USGA

USGA Men's State
Team Championship
Tees Off in Virginia

USGA Men's State Team Championship
September 7-9, 1999
at Golden Horseshoe Golf Club (Gold Course)
Williamsburg, Va.

PAR AND YARDAGE - Golden Horseshoe Golf Club (Gold Course) will be set at 6,696 yards and play to par 36-35--71.

GOLDEN HORSESHOE - The Gold Course was designed by Robert Trent Jones in 1964.

YOUR PRESENCE IS REQUESTED - The general public is invited to attend the championship. Both admission and parking are free of charge.

SCHEDULE OF PLAY - The field of 153 golfers (51 teams) will play 18 holes from Sept. 7-9 (Tuesday-Thursday). The lowest two scores from each three-man team will be counted daily toward the team's total in this biennial championship.

51 TEAMS ENTERED - Fifty-one teams are entered for the upcoming championship, with all 50 states and Puerto Rico represented. In 1995, the championship drew 47 entries. In 1997, the championship also had 51 team entries.

1997 RE-CAP - Minnesota won the 1997 championship by six strokes over California at SunRidge Canyon Golf Club in Fountain Hills, Ariz. Terry O'Loughlin of White Bear Lake, who shot an individual low of 207 (6-under) and John Harris of Edina, each shot 2-under-par 69 on the final day.

Harris finished at 3-under (210) to tie for third. Joe Stansberry of Minneapolis, was the third team member and contributed a 2-under 69 on the second day and finished at 219.

DEFENDERS ARE ALMOST INTACT: Two-thirds of the championship team of 1997 from Minnesota will return. Joe Stansberry of Minneapolis and Terry O'Loughlin of Great Bear Lake, who played with John Harris in 1997, are joined by J.B. Lloyd of Wayzata.

1997 RE-CAP (TAKE TWO) -- Craig Steinberg of van Nuys and Mark Johnson of Helendale led California, each with 221 totals. John "Spider" Miller of Bloomington, the 1996 and 1998 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion, was the second low individual at 4-under 209, in leading Indiana's third-place team finish.

Alabama led by two strokes after the first day with a 5-under total of 136. Minnesota took the lead after 36 holes, with a 6-under total of 278, two strokes ahead of California, Tennessee and Virginia.

1997 RE-CAP (TAKE THREE) - Steve Sheehan of Reno, Nev., the older brother of two-time U.S. Women's Open champion Patty Sheehan, carded the low round of the week and the history of the championship with a 7-under 64 in the second round.

There were three holes-in-one, including one by 53-year-old Roger Null of Wensville, Mo., which was the 12th of his career. A total of 51 teams, from all 50 states and Puerto Rico, entered. The inaugural event in 1995, drew 47 teams.

CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY - The team representing Virginia won the inaugural championship in 1995. David Partridge of Richmond, shot a 2-under-par 70, and Keith Decker of Fieldale, shot a 1-under 71 to lead Virginia to a nine-stroke victory over Florida. Tom McKnight, of Galax, led the team with a three-round total of 214, 2-under. Virginia returned its three-man team to defend the title in 1997 and finished fourth.

HOME STATE TEAM - Virginia will be represented by Keith Decker of Fieldale, (making his third appearance), Charles Green III of Tazewell, and Faber Jamerson of Appomattox.

FORMAT - In each of three, 18-hole, stroke play rounds, the two lowest scores by players from each team constitute the team score for each round. The three-day total is the team's score for the Championship.

ELIGIBILITY - The championship is open to male amateur golfers as selected by each state golf association or administrative body. At present, collegiate players are not eligible to compete in this championship.

The NCAA rules state that a player may only play in an international team competition when that team is sponsored by the national governing body, such as the Walker Cup Match or the World Amateur Team Championship. Any infraction of that rule means the collegiate player may be declared ineligible for the remainder of the season and the following season.

WALKER CUP PLAYER - Jerry Courville Jr. of Milford, Conn., a member of the victorious 1997 U.S. Walker Cup team, is entered in the championship. The Walker Cup Match is played between two 10-man amateur squads, one from the U.S., the other from Great Britain and Ireland.

USGA CHAMPIONS: A total of four USGA champions will compete in this event. Jerry Courville of Milford, Conn. (1995 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Tim Hogarth of Northridge, Calif. (1996 U.S. Amateur Public Links), Jeff Thomas of Brick, N.J. (1993 U.S. Mid-Amateur) and Michael Podolak of Oxbow, N.D. are the quartet of champions.

THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM: Twenty players will be making their third appearance in the USGA State Team Championship. They are: Ron Brown Jr. of Cumberland Foreside, Maine, Patrick Carter of Lesage, W.Va., David Clouse of Friend, Neb., Jerry Courville of Milford, Conn., Keith Decker of Fieldale, Va., Brady Exber of Las Vegas, Nev., Alan Fadel of Toledo, Ohio, Jay Fox of Little Rock, Ark., Robert Gregorski of Cato, Wis., Michael Hall of Wilmington, Del., Eric Hamilton of Anniston, Va., Doug LaCrosse of Tampa, Fla., Chris Maletis of Portland, Ore., Randy Nichols of Connersville, Ind., Phil Pleat of Nashua, N.H., Michael Podolak of Oxbow, N.D., Bret Rupert of Boise, Idaho, Paul Simson of Raleigh, N.C., Joe Stansberry of Minneapolis, Minn., and Frank Vana Jr. of Marlboro, Mass.

CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY - The Men's State Team Championship, like the women's version, grew out of the celebration of the USGA Centennial and was fashioned after the biennial World Amateur Team Championship. Each state in was invited to send its three best players, and 47 states sent men's teams to compete for the new title at the Lake Nona Golf Club in Orlando, Fla in 1995.

State associations were given the option to choose their teams by any method, with one restriction: college players were ineligible because of NCAA bylaws. The NCAA rule states that a player may only play in an international team match when that team is sponsored by the national governing body, such as the Walker Cup team or the Men's World Amateur team. Any infraction of that rule means the college player is faced with being declared ineligible for the remainder of the season and the following season.

As a result, the field for the Men's State Team Championship was made up almost entirely of mid-amateur and senior players. Some states used a point system to select the three-woman team. Others used the top finishers in their state championships or conducted qualifying tournaments.

A few states employed a selection committee to determine team members. Just as in the Men's World Amateur Team Championship, the Men's State Team Championship format meant that only the best two scores of each state's three players were counted in each of three days.

The inaugural Men's State Team Championship proved to be such a popular competition that the decision was made to conduct the championship every two years, in odd-numbered years.

HOLE-BY-HOLE - Holes 1-9; No. 1, 402-yard, par 4; No. 2, 498-yard, par 5; No. 3, 174-yard, par 3; No. 4, 403-yard, par 4; No. 5, 348-yard, par 4; No. 6, 485-yard, par 5; No. 7, 206-yard, par 3; No. 8, 337-yard, par 4; No. 9, 372-yard, par 4. 3,225 yards, par 36.

Holes 10-18; No. 10, 450-yard, par 4; No. 11, 403-yard, par 4; No. 12, 188-yard, par 3; No. 13, 363-yard, par 4; No. 14, 445-yard, par 4; No. 15, 600-yard, par 5; No. 16, 169-yard, par 3; No. 17, 422-yard, par 4; No. 18, 431-yard, par 4. 3,471 yards, par 35. Total 6,696 yards, par 71.

1999 USGA Men's State Team Championship
United States Golf Association, Golf House, Far Hills, NJ
Golden Horseshoe Golf Club (Gold Course)
Williamsburg, Va.
September 7-9, 1999

Groupings and Starting Times
Tuesday, September 7 and Wednesday, September 8, 1999

EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME

#1 Tee #10 Tee
Tuesday AM Wednesday PM

7:45 11:30 Ron Brown Jr, Cumberland Foreside, Maine
Joey Holley, Troy, Ala.
Robert Gregorski, Cato, Wisc.

7:54 12:24 Casey Bourque, Biddeford, Maine
Eric Hamilton, Anniston, Ala.
Mark Bemowski, Greenfield, Wisc.

8:03 12:33 Ryan Helminen, Appleton, Wisc.
Mark Plummer, Manchester, Maine
Cole McInnis, Alexander City, Ala.

8:12 12:42 Shaun Koch, Howell, Mich.
Marty Sallaz, Overland Park, Kan.
Greg Sanders, Anchorage, Alaska

8:21 12:51 Gordon Pospisil, Anchorage, Alaska
Sean Thayer, Garden City, Kan.
Hank Schlissberg, Lansing, Mich.

8:30 1:00 David Hall, Royal Oak, Mich.
Casey Cusack, Anchorage, Alaska
Ron Brewer, Leawood, Kan.

8:39 1:09 Eddie Lopez, San Juan, P.R.
Marty James, Prescott, Ariz.
Steve Vanhorn, Morgantown, W. Va.

8:48 1:18 Isander Alvarez, San Juan, P.R.
Steve Dallas, Gilbert, Ariz.
Steve Fox, Huntington, W. Va.

8:57 1:27 Patrick Carter, Lesage, W. Va.
Carlos Rosario, San Juan, P.R.
Michael Spiher, Tempe, Ariz..

# 1 Tee
Tuesday AM #10 Tee Wednesday PM
9:06 1:36 Darryl Donovan, Gilroy, Calif.
Judge Little, Meridian, Miss.
Brian Ahern, West Hartford, Conn.

9:15 1:45 Rett Crowder, Ridgeland, Miss.
John Pate, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Jerry Courville, Milford, Conn.

9:24 1:54 Joe Dennis, Wolcott, Conn.
Tico Hoffman, Jackson, Miss.
Tim Hogarth, Northridge, Calif.

9:33 2:03 Thomas Borsello, Wilmington, Del.
Tracy Harris, Little Rock, Ark.
Mike Glaesel, Arvada, Colo.

9:42 2:12 Darrell Clayton, Hockessin, Del.
Stan Lee, Maumelle, Ark.
David Delich, Colorado Springs, Colo.

9:51 2:21 Rick Dewitt, Arvada, Colo.
Michael Hall, Wilmington, Del.
Jay Fox, Little Rock, Ark.

#10 Tee
Tuesday AM #1 Tee Wednesday PM
7:45 12:15 Scott Masingill, Payette, Idaho
Mark Johnson, Cairo, Ill.
Jeff Knox, Augusta, Ga,

7:54 12:24 Bret Rupert, Boise, Idaho
Bill Roberts, Pine Mountain, Ga.
Chip Travis, Hinsdale, Ill.

8:03 12:33 Rick Cloninger, Dacula, Ga.
Richard Dukelow, Orland Park, Ill.
Jim Malay, Boise, Idaho

8:12 12:42 Randy Nichols, Connersville, Ind.
Martin West, Rockville, Md.
Alex Stamey, Mill Creek, Wash.

8:21 12:51 Mike Bell, Indianapolis, Ind.
Greg Ott, Kent, Wash.
Larry Storck, Baltimore, Md.

#10 Tee
Tuesday AM #1 Tee Wednesday PM
8:30 1:00 Kirk Lombardi, Gaithersburg, Md.
Keith Coleman, Mukilteo, Wash.
Rusty Ripberger, Tipton, Ind.

8:39 1:09 Ryan Job, Salt Lake City, Utah
Kevin Quinn, Boston, Mass.
Bob Cooper, Monroe, La.

8:48 1:18 Steve Poulson, Draper, Utah
Doug Farr, Monroe, La.
Doug Clapp, Walpole, Mass.

8:57 1:27 Kurt Bosen, Bountiful, Utah
Craig Webb, Shreveport, La.
Frank Vana Jr, Marlboro, Mass.

9:06 1:36 J B Lloyd, Wayzata, Minn.
Scott Roser, Ruidoso, N.M.
Charlie Blanchard, Tiverton, R.I.

9:15 1:45 Leon Chapman, Albuquerque, N.M..
John Auclair, Cumberland, R.I.
Joe Stansberry, Minneapolis, Minn

#1 Tee
Tuesday PM #10 Tee Wednesday AM
9:24 1:54 Mike Soucy, Coventry, R.I.
Terry O'Loughlin, St. Paul, Minn.
Jeff Chapman, Albuquerque, N.M.

12:30 7:45 Richard Berkmeyer Jr, Ballwin, Mo.
Joseph Bouffard, S. Burlington, Vt.
Jim Sullivan Jr, Abington, Pa.

12:39 7:54 Chris Lange, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Dustin Cone, Bennington, Vt.
Robert Godwin, Poplar Bluff, Mo.

12:48 8:03 David Goodrich, Colchester, Vt.
Robin MCool, Bethlehem, Pa.
Doug Diemer, St. Louis, Mo.

12:57 8:12
Charles Green III, Tazewell, Va.
Parker Heller, Helena, Mont.
Steve Sheehan, Reno, Nev.

1:06 8:21 Faber Jamerson, Appomattox, Va.
Rob Bergerson, Billings, Mont.
Brady Exber, Las Vegas, Nev.

1:15 8:30 Keith Decker, Fieldale, Va.
Eddie Kavern, Dillon, Mont.
David Nelson, Reno, Nev.

1:24 8:39 Steve Wright, Laurinburg, N.C.
Luke Hobika, Syracuse, N.Y.
Josh Madden, Lincoln, Neb.

1:33 8:48 Mike Goodes, Reidsville, N.C.
Casey Alexander, Massapequa Park, N.Y.
Bill Spangler, Lincoln, Neb.

1:42 8:57 Paul Simson, Raleigh, N.C.
John Gaffney, Williamsville, N.Y.
David Clouse, Friend, Neb.

1:51 9:06 Cameron Azari, Eugene, Ore.
Phil Pleat, Nashua, N.H.
Jay Myhne, Rolette, N.D.

2:00 9:15 Jim Pliska, Gresham, Ore.
Todd Schaefer, Grand Forks, N.D.
Dan Arvanitis, Manchester, N.H.

2:09 9:248 Chris Maletis, Portland, Ore.
Michael Podolak, Oxbow, N.D.
Peter Malley, Manchester, N.H.

12:30 7:45 Mike Bright, Mt Pleasant, S.C.
Jeff Thomas, Brick, N.J.
Bill Jackson, Oklahoma City, Okla.

12:39 7:54 Mike Deo, Milford, N.J.
Rick Ruffin, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Kevin King, Hilton Head, S.C.

12:48 8:03 Lee Richardson, Ridgewood, N.J.
Tripp Davis, Norman, Okla.
Frank Ford III, Charleston, S.C.

12:57 8:12 Mike Brummer, Rapid City, S.D.
Danny Green, Jackson, Tenn.
Dan Dunkelberg, Ft Worth, Texas

#10 Tee
Tuesday PM #1 Tee  Wednesday AM
1:06 8:21 Richard Smith, Dresden, Tenn.
Matt Einspahr, Brookings, S.D.
Bob Kearney, Houston, Texas

1:15 8:30 Rob Long, Clarksville, Tenn.
Chip Stewart, Dallas, Texas
Roger Legge, Aberdeen, S.D.

1:24 8:39 Joe Alfieri II, Lutz, Fla.
Howard Logan Jr, Shelbyville, Ken.
Rod Spittle, Dublin, Ohio

1:33 8:48 Chip Montgomery, Anchorage, Ken.
Alan Fadel, Toledo, Ohio
Doug Lacrosse, Tampa, Fla.

1:42 8:57 Mark Leetzow, Sarasota, FL
Robert Gerwin, Cincinnati, OH
Vince Hamilton, Louisville, KY

1:51 9:06 Scott Briggs, Muscatine, Iowa
Jim Marshall, Worland, Wyo.
Jonathan Ota, Lihue, Hawaii

2:00 9:15 Chris Vandell, Des Moines, Iowa
Cory Marburger, Lander, Wyo.
Michael Ukauka, Kaneohe, Hawaii

2:09 9:24 Craig Reasoner, Casper, Wyo.
Ron Peterson, Des Moines, Iowa
Regan Lee, Pearl City, Hawaii

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