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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, September 9, 1998
Nationally-ranked player leads golf coach's 'best team ever'
By Sam Mellinger Kansan sportswriter
No matter what the sport, coaches usually shy away from making bold preseason statements.
Don't count University of Kansas men's golf coach Ross Randall among that group.
"We're really good," he said. "On paper, this is certainly the best team we've ever had here."
Thompson is ranked No. 25 in the nation in the preseason Master-card collegiate golf rankings.
The team returns its top three players — honorable mention All-American Chris Thompson and juniors Ryan Vermeer and Brad Davis.
"That makes a huge difference," Randall said. "The best teams have a few golfers at the top, and then they have a (No.) four and five guy that can come through once in a while. The competition
for (No.) four and five is really going to be something."
The key to a good college golf team is getting everybody to play well at the same time, Randall said.
"That's something that is very hard to do in college athletics," he said. "We've got a solid top three, and then it's very, very competitive as to who's going to be next."
Davis was part of the winning team in the Heart of America Four-Ball tournament and qualified for match play at the U.S. Amateur Championship in Rochester, N.Y. Davis lost to eventual champion Hank Kuehne.
Randall expects sophomore Andy Stewart to make a big push for one of those spots. Stewart and fellow Independence native Thompson won a local two-man tournament during the summer, one of many successful showings by KU golfers.
Thompson won the Lawrence Open and the Kansas Amateur tournament in Wichita, which
earned him a trip to Niagara Falls, N.Y., to play in the Porter Cup.
"That was a big deal." Randall said. "There were a lot of good golfers there (in Wichita) and, to me, he was the best player in the tournament."
vermeer also played in the Porter Cup.
Talent is one thing, but Randall knows that it will not add up to much if his team does not work hard.
"Everybody's determined to make this the best team we've ever had at the University of Kansas," he said.
Randall always encourages his players to play as much as they can during the summer.
"We wants us to have fun." Stewart said after a tournament at Alvamar this summer. "He wants us to play in a lot of tournaments, and he wants us to play in the big ones we have the competition."
Practice makes perfect, Randall
FALL SCHEDULE
Here is the fall schedule for the Kansas men's golf team:
Sept. 21-22
University of Kansas Invitational
Alvamar
Oct. 11-12
Missouri Bluffs Intercollegiate
St. Charles, Mo.
Oct. 19-20
SMU Stonebridge Shootout
McKinney, Texas
Oct. 30-Nov. 1
The Nelson-Stanford Invitational
Palo Alto, Calif.
Nov. 25-26
Mauna Kea Collegiate Invitational
Mauna Lani, Hawaii
"It helps them get experience," he said. "The more they play, the better they'll be. They learn to play under pressure, and it's good for recognition."
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