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WHAT’S BRUIN: Weekly News & Notes Overall Record: 0-4
Overall Record: 0-4
Coming Up:
Sat.-Sun., Sept. 27-28, 1:00 pm - at Linfield Invitational, Michelbook Country Club, McMinnville, Ore.
The Bruins will compete in their second multi-team tournament of
the fall this weekend in the Linfield College Invitational at the
Michelbook Country Club in McMinnville, Ore., only 15 miles from
George Fox. Tee times on both Saturday and
Sunday are tentatively set for 1:00 p.m.; there is also a
women’s college tournament going on at the same time, teeing
off at 12;00 noon, so the men’s schedule will be contingent
upon working around that … Last year, the Bruins finished
3rd in the Linfield 5-Way with a score of 353, which was their
lowest score to that point in team history (it was the first year
of intercollegiate competition for the men’s golf program at
George Fox ) … So far this year, the Bruins have finished
4th in the Willamette 5-Way on Sept. 15 and dropped a 10-2 dual
match decision at Pacific on Sept. 21 …
BRUIN BITS ---
Bruins Drop 10-2 Decision in Dual Match with Pacific:
In honor of the Ryder Cup series, which saw the United States take
back the Cup for the first time since the early 1990’s, the
Bruins and Pacific Boxers played a Ryder Cup-styled dual match on
Sept. 21, with Pacific winning the match 10-2 at the Quail Valley
Golf Course in banks, Oer.
The Boxers earned 7 1/2 points out of eight pairings on the first
nine holes, which was contested in a match play
format. The Boxers also picked up 2 1/2 points
to 1 1/2 for the Bruins the team best ball competition, which was
contested on the final nine holes.
In match play, Max Bonk of Pacific beat the Bruins’ David
Burkhart 3 and 2, Michael Stanfield beat GFU’s Dustin
Churchill 3 and 1, Ben Wright beat Mike Ulstad of George Fox 1 up,
J.T. Compher downed Matthew Fanning of GFU 8 up, Sean Hamer bested
the Bruins’ Kelton Johnson 1 up, Brian Pan of Pacific topped
GFU’s Brett Tharp 3 and 2, and Tim Andrew beat the
Bruins’ Aaron Burkhart 4 and 3. Parrish
Evans and Jordan Fisher of Pacific played with Fisher as part of
the George Fox team in order to ven out the teams, and they split
thieir competition.
In the team best ball competition, the Pacific team of Bonk and
Stanfield beat David Burkhart and Churchill 34 to 37, Wright and
Compher beat Ulstad and Fanning 37 to 39, and Hamer and Pan tied
Tharp and Johnson at 34. Fisher and Aaron
Burkhart earned the Bruins¹ only full point of the day,
beating Andrew and Evans 36 to 37.
“This was a way for us to have some fun and play along with
the Ryder Cup,” said Matt Beck, the head coach of George
Fox’s newest sports program which is now in its second
season. “There are, of course, no
individual stroke averages to report, but this is an alternate form
of scoring that is permitted by the NCAA, and we will probably use
it again some time in another dual match on down the road.”
Coach Matt Beck:
Matt Beck is in his second season as the head
coach for the newest intercollegiate athletic program at George Fox
- men’s golf - which took to the links for the first time in
the fall of 2007. He came to the Bruins after four years as
an assistant coach with the men’s and women’s golf
teams at Pacific University in Forest Grove,
Ore. With Beck as an assistant, the Boxers
developed into a strong program that has been very competitive in
the Northwest Conference, including three NWC women’s
championships from 2004-06. Click here for the
complete bio on Coach
Beck.
