2008 Woodie Awards
Golf won't settle for second place
Carly Perrin
Issue date: 4/20/07 Section: Sports
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With the ODAC tournament this weekend, the Guilford golf team looks like it will be one of the teams to beat.
Guilford's golf team has already broken three records this year, the individual 18-hole score, the individual 36-hole score and the team 18-hole score. They even look like they have the opportunity to break the single-season lowest-stroke average in the history of the school.
Guilford's team has finished among the top 10 in all of its tournaments and is ranked second in the nation after Methodist College in two separate surveys, golfstate.com and the official poll for the College Golf Association, for NCAA Division III schools.
Because Guilford is a Division III school, students are not awarded scholarships to play for sports teams. Guilford's student athletes "come here for love of the game," said Sports Information Director Dave Walters.
"Most of the student athletes that come to Guilford realize that the school provides the opportunities to play in their respected sports at a professional level … they really enjoy the sport and they want to apply themselves to that and receiving a good education," continued Walters.
It is not only love of the game that makes a player great, but also skill. There has been one player, Joe Poplin, who has broken or tied three records this season and has within his grasp the record for single season lowest stroke average in the history of the school.
Poplin broke the lowest score for one round with a 62 compared to the 66 of last year, the 2-round score of 133 compared to last year's 137 and tied the 3-round game at 207 that was set by Bill Brooks back in 1983.
Jack Jensen, the multi-award winning golf coach of Guilford College for 31 seasons, said that if Poplin keeps his average below 144, he has a good shot of breaking Guilford's lowest-stroke average. However, Poplin isn't the only outstanding member on the team.
First-year Peter Latimer, tournament winner at Emory Springs, expresses his team's desire to win.
Guilford's golf team has already broken three records this year, the individual 18-hole score, the individual 36-hole score and the team 18-hole score. They even look like they have the opportunity to break the single-season lowest-stroke average in the history of the school.
Guilford's team has finished among the top 10 in all of its tournaments and is ranked second in the nation after Methodist College in two separate surveys, golfstate.com and the official poll for the College Golf Association, for NCAA Division III schools.
Because Guilford is a Division III school, students are not awarded scholarships to play for sports teams. Guilford's student athletes "come here for love of the game," said Sports Information Director Dave Walters.
"Most of the student athletes that come to Guilford realize that the school provides the opportunities to play in their respected sports at a professional level … they really enjoy the sport and they want to apply themselves to that and receiving a good education," continued Walters.
It is not only love of the game that makes a player great, but also skill. There has been one player, Joe Poplin, who has broken or tied three records this season and has within his grasp the record for single season lowest stroke average in the history of the school.
Poplin broke the lowest score for one round with a 62 compared to the 66 of last year, the 2-round score of 133 compared to last year's 137 and tied the 3-round game at 207 that was set by Bill Brooks back in 1983.
Jack Jensen, the multi-award winning golf coach of Guilford College for 31 seasons, said that if Poplin keeps his average below 144, he has a good shot of breaking Guilford's lowest-stroke average. However, Poplin isn't the only outstanding member on the team.
First-year Peter Latimer, tournament winner at Emory Springs, expresses his team's desire to win.
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Danny Chilton '74
posted 4/26/07 @ 8:37 PM EST
A couple of notes: Earlier this academic year, Methodist changed its name to Methodist University. Also, the golf site cited in this article is actually golfstat. (Continued…)
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