Michigan
Big Ten Championships (Day 1)
Tighe, Dore Lead Wolverines on Day One of Big Tens
5/8/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich.
Course: U-M Golf Course (par 71, 6,704 yards)
Tournament: Big Ten Championships
U-M Standing: 10th Place of 11 Teams (297-292/589) after Day 1
Top U-M Individual: Rob Tighe, tie-16th (73-71/144)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, May 9 -- host Big Ten Championships (U-M Golf Course)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's golf team sits in 10th place after the first day (Saturday, May 8) of the Big Ten Conference Championships at the U-M Golf Course. The Wolverines, who tallied a 589 36-hole total, opened with a 297 first-round total and matched the second-best team total of the season with a 292 in the second round.
Tighe had three birdies and three bogeys in his even-par 71 in the second round.
Senior/junior Rob Tighe (Traverse City, Mich./West HS) led the Wolverine charge, finishing the first day tied for 16th with a 144 36-hole total after carding rounds of 73 and an even-par 71. Starting the first round on No. 10, Tighe parred his first five holes before running into trouble on No. 15 when he recorded a bogey. He got back into a groove playing minus-one golf with a birdie on No. 1 through the next eight holes to sit even-par with four holes remaining. Back-to-back bogeys on 6 and 7 helped close out his round with a two-over 73.
In the second round, Tighe again got off to a red hot start on the back side, firing two birdies in his first five holes to sit at two under par early. For the second straight round, No. 15 got the best of him as he bogeyed it, raising him to one under par. He struck back with his third birdie on No. 17 to keep him in red numbers. Bogeys on No. 4 and No. 9 evened his round at par with a 71.
Freshman Kevin Dore (Dundas, Ontario/St. Mary's) followed Tighe in Wolverine scoring, finishing day one tied for 24th after carding back-to-back rounds of 73 for a 146 36-hole total. Dore opened round one on No. 10 and put up two pars before falling to one-over with a bogey on No. 12. After bogeying No. 15, he countered with a birdie on No. 16 to put him back to one-over after seven holes. Dore made the turn with a birdie on No. 1 for an overall even par before bogeying two more to conclude with a two-over 73 in round one.
In the second round, Dore maintained a steady pace, recording 14 pars in his 18 holes. He weaved in three bogeys before finishing out round two with a birdie on No. 9 for his second two-over 73 of the day.
Sophomore Christian Vozza (Traverse City, Mich./Grand Rapids Baptist HS) is tied for 34th with a 148 total (75-73), senior Dave Nichols (Mesa, Ariz./Rochester Adams HS [Mich.]) sits tied for 46th with a 151 total (76-75), and fifth-year senior Scott Carlton (Brighton, Mich./Brighton HS) is tied for 50th with a 155 total (80-75).
As for the overall standings, Ohio State's Kevin Hall was the spark the Buckeyes needed to take a commanding lead of the conference championships as he carded a five-under 66 followed by a six-under 65 to lead by seven strokes over Minnesota's Justin Smith (68-70/138). Ohio State (279-279) sits at 10 under par as a team after setting a new conference 36-hole Big Ten Championships record with a 558. Minnesota is in second with a two-under 566 total (287-279) and Illinois is third at 570 (279-291).
The Big Ten Championships conclude Sunday (May 9) with 18 holes, with tee times beginning at 8 a.m. off the No. 1 and No. 10 tees. The Maize and Blue will be paired with Wisconsin in the final round starting on No. 10 at 8:15 a.m.
Team Standings (After Day 1)
1. Ohio State 279-279 = 558 (-10)
2. Minnesota 287-279 = 566
3. Illinois 279-291 = 570
4. Penn State 291-285 = 576
Purdue 287-289 = 576
6. Indiana 286-291 = 577
7. Michigan State 287-293 = 580
8. Northwestern 292-288 = 580
9. Iowa 295-288 = 583
10. MICHIGAN 297-292 = 589
11. Wisconsin 299-300 = 599
Top Individuals
1. Kevin Hall, Ohio State 66-65 = 131 (-11)
2. Justin Smith, Minnesota 68-70 = 138
3. Andrew Ruthkowski, Michigan State 69-71 = 140
4. Joe Affrunti, Illinois 69-72 = 141
Bronson La'Cassie, Minnesota 73-68 = 141
Brett Williams, Ohio State 67-74 = 141
Mike O'Neal, Illinois 67-74 = 141
8. Scott Anderson, Ohio State 74-68 = 142
Dillon Dougherty, Northwestern 73-69 = 142
T.C. Ford, Northwestern 72-70 = 142
Marco Poccia, Penn State 73-69 = 142
12. Luke Epp, Purdue 71-72 = 143
Jeff Overton, Indiana 70-73 = 143
Peter Richardson, Purdue 71-72 = 143
David Morgan, Minnesota 76-67 = 143
Michigan Individual Scores
T16. Rob Tighe 73-71 = 144 T24. Kevin Dore 73-73 = 146 T34. Christian Vozza 75-73 = 148 T46. Dave Nichols 76-75 = 151 T50. Scott Carlton 80-75 = 155
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