 72 78 75 76 79 75 77 76 77 75 76 79 77 74 78 81 81 76 86
R3 Total (to par) 73 223 (+7) 75 224 (+8) 75 225 (+9) 74 225 (+9) 71 225 (+9) 74 226 (+10) 73 226 (+10) 73 227 (+11) 75 228 (+12) 74 229 (+13) 77 229 (+13) 74 229 (+13) 78 230 (+14) 82 231 (+15) 77 231 (+15) 71 232 (+16) 73 232 (+16) 84 237 (+21) 79 247 (+31)
2014 Copperhead Course - Palm Harbor, FL Par: 71 - 7,125 yards Hosted by Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club April 27 - 29, 2014 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM RESULTS Team Finish SMU 1 UCF 2 Houston 3 USF 4 Louisville 5 Cincinnati 6 Memphis 7 UConn 8 Temple 9 Rutgers 10
R1 287 283 292 290 299 292 298 301 305 310
R2 286 289 286 289 281 306 295 305 311 317
R3 285 291 288 288 290 289 302 302 297 305
Total (To Par) 858 (+6) 863 (+11) 866 (+14) 867 (+15) 870 (+18) 887 (+35) 895 (+43) 908 (+56) 913 (+61) 932 (+80)
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Name, School Bryson Dechambeau, SMU Chase Koepka, USF Ricardo Gouveia, UCF Robert Geibel, Louisville Brandon Matthews, Temple Roman Robledo, Houston Austin Smotherman, SMU Curtis Reed, Houston Rigel Fernandes, USF Greg Eason, UCF Linus Vaisanen, UCF
Finish 1 2 3 T4 T4 T4 T4 8 T9 T9 T9
R1 70 72 70 72 73 72 70 75 72 72 67
R2 68 69 73 72 70 70 72 70 71 71 72
R3 Total (to par) 68 206 (-7) 70 211 (-2) 69 212 (-1) 69 213 (E) 70 213 (E) 71 213 (E) 71 213 (E) 70 215 (+2) 73 216 (+3) 73 216 (+3) 77 216 (+3)
Name, School Finish Will Pearson, Memphis T12 Harry Higgs, SMU T12 Baxter Reeves, Cincinnati 14 Maximilian Walz, Louisville T15 Richard James, USF T15 Kyle Wilshire, UCF T15 18 Wesley McClain, Houston 18 Robin Sciot-Siegrist, Louisville T19 Kyle Pilgrim, Houston T19 Jared O’Kelley, Cincinnati T19 Ryan Burgess, SMU T19 Trey Valentine, USF T23 James Ross, Houston T23 J.D. Lehman, Louisville 25 Joseph Winslow, USF T26 Matthew Teesdale, Temple T26 Jared Howard, Cincinnati T26 Federico Zucchetti, UCF T26 Thomas Perrot, Memphis T30 Cory Gaylord, Memphis T30 Eric Dietrich, UConn T30 Jonathan Chang, Rutgers T33 Corey Birch, UConn T33 Lars van Meijel, Memphis T35 Chris Wiatr, UConn T35 Antoine Le Saux, Louisville T37 John Michael O’Toole, Cincinnati T37 Matthew Crescenzo, Temple T39 Emerson Newsome, Cincinnati T39 Michael Howe, Rutgers 41 John Flaherty, UConn T42 Zach Zaback, UConn T42 David Long, Memphis 44 Doug Walters, Rutgers 45 Jonathan Renza, Rutgers 46 Louis Bodine, Rutgers 47 Andrew Buchanan, SMU 48 Mike Amole, Temple 49 Evan Notaro, Temple 50
R1 73 73 72 75 73 74 75 76 71 74 74 74 74 76 73 74 72 75 77 74 74 76 75 74 76 78 74 77 78 77 76 79 80 78 79 81 81 85 81
R2 71 74 77 69 72 73 73 69 76 75 72 77 73 71 79 77 79 73 73 75 73 74 79 78 78 82 82 81 75 81 79 75 76 81 84 81 80 83 84
R3 Total (to par) 73 217 (+4) 70 217 (+4) 69 218 (+5) 75 219 (+6) 74 219 (+6) 72 219 (+6) 72 220 (+7) 77 222 (+9) 75 222 (+9) 73 222 (+9) 76 222 (+9) 72 223 (+10) 76 223 (+10) 77 224 (+11) 73 225 (+12) 74 225 (+12) 74 225 (+12) 77 225 (+12) 76 226 (+13) 77 226 (+13) 79 226 (+13) 77 227 (+14) 73 227 (+14) 76 228 (+15) 74 228 (+15) 69 229 (+16) 73 229 (+16) 72 230 (+17) 77 230 (+17) 73 231 (+18) 77 232 (+19) 78 232 (+19) 78 234 (+21) 78 237 (+24) 77 240 (+27) 82 244 (+31) 86 247 (+34) 81 249 (+36) 88 253 (+40)
CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS/SUPERLATIVES Team Low 54-Hole Total Score 837
Year 2015
School USF
Individual Low 54-Hole Total Score Year 205 2015
Name/School R. Fricker/USF
Team Low 18-Hole Total Score 273
School SMU
Year 2015
Individual Low 18-Hole Total Score Year 64 2015
Name/School B. Dechambeau/SMU
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY Year 2015 2014
Black Diamond Ranch Quarrry Course - Lecanto, Fla. Innisbrook Resort Copperhead Course - Palm Harbor, Fla.
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Year
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Individual Champion
USF SMU
2015 Black Diamond Ranch Quarrry Course - Lecanto, Fla. R. Fricker, USF 2014 Innisbrook Resort Copperhead Course - Palm Harbor, Fla. B.Dechambeau,SMU
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