Men's Golf Makes First Appearance at UMKC
10/8/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Oct. 8, 2015
GONZAGA BULLDOGS AT BILL ROSS INTERCOLLEGIATE
TOURNAMENT 3 | OCT. 12-13 | MILBURN CC | OVERLAND, KAN.
PAR AND DISTANCE: Par-72 | 7,054 yards
FIRST GU TEE TIME: 6:30 a.m. PT
LIVE SCORING: golfstatresults.com
LAST TIME AT EVENT: N/A (First time at event)
TOP GU INDIVIDUAL: N/A
ABOUT THE EVENT:
- In his 35 year career, tournament namesake Bill Ross was an instrumental figure in the history of UMKC Athletics. After beginning the men's basketball as its first head coach in the 1969-70 season, he served also as the first head basketball coach for the women's basketball program in its inaugural season in 1980-81.
- He served as the only coach in the history of the men's golf program until 2003. In his time with the men's golf program, Ross led the Roos to a pair of Mid-Continent Conference runner-up finishes including the 2001-02 season in which he coached current UMKC Director of Golf J.W. VanDenBorn.
- After 35 years at the helm, Ross retired in 2003. He has since been inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2007 and was a member of the 2009 class of inductees into the UMKC Athletics Hall of Fame. The Bill Ross Intercollegiate was started in his honor in 2005.
ABOUT THE FIELD:
- Air Force, Drake, Creighton, Gonzaga, Oklahoma Christian, Missouri State, Oral Roberts, South Dakota State, SIU Edwardsville, UMKC, Western Illinois, and Wichita State. As well as three individuals for Kansas State, two each from UMKC and Wichita State and one each from Air Force and Missouri State for a total of 69 golfers.
ABOUT THE COURSE:
- Established in 1917, the prestigious golf course is very close to the original layout that W.B. Langford and Harry Robb, Sr. had initially designed.
- Throughout its rich history, Milburn has hosted dozens of high profile golf events including: Kansas City Open, PGA U.S. Open Qualifying, U.S. Amateur Sectionals, Kansas City Masters, Missouri and Kansas Amateur, and The Watson Challenge - hosted by Tom Watson.
WALSHING AWAY THE COMPETITION:
- Sean Walsh was ranked 83rd in the country in the latest Golfstat relative ranking.
- The lone senior on the Zags' roster tied for 12th at the Husky Invitational at six strokes over par (219).
- Walsh finished with a tournament-high 13 birdies through the 54 holes.
- He became the first Gonzaga men's golfer to win an individual tournament title in eight years at the Saint Mary's Invitational.
- In the win, Walsh carded a third and final round of 66 (-5), matching the lowest-round of the tournament.
- His score was one stroke off of the competitive course record on the Poppy Hills Golf Course.
- The Keller, Texas native was also one stroke shy of his own program record.
- His final total of 208 (-5) was one stroke from the 54-hole GU record, which he is tied for with Brandon Crick.
- Walsh was named to the 2015 preseason All-West Coast Conference team for the second straight year.
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