Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Golf Set to Open Fall Season at Inverness Intercollegiate
September 15, 2002 | Cowboy Golf
Sept. 15, 2002
TOLEDO, Ohio - Oklahoma State's men's golf team will open its 2002 fall schedule when it begins play at the Inverness Intercollegiate Invitational this week at the historic Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.
The 54-hole event will begin on Monday at 8:30 a.m. with the first of two rounds on the day. The tournament, which is in its second year of existence, will conclude with Tuesday's final round that is slated for a 9:00 a.m. start.
The Inverness Club has served as the host course for four U.S. Opens, one U.S. Amateur, two PGA Championships and will host the 2003 U.S. Senior Open.
The Cowboys, who are coming off a 16th-place finish at the 2002 NCAA Championship, will be led by 2002 U.S. Amateur finalist and first-team All-American Hunter Mahan. The junior from McKinney, Texas, posted three wins last season on his way to being named the Big 12 Player of the Year.
Two-time honorable mention All-American P?r Nilsson will also be in the OSU starting five. The junior from Ljungsbro, Sweden returns to the lineup after finishing strong last season with three top-10s in the squad's final six events.
Alex Nor?n, a native of Stockholm, Sweden, will be making his 10th career start and is coming off a season that saw the sophomore post one top 10 in his inaugural campaign for the Cowboys.
A pair of players, redshirt freshman Zack Robinson and true freshman Chris Clarke, round out the OSU lineup and will be making their collegiate debuts.
Robinson, a native of Ft. Worth, Texas, was a semifinalist at the 2000 U.S. Junior Amateur, while Clarke, a native of Rotherham, England, finished third at the 2001 British Boys Championship.
Included among the 14-team field are fellow Big 12 schools Kansas and Kansas State.
