Washburn win Central Regional Golf Tourney

May 4, 2005

Final Team Results | Final Individual Results

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- The Washburn Ichabod golf clinched a berth to its third straight NCAA National Golf Tournament by winning the Central Region golf title by 16 strokes Wednesday at St. Joseph Country Club. The Ichabods carded a 14-over par 298 today for a 54 hole total of 890. Missouri Southern finished second at 906, Winona State finished third at 907, while Central Missouri State and Missouri Western tied for fourth at 910.

The Ichabods' senior No. 1 player, senior Chris McGown, tied for second place at 220, after shooting a 4-over 75.

Matt Warnock shot a 2-over 73 to lead the Ichabods today. Warnock jumped into a fourth place at 221. Jeremiah Nelson tied for seventh at 224 after firing a 4-over 75, while Paul Resner finished in 10th at 225 and Ryan Deutsch finished in a tie for 26th at 237.

The Ichabods will advance to the finals May 17-20 at The Club at Savannah Harbor in Savannah, Georgia. The finals will be hosted by Armstrong Atlantic State University. Eight Regional champions will receive automatic berths, while 10 additional teams will earn at-large berths. These teams will be determined based on the previous three-year average of top-10 finishes of a super regional at the finals. For the 2005 championships, the additional super regional allotments are as follows: Atlantic/Southeast - Three; South/South Central - Three; West/Northwest - Four

Washburn Scores (Par 71)
Name Round 1 Round 2 Round 3Total
T2. Chris McGown 70 75 75 220
4. Matt Warnock 76 72 73 221
T7. Jeremiah Nelson 76 73 75 224
10. Paul Resner 76 74 75 225
T26. Ryan Deutsch 80 79 78 237
Team total (298) (294) (298) 890

Team Scores (Par 71) to Round Tournament
par Total
1 Washburn University 298 294 298 890
2 Missouri Southern St 298 307 301 906
3 Winona State Univ. 299 307 301 907
T4 Missouri Western St. 301 298 311 910
T4 Central Missouri St. 305 299 306 910
6 Southwest Baptist 322 303 313 937
7 Truman State Univ. 319 317 313 949
8 Bemidji St. U. 322 307 321 950

Individual Leaders -- Top 15 (Par 71)
Pos Name School To Par Thru Rd. 1 Total
1 Brice Garnett Missouri Western St. 72 69 73 214
T2 Adam Frank Central Missouri St. 76 72 72 220
T2 Chris McGown Washburn University 70 75 75 220
4 Matt Warnock Washburn University 76 72 73 221
T5 Justin Carrier Winona State Univ. 71 74 78 223
T5 Ben Perry Missouri Southern St 76 77 70 223
T7 Jeremiah Nelson Washburn University 76 73 75 224
T7 Jon Sauer Central Missouri St. 76 71 77 224
T7 Branden Schwartz * Minnesota-Crookston 74 75 75 224
10 Paul Resner Washburn University 76 74 75 225
11 Kevin Loeffler Winona State Univ. 73 79 74 226
12 Travis Stockholm Missouri Southern St 72 78 77 227
T13 Kyle Hattock Central Missouri St. 77 76 76 229
T13 Andrew Koehler Missouri Southern St 78 74 77 229
T13 Neil Rude Bemidji St. U. 79 72 78 229