Indiana University Athletics
Hoosiers Set for Big Ten Championship
4/26/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 26, 2007
Big Ten Championship Notes
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The Indiana University men's golf team will head to Columbus, Ohio, for the Big Ten Championship on Friday-Sunday, April 27-29. The event will be hosted by Ohio State and contested on the OSU Scarlet Course, a par 71, 7,454-yard layout.
The event consists of four rounds, 36 holes played on Friday followed by 18 holes each on Saturday and Sunday. The teams will be seeded in order of national rank, and as of the April 22 poll, the seeding would be No. 26 Michigan State, No. 29 Minnesota, No. 33 Northwestern, No. 48 Wisconsin, No. 49 Purdue, No. 61 Indiana, Illinois, Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State and Iowa. All rankings are as of April 22.
Tee times are set for 8 a.m. EDT on Friday and Sunday and at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Pairings will be in twosomes on Friday and threesomes on Saturday and Sunday off of both No. 1 and No. 10 tees.
IU has captured eight Big Ten championships (1962, '68, '70, '73, '74, '75, '91 and '98), the second most in the conference since 1962. Last season, the Hoosiers finished in sixth position and were led by Seth Brandon, who finished seventh in his first conference championship.
PARTICIPATING HOOSIERS
Sophomores Jorge Campillo (No. 1), Seth Brandon (No. 2) and Drew Allenspach (No. 3) will be together in the lineup, as they have been all season. Joining the trio will be freshman Alex Martin in the fourth spot, while sophomore Brandon Pike will play in the fifth position.
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Complete tournament results will be made available on the web at IUHOOSIERS.com following each round. In addition, live results will be available on the web at www.golfstat.com during each round. For more information, contact Assistant Director of Media Relations Jen Hildebrand at (812) 856-0553 or via email at jenhilde@indiana.edu.
LEADING THE WAY
Freshman Alex Martin led the Hoosiers for the first time in his career at the Fossum/Spartan Invitational on April 21-22, finishing in a tie for 21st with a career-low total of 217 after rounds of 72, 71 and 74. Martin has participated in nine tournaments during the season, including five during the spring portion of the schedule.
REVISITING THE 2006 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP
After a stormy final round of play that featured incredibly inclement weather at the Conway Farms Golf Club (par 71, 7,168 yards), the Indiana men's golf team closed out the 2006 Big Ten Championships in sixth place with a total of 1,181 (285-288-283-325), on April 30.
Freshman Seth Brandon led the Hoosiers with a 292 (66-73-73-80) to finish in seventh place. Brandon narrowly missed a spot on the All-Championships Team, falling three shots shy of Minnesota's Clayton Rask (72-74-69-74), who garnered the fifth and final spot.
Sophomore Santiago Quirarte finished the championship tied for 16th with a 297 (74-70-70-83) to give him his best finish in two tries at the Big Tens.
Meanwhile, senior Brad Marek posted an 18th-place-tying 298 (75-73-69-81), while freshman Jorge Campillo carded a 301 (77-72-71-81) to tie for 24th. Additionally, freshman Drew Allenspach rounded out the Hoosier effort with a 33rd-place 305 (70-76-74-85).
IN THE RANKINGS
Sophomore Jorge Campillo continues to cement his place as a national force this season. The Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2006, Campillo has captured medalist honors twice already this spring, at the GADO North Texas Classic and at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate. He is also a presence in the national rankings, as he is currently ranked No. 36 in the nation in the Golfweek standings.
EURO PRIDE
Sophomore Jorge Campillo was one of eight golfers selected to represent Europe in the 2007 Palmer Cup presented by Monster. The annual Ryder Cup-style competition between American collegiate golfers and their counterparts from Europe will be played on June 7-8, at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md.
Campillo will be joined on the team by Jonas Blixt of Florida State (Sweden), Rhys Davies (Wales) and Gareth Shaw (Northern Ireland), who play for East Tennessee State, Texas Tech's Oscar Floren (Sweden), Georgia State's Mark Haastrup (Denmark), Arizona's Pedro Oriol (Spain) and Stirling's Gordon Yates (Scotland). The group will be coached by Chris van der Velde of the Netherlands. The United States leads the all-time series 5-4-1, but Europe has captured three of the last four titles.
He is the second Palmer Cup participant to come from the Indiana lineup, as former Hoosier and current PGA Tour player Jeff Overton represented the United States at the 2005 competition. Campillo, a member of the Spanish National Federation team, has been selected to the Spanish National Team 17 times. Most recently, he represented his country at the European Under-21 Team Championships in the summer of 2006. Campillo captured all of his matches throughout the championships to lead the Spanish National Team to victory.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK X TWO
Indiana University sophomore Jorge Campillo was named the Co-Big Ten Golfer of the Week, the conference office announced on Thursday, March 22. It marked his the second weekly honor of the season and the fifth of his career.
Campillo captured the individual title at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate with a three-under-par total of 213 (73-67-73) on March 18-20. He also led the Hoosiers to a first-place finish at the event with a team total of 880 (297-293-290). It was the second consecutive title for both the Hoosiers and Campillo, who each shared first place at the GADO North Texas Classic to open the spring season on Feb. 18-19. The 67 turned in by the Caceres, Spain, native in the second round tied his career-low, which he set in the third round of the NCAA East Regional in 2006.
INVITE ONLY
Indiana University sophomores Seth Brandon and Jorge Campillo were invited to participate in the prestigious Jones Cup Invitational on Feb. 2-4, at the Frederica Golf Club in Sea Island, Ga. The Jones Cup Invitational, a 54-hole stroke play event, is contested biennially among the best amateur players from around the world. First contested in 2001, the Jones Cup Committee extended invitations to 99 players for the 2007 competition based on a variety of criteria, such as tournament finishes and amateur rankings.
Campillo finished in a tie for 62nd place at the event with a three-day total of 226 (70-81-75) while Brandon was one stroke behind him, wrapping up the event in a tie for 69th at 227 (76-76-75).
NEW YEAR, NEW EVENTS
Three members of the IU men's golf team participated in three events during the early winter months. During the semester break, sophomores Seth Brandon and Brandon Pike headed south for the Dixie Amateur Championship, held at the Palm-Aire Country Club in Pompano Beach, Fla. Each playing in their first Dixie Amateur, both failed to make the cut at the 76th playing of the annual event, which took place Jan. 2-3. Brandon turned in a 36-hole total of 150 to miss the cut by three strokes. The Dalton, Ga., native carded a 6-over-par 77 in the first round on the Cypress Course, but came back and fired a 2-over 73 on the Oaks Course in the second round to just miss advancing to the final two rounds. Also starting on the Cypress Course, Pike wrapped up the event with a two-round total of 158. He carded a 7-over par 78 in the first round and then carded an 80 on Jan. 3 for his total.
Not to be outdone, freshman Alex Martin also headed to Florida for the break, participating in the New Year's Invitational at the St. Petersburg Country Club. He finished with a 4-over-par total of 292 (70-77-69-76) at the 81st New Year's Invitational on Sunday, Jan. 7. Martin closed out the tournament in 23rd place with his total. A native of Middletown, Ohio, Martin wrapped up the 72-hole event 19 strokes behind the winner, Major Manning, at 273 (69-66-66-72). He was three strokes out of a top-20 placement and also fired a career-low 69 in the third round.
LEADING THE WAY
In addition to being in his ninth season leading the Hoosiers, head coach Mike Mayer was recently named to the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Coaches Congress. As a member of the congress, Mayer serves as the liaison between the men's golf coaches in the Big Ten and the GCAA in matters, including pending and future legislation as well as numerous other issues pertaining to championships and just the general state of college golf. Mayer's term as a member of the congress will run from Jan. 2007-June 30, 2008.
SUCCESS AWAY FROM THE COURSE
A hallmark of Mayer's tenure at the helm of the IU men's golf program has been the academic success that the team has had. That success has continued in the 2006-07 season, as two members of the team have already been named IU Scholar-Athlete of the Week.
For the week ending Oct. 8, 2006, senior Tad Sacheck earned the honor, while sophomore Drew Allenspach was the honoree for the week ending Jan. 28, 2007.
AN INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR
Beginning with David Butwell (Southampton, England) in 2003, Indiana has welcomed an influx of international talent to Bloomington. Santiago Quirarte (Queretaro, Mexico) joined the Hoosiers two years ago, and Spaniards Jorge Campillo (Caceres) and Eric Serch (Barcelona) came aboard last season.
HOOSIERS ON TOUR
When IU alum Steve Wheatcroft earned his PGA Tour card on Dec. 4, 2006, it brought the total of former Hoosiers on Tour to three, something that many schools can not claim. Wheatcroft joined two-time All-American Jeff Overton and the 2004 PGA Champion, Shaun Micheel, as members of the PGA Tour in 2007.
FOSSUM/SPARTAN INVITATIONAL (APRIL 21-22)
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Indiana men's golf team finished in seventh place at the Fossum/Spartan Invitational on Sunday, April 22. The Hoosiers finished the tournament with a team total of 872 (298-286-288) for the tournament.
Leading the way for the Hoosiers was freshman Alex Martin, who tied for 21st with a total of 217 (72-71-74). He was followed by sophomores Drew Allenspach (74-74-71) and Seth Brandon (76-71-72), who tied for 28th with totals of 219 for the 54-hole event.
KEPLER INTERCOLLEGIATE (APRIL 14-15)
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Battling adverse weather conditions, the Indiana men's golf team finished in 10th position at the 37th Kepler Intercollegiate, hosted by Ohio State University on the OSU Scarlet Course. The Hoosiers turned in a team total of 625 (313-312) for their placement in the weather-shortened event.
Leading the Hoosiers was sophomore Drew Allenspach, who wrapped up the tournament in a tie for 14th after carding a 152 (75-77) for the event. One stroke behind him at 153 (76-77) was fellow sophomore Jorge Campillo, while classmate Seth Brandon shared 53rd after carding rounds of 83 and 78 for a total of 161.
BOILERMAKER INVITATIONAL (APRIL 7-8)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Sophomore Seth Brandon tied for fourth place with a total of 148 (74-74) as the Indiana men's golf team tied for sixth place at the Boilermaker Invitational on Sunday, April 8. The Hoosiers wrapped up the 36 holes of the event with a team total of 609 (308-301).
Following Brandon was classmate Jorge Campillo, who tied for 22nd position with a total of 151 (76-75) for the tournament. Fellow sophomore Drew Allenspach finished in a tie for 31st place with a tournament total of 153 (78-75).
PINEHURST INTERCOLLEGIATE (MARCH 18-20)
PINEHURST, N.C. - The Indiana men's golf team took home the team title at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate on March 20, wrapping up the three-day event with a total score of 880 (297-293-290). Sophomore Jorge Campillo also captured the individual title with a three-under-par total of 213 (73-67-73).
Following Campillo in the lineup was classmate Drew Allenspach, who carded a 54-hole total of 220 (71-74-75) to finish in a tie for 10th place. Fellow sophomore Seth Brandon turned in the team's best round of the day on Tuesday, a two-under-par 70, which included birdies on three of his final five holes, to wrap up the tournament in a tie for 15th at 222 (76-76-70). Another sophomore, Brandon Pike, tied for 29th place on The Centennial Pinehurst No. 8 with a total of 226 (77-76-73) for the tournament, while junior Santiago Quirarte rounded out the Hoosier lineup in a tie for 54th position with a three-day total of 232 (80-78-74). Competing as an individual, freshman Alex Martin tied for 18th position with a tournament total of 223 (75-73-75).
GADO NORTH TEXAS CLASSIC (FEB. 18-19)
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - The Indiana men's golf team finished in a tie for first place with the University of Houston and sophomore Jorge Campillo tied for first for the individual title at the GADO North Texas Classic, held at El Palomar Country Club in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The tournament was hosted by North Texas, and opened the spring portion of the 2006-07 schedule for IU. The Hoosiers turned in a tournament total of 896 (305-287-304) to share the team title. Houston carded rounds of 309-290-297 for its total and moved up from third place after the first round.
Campillo turned in a total of 214 (73-68-73) to tie Jordan Irwin of Houston (76-69-69) for the individual crown. His 68 in the second round tied a career low. Prior to the win, the Caceres, Spain, native had one victory to his credit, the 2006 Boilermaker Invitational.
Following Campillo was fellow sophomore Seth Brandon, who tied for 10th place with a 54-hole total of 225 (76-75-74). He was the lone Hoosier to improve his standing in the field during the final round. Junior Santiago Quirarte, a native of Wueretaro, Mexico, finished the tournament in a tie for 17th. He carded a 227 (78-71-78) for his placement.
Joining those three in the top-25 was sophomore Drew Allenspach, who shared 23rd place with a three-round total of 230 (78-73-79).
THE LANDFALL TRADITION (OCT. 27-29)
WILMINGTON, N.C. - The Indiana men's golf team finished in sixth place at The Landfall Tradition, held at the Jack Nicklaus Course at Landfall Country Club in Wilmington, N.C., Oct. 27-29. The Hoosiers wrapped up the tournament a team total of 914 (306-300-308) for their placement. It was IU's final tournament of the fall portion of its schedule.
Leading the way for Indiana were sophomore Jorge Campillo and junior Santiago Quirarte. The duo tied for ninth place with a total of 224 for the tournament, with Campillo turning in rounds of 79-75-70 for his placement and Quirarte carding rounds of 77-73-74 to wrap up the fall. It was the sixth top-10 for Campillo in six appearances so far this season and was also the best finish for Quirarte in the fall.
Following those two players was freshman Alex Martin, who finished in a tie for 35th place with a total of 234 (76-75-83). Sophomore Drew Allenspach wrapped up the fall in a tie for 38th with a tournament total of 236 (75-77-84) while classmate Seth Brandon wrapped up a tie for the 43rd position after carding a total of 237 (78-78-81).
BIG TEN/PAC-10 CHALLENGE (OCT. 23-25)
BANDON, Ore. - The Indiana men's golf team finished 10th at the Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge on Oct. 23-25. The Hoosiers turned in rounds of 312-304-302 for a total of 918 for their placement. The tournament was held at Pacific Dunes Golf Course and was co-hosted by the University of Oregon and Northwestern University.
Picking up his fifth top-10 finish in five events played to lead the Hoosiers was sophomore Jorge Campillo, who finished in a tie for fifth. The Caceres, Spain, native turned in a final round of 73 to go along with a 75 and 76 from the first day for a 54-hole total of 224 and his placement. Fellow sophomore Seth Brandon finished in a tie for 18th position after carding a 226 (78-79-69) for the tournament.
The third sophomore in the lineup, Drew Allenspach, tied for 25th with a tournament total of 228 (79-70-79).
WOLF RUN INTERCOLLEGIATE (OCT. 7-8)
ZIONSVILLE, Ind. - The Indiana men's golf team finished in seventh place at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate, held at the Wolf Run Golf Club in Zionsville, Ind., from Oct. 7-8. The Hoosiers carded a total of 909 (296-303-310) for their placement.
Leading the way for Indiana was sophomore Jorge Campillo, who added to his already impressive resume with a sixth-place finish. He carded a 218 (69-73-76) for the tournament. Classmate Drew Allenspach finished in 19th position after turning in a 54-hole total of 228 (75-74-79) and fellow sophomore Seth Brandon shared 31st place with a total of 232 (75-78-79) for the tournament.
Junior Santiago Quirarte finished tied for 34th position with a 233 (77-79-77) and senior Tad Sacheck shared 42nd place after carding a 237 (81-78-78).
Competing as an individual, freshman Alex Martin turned in a total of 230 (78-78-74) for a share of 24th place.
VCU/MATTAPONI SPRINGS SHOOTOUT (SEPT. 25-26)
RUTHER GLEN, Va. - Three Hoosiers finished under par as the Indiana University men's golf team finished in fourth place at the VCU/Mattaponi Springs Shootout. The Hoosiers wrapped up the 54-hole tournament with a 10-under total of 854 (284-288-282) on Sept. 25-26..
Leading the way for Indiana was sophomore Jorge Campillo, who tied for third with a 10-under-par total of 206 (68-70-68). It was the lowest 54-hole total of his career and marked the first time in the Caceres, Spain, native's collegiate career in which he carded three rounds under par. In tying for third, Campillo collected his third top-10 of the season in three tournaments and the eighth of his career.
Also finishing under par was sophomore Seth Brandon, who tied for 12th with a two-under 214 (72-73-69). It was the lowest 54-hole total for the Dalton, Ga., native in his two years competing for the Cream and Crimson.
The third Hoosier under par for the tournament was classmate Drew Allenspach, who carded a one-under total of 215 (74-72-69) at Mattaponi Springs. That total tied Allenspach's career low, which he set last season at the Fossum/Spartan Invitational.
NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL PREVIEW (SEPT. 8-10)
SUGAR GROVE, Ill. - Jorge Campillo picked up right where he finished last season, opening the 2006-07 campaign with a tie for third place at the Rich Harvest Farms/NCAA Central Regional Preview on Sept. 8-10. Campillo carded a 224 (74-76-74) for his placement at the tournament.
As a team, the Hoosiers finished in eighth place with a 54-hole total of 929 (305-318-306) for the tournament. Louisville captured the team title with a total of 895 (297-299-299).
Seth Brandon shared 15th place for the Hoosiers, finishing with a three-round total of 229 (76-79-74). Brandon Pike finished in a tie for 30th position with a 235 total (78-80-77), while Santiago Quirarte shared 48th with a 240 (77-83-80). Drew Allenspach finished in a tie for 58th position after carding a 245 (80-83-82) for the tournament. Competing as an individual, Aaron Harrell tied for 43rd with a 239 (80-81-78).
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