Sept. 25, 2006
ATLANTA –
Cameron Tringale carded a 1-under-par 69 Monday, while Roberto Castro and Taylor Hall each shot 72 as Georgia Tech finished in sixth place at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational golf tournament at Olympia Fields, Ill.
Tech shot 288 as a team Monday, a mark bettered only by Duke, which shot 286 for a tournament total of 864 (24-over-par) and won the event by six shots over Stanford. The Cardinal finished at 30-over after posting a 295 Monday. Purdue (31-over) was third, followed by Northwestern (35-over) and defending national champion Oklahoma State (36-over).
The Jackets were another shot back at 37-over-par over 54 holes at the Olympia Fields Country Club, a two-time U.S. Open venue which plays to 7,200 yards and a par of 70.
Tringale’s 69, which included four birdies and three bogeys, was one of only six sub-70 rounds shot in the tournament. The sophomore from Laguna Niguel, Calif., finished in a six-way tie for 13th place at 219, eight shots off the pace of Niklas Lemke of Arizona State, who posted a 54-hole total of 211, 1-over-par.
Castro, a senior from Alpharetta, Ga., and Hall, a sophomore from LaGrange, Ga., and Kevin Larsen, a senior from Santa Barbara, Calif., tied for 20th place in the final standings at 221. Larsen posted a 75 Monday, while freshman Daniel Bowden was a non-counter at 77.
Tech is next in action Monday when the PING/Golfweek Preview Invitational begins at Williamsburg, Va.
OLYMPIA FIELDS/FIGHTING ILLINI INVITATIONAL Olympia Fields Country Club, Olympia Fields, Ill. Final Results
TEAM STANDINGS 1 Duke University 289 289 286 864 +24 2 Stanford University 286 289 295 870 +30 3 Purdue 290 292 289 871 +31 4 Northwestern 293 293 289 875 +35 5 Oklahoma State 293 283 300 876 +36 6 Georgia Tech 293 296 288 877 +37 7 Arizona State U. 299 297 288 884 +44 8 Minnesota 297 287 301 885 +45 9 Illinois 291 299 296 886 +46 10 Vanderbilt 299 299 309 907 +67 11 Toledo 303 302 309 914 +74 12 Oklahoma, U. of 309 300 310 919 +79
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1 Niklas Lemke Arizona State U. 72 73 66 211 +1 2 Adam Long Duke University 70 71 71 212 +2 T3 Pablo Martin Oklahoma State 71 70 72 213 +3 T3 Patrick Nagle Illinois 71 71 71 213 +3 T3 Tom Oliver Purdue 71 67 75 213 +3 T3 Michael Schachner Duke University 71 71 71 213 +3 T7 Pariya Junhasavasdikul Purdue 71 74 70 215 +5 T7 David Merkow Northwestern 73 72 70 215 +5 T7 Clayton Rask Minnesota 72 72 71 215 +5 10 Jonathan Bowers Northwestern 74 70 72 216 +6
GEORGIA TECH SCORES T13 Cameron Tringale 74 76 69 219 T20 Taylor Hall 72 77 72 221 T20 Roberto Castro 78 71 72 221 T20 Kevin Larsen 71 75 75 221 T42 Daniel Bowden 76 74 77 227
