Page 10 University Daily Kansan, April 1, 1982
JOHN HANKAMMER/Kansan Staff
Jayhawk golfers Rob Wilkin (left) and Brad Demo are two key people that have led to the turnaround in the KU golf program. Demo recently won the Gulf Coast Invittional.
Kansas City defeats Seattle
By United Press International
SEATTLE--Mike Woodson scored 20 points and Steve Johnson added 21 as the Kansas City City Kings upset the Seattle Supersonics, 116-98, last night.
It was only the Kings' seventh win on the road this season.
Woodson scored 22 of his points in the first half as the Kings rolled to a 63-51
halftime lead. Seattle pulled to within two points with one minute left in the third quarter, but never came any closer.
Ernie Grunfeld added 19 points for Kansas City, including 11 in the fourth quarter. Reggie Johnson also scored 19 and Larry Drew had 10. Lomie Shelton hit 36 times in double figures with 25. Fred Brown and Jack Sikrma each had 20.
Friends try to turn golf program around
On the golf course, they're the best of
them. On the tennis court,
golf course,
they're the best of friends.
BY BILL HORNER Sports Writer
Sound like a cliche? Maybe so, but to Kansas golf coach Ross Randall, the tandem of Rob Wilkin and Brad Demo is anything but blund.
Wilkin and Dermo are two of the mainstays of the ever-improving KU golf team with big reasons why they have a positive outlook on the future of Jawahawk golf.
"Since they've been here, the spirit of the players on this team has really improved," said Randall. "Golf is a team sport. You have to manufacture a team togetherness. Rob and Brad have really helped with that."
BUT THAT'S not all they've done.
Since transferring from Coffeville Junior College this past fall, the two Arkansas City juniors have made their way to the NBA team in scoring in three of the four fall tournaments, and in the first tournament this spring, Wilkin topped the field with a five-stroke medalist win at Invitational at Padre Island, Texas.
"They've had good backgrounds and good experience," said Randall. "It depends on how hard they work, but the team has to be as strong. They can rise as far as they want to."
Since they met as sophomores at Arkansas City High School five years ago, Wilkin and Demo have followed similar paths on the golf course, leading them both to success and friendship.
“One day, I picked up my dad's old clubs and started hitting balls up against the side of the house,” Wilkin said. “My dad came out to see what the noise was and saw what I was doing. He told me he would hold the club and things like that.”
Wilkin learned the game from his
WILKIN BECAME good enough to be the number one man on Arkansas City's nine grade team and continued to hold down the top spot when he started playing on the varsity team the next year.
Demo, on the other hand, got interested in golf at the age of six when his family lived in Emporia. His mother played golf and the junior golf program in Emporia.
father after his family moved to Arkansas City from Iowa when he was 13.
When his family moved to Arkansas City, Demo was a sophomore and took over the number two spot on the varsity team. He and Rob immediately became
"When we used to be in high school," Demo said, "it felt so good to shoot better than Rob. But now it doesn't. We're playing with our team we're both playing for the Jayhawks."
When the pair reached their senior year, Demo took over as Arkansas City's number one golfer even though Wilkin had been first runner-up in the tournament before force of the season before, and had tied for sixth in the State 5-A golf tournament.
DURING THEIR senior season, Demo captured the conference medalist crown. Wilkin was runner-up again, and won the regional medalist title as well. He finished the year with a 73.2 stroke per round average, still a state 5-A record and won the 5-A State Championship.
From there, it was time to choose a college. Demo was the more heavily recruited of the two and his choices were greater than Wilkin's. But the pair decided that where one went, the other would follow.
"we really wanted to stick together," said Demo.
"We sort of talked it over and decided to go to Coffeville." Wilkin added.
"They have a really super golf program."
Coffeyville has the reputation as having one of the better JuCo golf programs around. Their graduates include former KU golfer Mark Crow, who all-Big Eight golf honors two years ago in the Big Ten. Jim O'Brien, Overland Park senior, and Tad Fugate, Wichita junior, Wilkin and Demo only enhanced that reputation.
AS FRESHMEN, both were all-conference. Demo was the conference's third leading golfer while Wilkin was an All-American and all-All-American honors by a single stroke.
From there, it was on to KU. They chose the University because of the academic program, the closeness to home and, of course, the soil program.
The following year, both repeated as all-conference. Demo was the conference's second leading golfer, while winning the tournament, winning All-American borgs as well.
Can golf at the University of Kansas
basketball in a major sport like football
or basketball
"Yes," answered Deno. "If Ross Randall continues to do the job he's been doing, it will. He and assistant managers are just unbelievable people."
ROOMMATES SINCE THE Cofe-
fice's days, pair live in
upstate New York. Demi
said, they receive a lot of their inspiration.
"The guys are inspiring." Demo said. "If one of us comes home from a bad day at the course, they'll give us support and let us know they expect better. There are a lot of people out there that really care about the team."
An honor graduate from Coffeville with a 3.58 grade point average, Demo is an active member in the fraternity, serving as assistant house manager and alumni relations director. All areround athlete, he has been active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for five years.
He professes someday to become a head golf professional, but his immediate goals include All-Big 8 honors the next two years, a trip to the NCAA championship in Chapel Hill, N.C. after this spring and a shot at All-American honors.
Wiklin's first college career goal,
earning four-time All-American
honors, ended when he missed by one
stroke his freshman year, but he feels
that three-time honors are within his
grasp.
At the present time, Wilkin and Demo are interested in seeing the KU golf team succeed.
AFTER COLLEGE, he hopes to stay in golf, either as a professional or in a job that allows him enough flexibility to compete regularly.
"We want to place very high in the next three tournaments," Wilkin said. "We're sort of let down with the third finish at Padre Island. We can make it to the NCAA's if everyone is on top of their games."
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