2011 NCGC - Tenth anniversary celebrated with USC scoring 10-under par

USC - Nakazaki/Levin

Adam Levin and Kyle Nakazaki from the University of Southern California carded a final score of 62 (-10) to claim the 10th anniversary title of the National Collegiate Golf Championship (NCGC) played at Paiute Golf Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday.

As the players arrived under cloudy skies that kept the early-morning temperatures hovering around the low 40's during the first nine holes of play, the sun began beaming down for a hot back nine as birdies started dropping all over the course.

Kennesaw State - Hall/White

Levin and Nakazaki raced past the 100-player field on the back nine and were in close contention with Randy White and Cory Hall from Kennesaw State University, Lawrence Hsu and Ben Lertsakdadet from the University of California-Irvine, and Anthony and Nick Capra from NC State University in the final push towards the clubhouse lead. 

In the end, scoring birdies on the final holes helped to secure the title for the two from Southern Cal as their tournament-record 62 edged out the other three contenders who finished with identical scores of 64 (-8).

A card-off tie-breaking procedure was used to determine second and third places which were awarded to Kennesaw State and UC-Irvine respectively, to round out the Student Division winners.

UC-Irvine - Lertsakdadet/Hsu

Sonoma State - Ramey/Matthew

In Alumni/Community Division play, James Matthew and Brennan Ramey from Sonoma State University scored a 64 (-8) to outlast defending division champion Mike Nakunz and Gary Enos from California State University - San Bernandino who carded a 6-under par 66 for second place.


Participating in his eighth NCGC tournament, Nakunz continued to add to the event record for most appearances and as an exceptional ambassador for CSUSB.

Topping the Faculty/Staff Division of play, Western Kentucky University's Matt Morrison and Adam Whitt took the lead early on and never relinquished it in claiming the division title with a final score of 68 (-4).

The University of Hawaii's Michael Dahilig and Laine Mason followed behind with a score of 71 (-1) to claim second place.

CSUSB - Enos/Nakunz

Once again, the Wolf Course at Paiute provided the setting for a tremendous tournament round and experience for all participants who represented 28 different universities and colleges.

The CGA looks forward to moving on to the next 10 years of competition and providing opportunities for competitive, amateur recreation golfers on campuses across the country to 'keep the dream alive' and working towards contending for a national championship title.

Western Kentucky - Morrison/Whitt

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University of Hawaii - Mason/Dahilig

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2011 NCGC - Following the road to Vegas

2011 NCGC Local Qualifier Report:

University of Minnesota

Aaron Hurd and partner Trent Thompson win the University of Minnesota NCGC LQ over Benton Olson /Mike Schumacher and 3rd place team Johnny Brennan/Taylor Frank in the student division. 

John Waters and Dave Butler capture the Faculty/ Staff Championship and Charles Stieg and Eddie Arpin win the Alumni/Community Championship

2011 NCGC - Following the road to Vegas

2011 NCGC Local Qualifier Report:

University of Southern California

Congratulations to Lawrence Hsu and partner Ben Lertsakdadet from UCI who won the USC NCGC Local Qualifier in a card off over USC team of Kyle Nakazaki and Adam Levin. 

Both teams shot a 65 on a tough Oak Creek Golf Club in Irvine, CA.

 

Both teams won entry into the National Championship in Vegas Nov 11th -13th.

In a tie for 3rd both teams Robert Lehman/Zack Lindberg and Danny Sacks/Michael Sullivan qualify for Nationals.

 

2011 NCGC - Following the road to Vegas

2011 NCGC Local Qualifier Report:

Sonoma State University

2011 Sonoma State University Qualifiers - James Matthews and Brennen Ramey

2011 NCGC - Following the road to Vegas

2011 NCGC Local Qualifier Report:

University of Iowa

The winners of the Iowa NCGC Local Qualifier in the student division were Matt Morse and Chris Foster with a score of 64.  The winners of the Faculty Staff division were Tommy Schorer and Mike Widen with a score of 70.

The winners of the student division are given airfare and an invitation to the CGA national tournament in Las Vegas. The tournament was enjoyed by all the participants and thanks to our sponsors we were able to provide all of them with different prizes.