Junior tri-captain Cole Isban, who was named to the PING All-Midwest Region Team for the second consecutive year, will compete for a berth in the 2006 U.S. Open at a sectional qualifier Monday in St. Charles, Ill.

Irish In Sixth Place After First Round Of Shoal Creek Intercollegiate

Sept. 26, 2005

Round 1 Results from Shoal Creek Intercollegiate in PDF Format
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Notre Dame men’s golf team finds itself squarely in contention at the inaugural Shoal Creek Intercollegiate, firing a three-over par 291 to move into sixth place after Monday’s first round action at the Shoal Creek Golf Club (par 72/7,114 yards) in Birmingham, Ala. The Irish are seven shots off the opening-round lead held by LSU (284), with a quartet of nationally-ranked teams also standing between Notre Dame and the top spot — No. 12 Tennessee (285), No. 14 Georgia State (288), No. 17 Alabama (290) and No. 3 Florida (290). None of the 15 teams in the field were able to finish the second round, as early morning rains pushed back the first-round tee times and darkness set in before the second circuit could be completed.

Junior Cole Isban (South Bend, Ind./Mishawaka Marian) is one of four golfers tied for the lead after Monday’s opening round, carding a three-under par 69, one shot shy of his career-low round that he set at the 2004 Notre Dame Invitational/Central Regional Preview. Joining Isban atop the first-round leaderboard are a pair of LSU golfers — Chris Wells and Beck Troutman — as well as East Tennessee State’s Gareth Shaw.

Senior Mark Baldwin (Laconia, N.H./New Hampton Prep) registered a one-over par 73 on Monday and stands tied for 22nd place in the 75-man field. Classmates Eric Deutsch (Rochester, Minn./Lourdes) and Scott Gustafson (Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie) aren’t far behind Baldwin, with Deutsch shooting a two-over 74 and Gustafson firing a three-over 75. Deutsch is in a 31st-place tie, thanks to a sharp second nine that saw him come home at one-under 35. Meanwhile, Gustafson is tied for 41st place after going out in two-under 34 before a tough second nine set him back somewhat. Sophomore Greg Rodgers (Phoenix, Md./St. Paul’s School) rounded out the Notre Dame quintet, tying for 50th place thus far with a four-over par 76.

Teams are scheduled to return to the course Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. (CT) to complete second-round play at the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate, hosted by UAB. They will then turn around and begin the final round immediately thereafter, with pairings determined by team standings through two rounds. A complete recap and final statistics will be available upon conclusion of the day’s events on the official Irish athletics web site (www.und.com).

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                         Shoal Creek Intercollegiate                         Shoal Creek              Shoal Creek, AL                         Dates: 09/26 - 09/27     (Today:09-26-2005)                                   Par:        72                                   Yardage:  7114
Fin. School Scores 1 Louisiana State U. 284 -4 2 Tennessee, Univ. of 285 -3 3 Georgia State Univ. 288 E 4 Alabama, U. of 290 +2 Florida, U. of 290 +2 6 Notre Dame, U. of 291 +3 7 East Tennessee St. 294 +6 8 Florida State Univ. 295 +7 UAB 295 +7 10 SMU 297 +9 11 North Carolina State 298 +10 12 North Florida, U. of 299 +11 13 UCF 300 +12 14 Toledo, U. of 302 +14 15 Birmingham Southern 312 +24

Fin. Name School Scores 1 Chris Wells LSU 37- 32 69 -3 Cole Isban Notre Dame 34- 35 69 -3 Gareth Shaw ETSU 33- 36 69 -3 Beck Troutman LSU 35- 34 69 -3 5 Jonathan Mount Tennessee 34- 36 70 -2 Chris Paisley Tennessee 34- 36 70 -2 7 Matt Every Florida 35- 36 71 -1 Joseph Sykora Alabama 36- 35 71 -1 Jonas Blixt Florida St 36- 35 71 -1 Matthew Swan Alabama 35- 36 71 -1 Derek Oakey Georgia St 36- 35 71 -1 12 Garrett Osborn UAB 34- 38 72 E Rhys Davies ETSU 36- 36 72 E Mark Haastrup Georgia St 35- 37 72 E Stephen Lewton NC State 36- 36 72 E Billy Horschel Florida 36- 36 72 E Andrew Lanahan LSU 37- 35 72 E Renaud Langevin Toledo 38- 34 72 E Chris Anderson UCF 37- 35 72 E Tim Freund Georgia St 33- 39 72 E Ben Spickard Tennessee 35- 37 72 E 22 Lance Walker Alabama 36- 37 73 +1 Clark Brown UAB 36- 37 73 +1 Steve Tiley Georgia St 37- 36 73 +1 Philip Pettitt Tennessee 36- 37 73 +1 Mark Baldwin Notre Dame 37- 36 73 +1 Will Dodson SMU 37- 36 73 +1 Brett Stegmaier Florida 35- 38 73 +1 Joel Sjoholm Georgia St 36- 37 73 +1 Wes Homan SMU 36- 37 73 +1 31 Matt Savage Florida St 36- 38 74 +2 Jeff Dennis N. Florida 39- 35 74 +2 Brent Struthers LSU 37- 37 74 +2 Kyle Davis UCF 38- 36 74 +2 Torstein Nevestad Florida St 37- 37 74 +2 Darren Blair NC State 38- 36 74 +2 Kaylor Timmons UAB 38- 36 74 +2 Manuel Villegas Florida 37- 37 74 +2 Eric Deutsch Notre Dame 39- 35 74 +2 Michael O'Neal N. Florida 38- 36 74 +2 41 Lloyd Campbell Tennessee 36- 39 75 +3 Colt Knost SMU 38- 37 75 +3 Ben Leong UCF 36- 39 75 +3 Richard Kilpatrick Toledo 37- 38 75 +3 Scott Gustafson Notre Dame 34- 41 75 +3 Miguel Ordonez N. Florida 38- 37 75 +3 Matt Hughes Alabama 36- 39 75 +3 Adam Hodkinson ETSU 40- 35 75 +3 Garry Hill NC State 35- 40 75 +3 50 Chase Baldwin N. Florida 34- 42 76 +4 Austin Frye Brmnghm So 39- 37 76 +4 Nicholas Smith Florida St 39- 37 76 +4 Zack Sucher UAB 36- 40 76 +4 Greg Rodgers Notre Dame 38- 38 76 +4 Ciaran McLeavey Toledo 39- 37 76 +4 Brandon DeStefano SMU 39- 37 76 +4 57 Mark Harrell Alabama 38- 39 77 +5 Jerry Richardson NC State 38- 39 77 +5 Taylor Crosby NC State 37- 40 77 +5 Jessie Mudd Florida 37- 40 77 +5 Mark Bivens Brmnghm So 39- 38 77 +5 Song Jeon Florida St 35- 42 77 +5 63 Josh Thompson UAB 40- 38 78 +6 Cian McNamara ETSU 40- 38 78 +6 Dan Kleckner SMU 39- 39 78 +6 Jarrod Barsamian LSU 39- 39 78 +6 67 Justin Hull Toledo 38- 41 79 +7 Stefan Wistorf UCF 41- 38 79 +7 Tyler Riley Toledo 39- 40 79 +7 Jeffery Krogsgard Brmnghm So 38- 41 79 +7 Jordan Findlay ETSU 38- 41 79 +7 72 Jake Nolen Brmnghm So 39- 41 80 +8 John Turnipseed Brmnghm So 40- 40 80 +8 74 Michael Giammaresi N. Florida 41- 40 81 +9 75 Giwon Suh UCF 40- 42 82 +10
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