November 25, 1997
Texas A&M senior Miguel del Angel of McAllen, Texas, fired a final-round 69 Tuesday to finish tied for fourth at the prestigious Savane All-America Classic at El Paso Country Club in El Paso.
The 27-player tournament included all returning college All-Americans from last season.
Del Angel carded a three-round total of 68-70-69=207 to finish just two strokes behind tournament champion Alberto Ochoa of TCU, who fired rounds of 66-71-68=205 and won a playoff against Oklahoma State's Edward Loar (70-67-68=205). Arizona's Rory Sabbatini finished third at 65-70-71=206 while del Angel tied for fourth with North Carolina State's Tim Clark (72-66-69=207).
Del Angel earned honorable mention All-America honors last year by the Golf Coaches Association of America to receive an invitation to the event.
SAVANE ALL-AMERICA CLASSIC Nov. 24-25, 1997 El Paso Country Club (6,781 yards/Par 71) El Paso, Texas Final Results 1. Alberto Ochoa, TCU 66-71-68=205 2. Edward Loar, Oklahoma State 70-67-68=205 3. Rory Sabbatini, Arizona 65-70-71=206 4. Miguel del Angel, Texas A&M 68-70-69=207 Tim Clark, North Carolina State 72-66-69=207 6. Hank Kuehne, SMU 72-69-67=208 Andy Miller, BYU 70-68-70=208 8. Bill Lunde, UNLV 71-69-69=209 Randy Leen, Indiana 68-71-70=209 Martin du Toit, SE Louisiana 70-67-72=209 11. James Driscoll, Virginia 73-70-67=210 P.J. Smith, LSU 75-68-67=210 Todd Lynch, Wake Forest 71-69-70=210 Craig Matthew, Ohio State 69-68-73=210 15. Jason Dufner, Auburn 73-68-70=211 16. Mark Northey, Georgia 71-72-69=212 17. Michael Capone, Wake Forest 72-71-71=214 Pail Dickinson, Ala.-Birm. 73-69-72=214 Bryant MacKellar, Auburn 73-68-73=214 20. Joel Kribel, Stanford 73-72-70=215 Doug LaBelle, New Mexico 74-71-70=215 Ross Bain, North Carolina 69-72-74=215 Michael Connell, Miss. St. 68-71-76=215 24. Hidemasa Hoshino, 73-72-71=216 25. Brion McLaughlin, 71-72-76=219 26. Bo Van Pelt, Oklahoma State 74-72-74=220 27. Keith Hoard, 77-79-81=237