Third Annual Badger Men's Golf Invitational Sept. 6-8
August 22, 2002 | Men's Golf
The Wisconsin men's golf team will play host to the third annual Badger Men's Golf Invitational Fri-Sun., Sept. 6-8, at University Ridge Golf Course.
Toledo is the defending champion after setting a course team record 11-under par 853 in the 54-hole meet last year. UW's Jon Turcott won the individual honors with a nine-under 54-hole course record 207. Turcott will not be defending title as the junior is red-shirting this season.
Play begins at 1 p.m. with an 18-hole shotgun start on Friday, and continues at 9 a.m. with 18-holes each on Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free.
Tournament Name: 2002 Badger Men's Golf Invitational (54-hole tournament)
Course Name: University Ridge Golf Course
Host Institution: University of Wisconsin 'Madison
Location: (City, State, Population): Madison, WI (208,054)
Dates: Friday-Sunday, Sept. 6-8, 2002
Course Par/Yardage: Par 72; Yardage 6,888 (gold tees)
Format: The 15-team field will participate in a 54-hole invitational to be played on the par 72, 6,888-yard University of Wisconsin Golf Course''University Ridge
Friday's play is comprised an 18-hole shotgun starting a 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday's 18-hole tee times begin at 9 a.m. The low four of five scores will determine the team score for each round.
2002 Tournament Field: 15-team field:
Costal Carolina, Colorado State, Georgia State, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Lamar, Long Beach State UNC-Wilmington, Penn State, Toledo, Washington State, Western Kentucky, Wisconsin, Xavier
Tee Times: Rnd 1 Friday is a 1 p.m. shotgun; Sat-Sun. tee times begin at 8 a.m.
LIVE STATS: New feature this year will be livestats. Follow your team at golfstat.com
Admission: Free
Other Tournament Facts: This is the third year for the Badger Men's Invitational. Wisconsin won the 2000 event with a then-course record four-under par 860. Toledo beat that mark in 2001 with an 11-under par 853.
UW's Jon Turcott set the new collegiate 54-hole mark with a nine-under par 207 last year. The previous year, Jim Lemon and Steve Ratay of Notre Dame tied with a four-under 212. Lemon won the one-hole playoff.
University Ridge has been the site of several women's collegiate and Wisconsin state golf tournaments, most notably the 1998 NCAA Div. I Women 's Golf Championship, and the 2000 Big Ten Women's Golf Championship. It also played host to the Big Ten Men's Golf Championship held in 1995. The teams played the gold tees which then measured 6,851 yards. Ohio State won the tournament with a 72-hole University Ridge record 289-289-306-291'1,175.
University Ridge 54-Hole Team Collegiate Record: (men):
1) 853 by Toledo (280-284-289 -11; new University Ridge team course record) at Badger Men's Golf Invitational, 2001
2) 860 by Wisconsin (287-291-282'860 '4) at Badger Men's Golf Invitational, 2000
University Ridge 54-Hole Individual Collegiate Record: (men):
1) 207 by Jon Turcott (69-68-70 -9) new University Ridge collegiate course record for 54-holes at Badger Men's Golf Invitational, Sept. 8-9, 2001
2) 212 by Jim Lemon (76-69-67'212 -4) and Steve Ratay, Notre Dame (72-70-71-212 '4)at Badger Men's Golf Invitational, 2000
University Ridge 18-hole Individual Course Collegiate Record: (men):
67 by Andrew Mathews, Michigan in the 2001 Badger Invitational; Jim Lemon at 2000 Badger Men's Invitational; Kyle Dobbs, Michigan, at 1995 Big Ten Championship
UW Web Address: www.uwbadgers.com
Golf Course Phone: 608-845-7700; Golf Course Fax: 608-845-9639
Results: UWBADGERS.COM will have the scoring summaries following each round or follow the action live at golfstat.com; results will NOT be faxed to individual schools. A post event packet will be mailed to schools.
