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birdie on the second, which got him back
to even par for the championship. He bogeyed
the 4th and the 8th, but birdied the
9th to make the turn in 34 (2 under) and
was now one over.
Schneider, who began the
round at one over par, was still
there after a front-nine 36. He
bogeyed the 10th, but then
birdied the 335-yard, par-4
11th and 12th, which put
him at even par for 48 holes.
Christensen bogeyed the fi rst
three holes, then rallied and
birdied the last hole to shoot 73.
Van Rooyen made more birdies during
the rescue, as he blasted to within a foot
and saved a bogey.
Up ahead, however, Schmitz had made a
birdie at 16. Two chips and a missed putt at
17 meant a double-bogey for Schmitz,
and that was it for his chances. A
par at the 18th gave him a valedictory
71.
" I just made too many
Sammy
Schmitz
mistakes, " Schmitz said. " My
second shot at the 17th was
one of the biggest. Anyone
who looked at the hole knew
that you couldn't be left of the
pin. I had 142 yards, so I eased off
the three days (15) than anyone else, and
he birdied all three par-5s in each of the
last two rounds. It was another par 5, the
525-yard 12th, that got him going in the
right direction again on Wednesday. The
long-hitting Gopher star missed the fairway
to the right but the ball stayed inside
the tree line. He knocked his second shot
on the green with a 5-iron and made a
two-putt birdie.
That got him back to even par, tied with
Schneider. They were both one ahead of
Schmitz, who had bogeyed No. 10 and
birdied No. 12. Schmitz dropped two behind
when he bogeyed the 435-yard 13th.
Down the stretch, it was Van Rooyen's
putter that made the difference, especially
at Hastings' treacherous 14th green. He hit
a 9-iron just over the green. From there,
he had a scary-looking 15-foot slider that
could easily have gotten away from him,
but he made the putt for a birdie.
At the 475-yard, par-4 16th, Van Rooyen
blocked his tee shot into the trees on the
right, and after chipping out, he hit his
third shot into a greenside bunker. This
time, it was his sand wedge that came to
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a 9-iron. When I did that, I pulled it and
wound up in a place that was exactly where
I didn't want to be. "
After the carnage at the 17th, Van Rooyen
was in a position to win simply by making
a bogey at the 160-yard, par-3 18th.
His tee shot, a majestic 9-iron with a
hang time of about 10 seconds, sealed the
deal, landing a few feet onto the green and
spinning back to the edge. He drained a
35-footer for birdie and concluded the
tournament right where he started it-at
even par.
" This feels great, " said Van Rooyen, who
posted his second straight top-10 fi nish in
the Big Ten Conference Championships
this spring and made it
to the NCAA regionals
for the second year in
a row. " I've felt that
I was playing pretty
well for a long time
and not
really getting
much out of it. ... It shows me
that all the work is paying off,
and that I'm going in the right
direction. "
Frederick
Van Rooyen
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APPLICANTS: 618
FIELD: 156
AVG SCORE: 77.880
ROUND 1: 79.935
ROUND 2: 76.447
ROUND 3: 76.180
EAGLES: 9
BIRDIES: 670
PARS: 3,320
BOGEYS: 2,105
DBL BOGEYS: 415
OTHERS: 87
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FINAL RESULTS
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1 Frederick Van Rooyen
Les Bolstad/University GC
72-68-73-213
T2 Sammy Schmitz
Valleywood GC
73-72-71-216
T2 David Christensen
Elk River GC
71-72-73-216
T2 Matt Schneider
Pokegama GC
72-71-73-216
T5 Andy Jacobson
Eagle Creek GC
79-68-70-217
T5 Jesse Larson
Le Sueur CC
76-69-72-217
T5 Colton Buege
Fox Hollow GC
75-70-72-217
T8 David Haley Jr.
Les Bolstad/University GC
78-71-70-219
T8 Beau Hanson
Detroit CC
74-69-76-219
T8 Dan Moline
Ridgeview CC
73-70-76-219
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