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The Fall college golf season is now in full swing and
there are a number of early surprises. Alabama Coach
Jay Seawell led his team to their second victory at the
Shoal Creek Intercollegiate on September 26th.
The Tide opened the season a week earlier at the Carpet
Capital Classic against a strong field of 18 teams.
Southern California’s new Men’s Golf Coach Chris Zambri
started his first season as a college coach with a
victory at the Inverness Intercollegiate. The winning
score of 896, 44 over par, was unusually high for a
field that included a number of top ranked teams. USC
was led by freshman Jamie Lovemark who after a very
successful junior career finished third in his first
college tournament.
On the Women’s side everyone’s pre-season top ranked
team, Duke, started with a win at the Mason Rudolph and
then followed the next week with a second place finish
at the NCAA Fall Preview. The Georgia Bulldogs switched
positions with Duke after finishing second at the Mason
Rudolph, they came back to win the Preview against 14 of
the top 15 teams in the country.
University of Denver won their
second tournament of the season at their home
tournament, the 2006
Ron Moore Women's Intercollegiate at Highlands Ranch
Golf Club, on September 26th. The Pioneers
started the tournament with a school-record 9-under par
279, then shot back-to-back scores of 285 and shattered
their own 54-hole school record with a 15-under par
total of 849, 22-shots better than runner-up BYU (867).
DU's previous program-low 54-hole score was 878, set
just last week at the Salbasgeon Suites Invitational.
Both Alabama and Denver
should be ranked in the top 5 when the new Golfweek
Sagarin rankings come out on October 1st.
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