Feb. 6, 2009
Kohala Coast, Hawai’i –
Cameron Tringale fired a 5-under-par 67 Friday to finish in a tie for 10th individually, while 10th-ranked Georgia Tech posted a 5-under 283 for the day and finished ninth at the UH-Hilo Intercollegiate.
Tringale, who posted his seventh round of par or better and his fifth round of 15 in the 60s this year, advanced 13 spots and tied with Tom Hoge of TCU at 2-under-par 214, four shots off the lead. The Laguna Niguel, Calif., senior earned his fourth top-10 finish in five tournaments this year.
Fellow senior David Dragoo, improving a stroke each round of the tournament, fired a 1-under 71 Friday and wound up in a tie for 12th place at even-par 216. It was the third top-20 finish in five events this year for the Scottsdale, Ariz., native.
The two seniors paced Tech on a day when the prevailing winds calmed and the Jackets’ 283 total was better by only two teams. Tech finished at 15-over 879 for the tournament, 28 shots behind Southern California.
“I was glad to see Cameron and David continue to carry the flag for us,” said Tech coach Bruce Heppler. “We played a lot better today. Hopefully we can get everybody else going and keep working.”
The No. 2-ranked Trojans (13-under-par 851) were one of the two teams posting a 282 Friday and coasted to the team title by 11 shots over No. 11 Washington (2-under 862). TCU, which also shot 282 Friday, was jumped to third place at 6-over 870, followed by Stanford (8-over), Oregon (9-over), Colorado (10-over), Arizona State (11-over) and Texas Tech (12-over).
The Huskies’ Nick Taylor (6-under 210) shot 70 Friday and captured medalist honors by one stroke over USC’s Jamie Lovemark (5-under 211), who shot 69 Friday. Colorado’s Pat Grady, Washington’s Richard Lee and Chris Killmer, and Arizona State’s Stephan Gross tied for third place at 4-under 212.
Sophomore J.T. Griffin shot 73 for Tech Friday and finished in a tie for 39th, while junior Chesson Hadley shot 75 and tied for 56th, and freshman James White carded an even-par 72 and finished in a tie for 60th.
Tech is off until Feb. 27, when it begins play in the Puerto Rico Classic.
UH-HILO INTERCOLLEGIATEMauna Lani, North Course, Kohala Coast,Hawai'iFinal Results
TEAM STANDINGS 1 Southern California 285 284 282 851 -13 2 Washington, U. of 281 292 289 862 -2 3 TCU 291 297 282 870 +6 4 Stanford University 294 291 287 872 +8 5 Oregon, U. of 287 299 287 873 +9 6 Colorado, U. of 295 289 290 874 +10 7 Arizona State U. 296 291 288 875 +11 8 Texas Tech Univ. 291 294 291 876 +12 9 Georgia Tech 301 295 283 879 +15 10 Florida State Univ. 311 293 286 890 +26 Oklahoma, U. of 294 303 293 890 +26 12 UC Davis 299 294 299 892 +28 13 Hawaii-Hilo, U. of 300 310 300 910 +46 14 Fresno State 308 315 300 923 +59 15 Kansas, U. of 309 314 301 924 +60 16 San Francisco, U. of 312 316 300 928 +64 17 Hawaii, Univ. of 314 328 305 947 +83
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1 Nick Taylor Washington 69 71 70 210 -6 2 Jamie Lovemark USC 69 73 69 211 -5 3 Pat Grady Colorado 73 69 70 212 -4 Richard Lee Washington 68 70 74 212 -4 Chris Killmer Washington 71 70 71 212 -4 Stephan Gross Arizona St 76 67 69 212 -4 7 Matthew Giles USC 72 70 71 213 -3 Tom Glissmeyer USC 71 72 70 213 -3 Steve Ziegler Stanford 71 71 71 213 -3 10 Cameron Tringale Ga. Tech 74 73 67 214 -2 Tom Hoge TCU 70 75 69 214 -2 12 Garrett Merrell Texas Tech 70 70 76 216 E David Dragoo Ga. Tech 73 72 71 216 E 14 Ryan Linton USC 76 69 72 217 +1 15 David Chung Stanford 75 74 69 218 +2 James Sacheck TCU 76 75 67 218 +2 Robbie Ziegler Oregon 72 75 71 218 +2 Drew Kittleson Florida St 80 66 72 218 +2
GEORGIA TECH SCORES T 10 Cameron Tringale 74 73 67 214 T 12 David Dragoo 73 72 71 216 T 39 J.T. Griffin 76 75 73 224 T 56 Chesson Hadley 78 75 75 228 T 60 James White 80 77 72 229 T 69 Minghao Wang (indiv.) 80 77 74 231
