Champ Jacobsen returns, but
what about the inconsistency?
By DAVEBUSHNELL
Of the Emerald
After all the 30-foot, turn-around
jumpers have been tallied in the
basketball record books, another group
of players will get a chance at some 30
footers of a different nature.
While practice starts in the dead of
winter, the University's golf team does
not get a chance to show their skill in
competition until spring break. Last year
their skills, at times, were camouflaged
a little too much. There was one ex
ception, whose talents were recognized
nation wide.
Peter Jacobsen, the personable,
smooth swinging junior from Portland,
won his first college tournament, the Far
West Intercollegiate, in mid-April.
Jacobsen followed two weeks later with
the university division individual
championship at the Viking Classic in
Bellingham, Wash. Peter, who won the
1972 Oregon state high school cham
pionship, . capped the season with a
victory at the PAC-8 championships in
Palo Alto, and was later named a second
team All-American.
The team qualified for the NCAA
championships in Santee, Calif., but
poor putting sent the squad home
early John Pennington, a sophomore
from Eugene, was the only Oregon
golfer to qualify for the final two de''s'
action.
The problem last year was that Peter
was the only player with consistency.
On occasion, Ted Mills, Dick Shafer,
Dave Jacobsen, John Adler, Steve
Prugh and Pennington contributed to
the team's effort. But all too often, a
good round would be followed by an
atrocious round, damaging the team's
chances of a tournament championship.
Coach Jim Ferguson, after what he
calls "my best recruiting year ever,"
may be adding some new faces to the
1975 roster. Three Oregon preppers
head Furguson's signee list, with a
former Oregonian and a talented
Californian heading his freshman list.
"All five of these guys have the talent
to contribute right away as freshmen,”
says Ferguson.
Jeff Sanders, from Sunset High
School in Beaverton, and Rod Livesay
and John Ford both of Lake Oswego,
will provide some needed depth to the
squad next spring. Brian Dampsey,
formerly of Jesuit High School in
Portland and now of Everett, Wash., will
see a lot of action for the Ducks.
Scott Tuttle of Piedmont, Calif., is
one of the top junior players in the state.
Tuttle's adjustment to Oregon and the
Eugene Country Club will have a distinct
effect on the team's success in the
coming season. Tuttle was the runnerup
in qualifying for the 1973 California
Amateur and was one of the
representatives from his state to the
Hogan Cup, held in Portland.
The squad lost only one player from
the 1974 team and is expected to show
marked improvement over last season.
With Jacobsen the only "sure” member
of the six-man team, qualifying thi^fall
should prove quite interesting.
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