Indiana University Athletics
Hoosiers Head to Adams Cup
9/24/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana men's golf team heads to the Adams Cup, Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 27-28, in Newport, R.I. The University of Rhode Island will host the event at the Newport National Golf Club.
IU heads into the event coming off a fifth-place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational/NCAA Central Regional Preview. The Hoosiers finished with 890 (304-294-292), two shots behind third-place Texas Tech and one shot behind Colorado.
Senior Jeff Overton fired a final-round 66, the low score at the event, and tied for second with 214 (78-70-66). Ryan Yip won medalist honors with a 1-under-par 209 (68-72-69). Following Overton was senior Heath Peters, who tied for 23rd place. Peters closed out the weekend with 224 (72-80-72), picking up his second consecutive top 25 finish.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
The Newport National Golf Club is setup as a par 72 with a yardage of 7,244.
The event consists of three rounds, 36 holes played on Monday and the final 18 holes taking place on Tuesday. Along with the Hoosiers, 12 other teams will be competing at the event, including Charlotte, East Carolina, Furman, No. 14 Georgia Southern, Iowa State, Marshall, No. 9 Michigan State, North Texas, Rhode Island, Southeastern Louisiana, South Florida and Yale.
Tournament play begins Monday, with a shotgun first-round (18) start at 9 a.m. (EDT). The second round (18) starts with a shotgun start following the completion of round one. On Tuesday, the final round begins with shotgun tee times starting at 9 a.m.
PARTICIPATING HOOSIERS
The Hoosiers will send a team of five players, including seniors Jeff Overton and Heath Peters, juniors Brad Marek and Aaron Walters, and freshman Santiago Quirarte. Overton, Peters and Marek will make their third starts of the season, while Quirarte gets a nod in the starting rotation for the second straight week. Quirarte also played as an individual at the season-opening Radrick Farms Intercollegiate. Walters enters the lineup for the first time this season and the second time in his career. In his only collegiate event, Walters tied for 19th at last season's Hoosier Invitational (Sept. 27-28).
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Complete tournament results will be made available on the web at IUHOOSIERS.com following the event. For more information, contact Jeff Keag at (812) 855-6209 or through e-mail at jkeag@indiana.edu.
CENTRAL REGIONAL RESURGENCE
Senior Jeff Overton fired a final-round 66 and tied for second, as the Indiana men's golf team finished fifth at the Notre Dame Invitational/NCAA Central Regional Preview. The Hoosiers finished with 890 (304-294-292), two shots behind third-place Texas Tech and one shot behind Colorado.
Overton's 66 propelled him into second place with Michigan State's Andrew Ruthkoski (75-71-68). Ryan Yip won medalist honors with a 1-under-par 209 (68-72-69).
Following Overton was senior Heath Peters, who tied for 23rd place. Peters closed out the weekend with 224 (72-80-72), picking up his second consecutive top 25 finish.
OVERTON SURGES TO THE TOP
After an opening-round 78, Jeff Overton showed why he is an All-American candidate in the final two rounds at the Central Regional Preview. The Evansville, Ind., rebounded with a 70 in round two before firing a 4-under 66 in the final round, the lowest round in the tournament. The senior finished tied for second at the event.
Overton carded a 66 for the third time in his career, and the score is his third-lowest career score (64, one time; 65 two times). He now has 16 career top five's and 21 career top 10's.
MAREK GOES LOW
Junior Brad Marek closed out the Radrick Farms Intercollegiate (Sept. 11-12) on a high note, firing a career-best 69 in the closing round of the event. The junior's previous low round came at the 2003 El Diablo 21-Man Invite (70). Marek's round was the lowest round of any Hoosier in the event and moved him into a tie for 24th. The Arlington Heights, Ill., native ended the event with 221 (75-77-69), matching the second-best 54-hole score of his career.
NO BREAK FOR OVERTON
Following his All-American campaign last season, Jeff Overton continued his success into the summer, culminating with a run to the semifinals at the U.S. Amateur. After winning his first four matches to advance to the semifinals, Overton lost to the defending NCAA champion and UNLV senior Ryan Moore, 2 and 1, at Winged Foot Golf Club, host of the 2006 U.S. Open.
In addition to his performance at the U.S. Amateur, Overton got a taste of international competition. The Evansville, Ind., native won two matches as the United States defeated Japan at the 2004 Fuji Xerox USA vs. Japan Collegiate Golf Championships.
Overton also finished second at the prestigious Porter Cup, one shot behind New Mexico junior Spencer Levin. Additionally, the Big Ten Player of the Year won his second straight Indiana State Amateur title, making him the fourth person to win back-to-back titles since the championship switched to stroke play in 1973.
HOOSIERS IN THE RANKINGS
Golf World and Golfweek released their preseason polls and senior Jeff Overton was recognized by both publications, while Indiana received votes in the Golf World preseason coaches poll.
Overton was ranked fourth on Golf World's "Top 50 Male Players to Watch" list, and Golfweek ranked Overton on its preseason All-American first team.
DUO SET TO LEAD
The Hoosiers return a pair of award winners who are ready to lead IU to the NCAA Championships. Coming off a season in which he became the first golfer since Randy Leen (1997) to advance to the NCAA Championships, where he tied for 20th, Jeff Overton was selected as a second team All-American.
Additionally, Overton was selected as the Big Ten Player of the Year, honored as the Les Bolstad Award winner and was an All-Midwest District honoree.
Overton wasn't the only Hoosier to pick up hardware, as teammate Heath Peters was named second team All-Big Ten. Peters also joined Overton on the All-Midwest Region squad.
BANNER SEASON
Last season was a breakthrough year for the Hoosiers. In addition to advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 1996-97 campaign, IU captured four team titles, the second most in the school's history and the most since the 1974-75 season. The Hoosiers also carded the lowest stroke average in the program's history for the second consecutive season (291.84).
