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The University of Hawai`i and the Turtle Bay Resort Golf Club will play host to the 2002 Western Athletic Conference Mens Golf Championship, April 24-26. The three-day event will be held on the George Fazio Turtle Bay Resort Golf Club, in Kahuku, Hawai`i.
Last seasons winner TCU, edged Tulsa by one stroke, after the Golden Hurricane shot a final round 310 to TCUs 305. Tulsa looks to bounce back and win its first mens golf championship. They are led by the sophomore trio of David Inglis, Chris Noel and Neil Trimm, who have combined for 11 top-20 finishes this year. Ben Hogan finalist Nick Watney will lead Fresno State, who is looking for its third WAC title. Watney has been ranked in the top 10 all season, finishing in the top 10 in every event this spring, winning his last outing, taking first at the BYU Cougar Classic. He also has three, second-place finishes.
SMU was one of five schools to win an invitational this season, when Jerome Theunis first place and Brock Mulders eighth place finishes led the Mustangs to the Louisiana Classics title. UTEP is the only other school in the field (Fresno State) to own a WAC Championship. The Miners won in a playoff against New Mexico in 1985. Miner Chris Baryla won the Herb Wimberly in March, becoming only the 11th player in school history to win a tournament.
Nevada has three top-five finishes this spring. The Wolf Pack have had four different individual leaders. Mike Haack has the best finish, tying for third at the BYU Cougar Classic this past weekend. Hawai`is best finish came at the John A. Burns Invitational, where Matt Kodoma grabbed a second place, helping the Rainbows to a second-place finish. Kodama and Norman-Ganin Asao have finished 1-2 for the Rainbows in all but one event this spring.
San Jose State is led by Issac Weintraub who became the first Spartan in six years to post consecutive sub-70 rounds in a tournament, when he shot 66-67 in the Western Intercollegiate. Rices Ryan Morgan has been their most consistent player this season, as he either led the Owls or was their second-best finisher in each event. Freshman Matt Toohney finished eighth at the USD invite, helping the Owls to their best finish at fourth.
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2001 Finish Score
1. TCU 896
2. Tulsa 897
3. SMU 905
4. UTEP 913
5. Nevada 919
t6. Hawai`i 924
t6. Fresno State 924
8. SJSU 925
9. Rice 936