May 29, 2009
TOLEDO, Ohio - No. 7 seed A&M defeated No. 2 seed Arizona State, 3-1-1, Friday morning to advance to the semifinals at the NCAA Men's Golf Championship at Inverness Golf Club.
The Aggies will play No. 6 seed Michigan, which upset No. 3 seed Southern California, 3-2, today at approximately 2 p.m. Live scoring and video is available at golfstat.com. The video link is http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/leaderboards/player/static/player_1495.html.
The top three seeds all lost. No. 8 Georgia upset No. 1 Oklahoma State (3-2) when Brian Harman birdied the last hole to beat Rickie Fowler. The only higher seed to win was No. 4 Arkansas, which edged No. 5 Washington (3-2).
Georgia and Arkansas will face off in the other semifinal match. The NCAA Championship match is set for 1 p.m. on Saturday.
A&M can finish no lower than tied for third, which is the highest national finish in school history. The previous best was fourth place in 1982.
A&M's Bronson Burgoon (4 and 3) and John Hurley (3 and 2) easily won their matches. Conrad Shindler closed out a 2 and 1 victory with a birdie on the 17th hole.
Matt Van Zandt also birdied the 17th to square his match, but the players elected not to finish after Burgoon's victory sealed the match. Andrea Pavan lost his match, 4 and 3.
"Bronson and John took it to them early and were never in danger of losing," A&M Coach J.T. Higgins said. "It was fantastic to secure two wins early. Conrad and Matt played their hearts out, with Conrad winning the 15th and 17th holes to close out his match. Andrea didn't play well early but he started playing well late in the round. I think he'll be ready to go this afternoon. It was a great team effort and we're excited to go to the final four."
2009 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships
Quarterfinal Results
No. 8 Georgia def. No. 1 Oklahoma State, 3-2 No. 5 Adam Mitchell (Georgia) def. No. 5 Kevin Tway (OSU), 5 & 3 No. 4 Peter Uihlein (OSU) def. No. 4 Harris English (Georgia), 4 & 3 No. 3 Russell Henley (Georgia) def. No. 3 Trent Leon (OSU), 2 up No. 2 Morgan Hoffmann (OSU) def. No. 2 Hudson Swafford (Georgia), 4 & 3 No. 1 Brian Harman (Georgia) def. No. 1 Rickie Fowler (OSU), 1 up
No. 4 Arkansas def. No. 5 Washington, 3-2 No. 5 Jamie Marshall (Ark.) vs. No. 5 Tze Huang Choo (Wash.), 3 & 2 No. 4 Jason Cuthbertson (Ark.) def. No. 4 Chris Killmer (Wash.), 3 & 2 No. 3 Darren Wallace (UW) def. No. 3 Ethan Tracy (Ark.), 6 up No. 2 David Lingmerth (Ark). def. No. 2 Richard Lee (Wash.), 2 & 1 No. 1 Nick Taylor (UW) def. No. 1 Andrew Landry (Ark.), 4 & 3
No. 7 Texas A&M def. No. 2 Arizona State, 3-1-1 No. 5 Conrad Shindler (A&M) def. No. 5 Scott Pinckney (ASU), 2 & 1 No. 4 Jesper Kennegard (ASU) and No. 4 Matt Van Zandt (A&M), All Square thru 17 No. 3 John Hurley (A&M) def. No. 3 Chan Kim (ASU), 3 & 2 No. 2 Stephan Gross (ASU) def. No. 2 Andrea Pavan (A&M), 4 & 3 No. 1 Bronson Burgoon (A&M) def. No. 1 Knut Borsheim (ASU), 5 & 4
No. 6 Michigan def. No. 3 Southern Cal, 3-2 No. 5 Ryan Linton (USC) def. No. 5 Nick Pumford (Mich.), 3 & 2 No. 4 Steve Lim (USC) def. No. 4 Bill Rankin (Mich.), 4 & 3 No. 3 Matt Thompson (Mich.) def. No. 3 Tom Glissmeyer (USC), 4 & 3 No. 2 Alexander Sitompul (Mich.) def. No. 2 Tim Sluiter (USC), 5 & 3 No. 1 Lion Kim (Mich.) def. No. 1 Matthew Giles (USC), 2 & 1
Semifinal Schedule
No. 4 Arkansas vs. No. 8 Georgia 2:00 p.m. - No. 5 Jamie Marshall (Ark.) vs. No. 5 Adam Mitchell (Georgia) 2:09 p.m. - No. 4 Jason Cuthbertson (Ark.) vs. No. 4 Harris English (Georgia) 2:18 p.m. - No. 3 Ethan Tracy (Ark.) vs. No. 3 Russell Henley (Georgia) 2:27 p.m. - No. 2 David Lingmerth (Ark.) vs. No. 2 Hudson Swafford (Georgia) 2:36 p.m. - No. 1 Andrew Landry (Ark.) vs. No. 1 Brian Harman (Georgia)
No. 6 Michigan vs. No. 7 Texas A&M 2:45 p.m. - No. 5 Nick Pumford (Mich.) vs. No. 5 Conrad Shindler (Texas A&M) 2:54 p.m. - No. 4 Bill Rankin (Mich.) vs. No. 4 Matt Van Zandt (Texas A&M) 3:03 p.m. - No. 3 Matt Thompson (Mich.) vs. No. 3 John Hurley (Texas A&M) 3:12 p.m. - No. 2 Alexander Sitompul (Mich.) vs. No. 2 Andrea Pavan (Texas A&M) 3:21 p.m. - No. 1 Lion Kim (Mich.) vs. No. 1 Bronson Burgoon (Texas A&M)