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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1981)
sports Golfers prep for season Men set typical tough spring schedule; women return after long absence By ADAM WORCESTER 01 the Emerald Oregon's spring golf season is marked by the reemergence of the women's program and a characteristically tough schedule for the promising men’s squad. Women’s golf is returning to the University after a four year hiatus. And as a result, women's coach Jenny Feeney finds herself building a team from scratch. Tryouts last summer drew only six golfers Since then, four more golfers have been added, and Feeney says she is "willing to look at anybody who's willing to come out.” Faced with these circumsta nces, her expecta- _ from Medford. And if these two weren’t enough, Ferguson also brought in Jeff Dingman, the Nevada high school champion, and Andrew Glenn, Scotland's jun ior champion. Combine the freshman with DeLong, Krieger and so phomore Mark Sivara. a former high school all-American from Washington, and it looks like a formidable team. Which Oregon will need con sidering the schedule it has set up. ‘‘Week in and week out, we play the best teams in the nation," says Ferguson. "That’s how players get better." Six tournaments are slated for the Duck golfers this spring, five reason to give up hope either. “It's a better start this team than last term,” says Sophia Tam, tabbed as Oregon's number-two golfer. "Last term everyone was new. Now we re trying to get to know each other, to get a feel of things.” Like their male counterparts, the women have been lifting weights and golfing since the fall campaign, during which the women dropped two matches to OSU and the men captured one tourney and finished fourth and fifth in two others. The weightlifting has helped their golf game, according to several players. "Golf is a game of strength, of dynamic strength,” Ferguson says. tions are modest. “The first step is to beat Oregon State, then to be competitve with ‘Week in and week out, we play the best teams in the nation. That’s how players get better’ Washington,” says Feeney. "By the end of next year, I hope we can beat them. It's a more realistic goal.” Simply being competitive is no longer a goal for the men’s team, which has consistently been a power in college golf. Oregon has been ranked in the top 15 and has averaged one all-American during most of coach Jim Ferguson's eight year tenure. This season promises to be no exception. The squad combines the talents of three-year lettermen Dave DeLong and Scott Krieger with what Ferguson calls, "the best recruiting class I've ever had." Ferguson has good reason to be excited. Rewards from re cruiting Eric Johnson, the 1980 junior champion from Churchill High School, and Shell Joiner, the state high school champion in California and one in Arizona. And the NCAA tournament, set for May 27 through 30, will be held at Stanford. To get there, the Ducks must finish in the top 30, as determined by computer rankings based on finishes in tournaments. And none of the expense for traveling to tournaments comes from athletic department funds. Last year, the men's golf program raised $30,000 by staging combined golf tournaments and dinners throughout Oregon. In addition, the Ducks accepted contribu tions from 3,000 people. For the women, the process will be slower, but Feeney expects to be self-supporting, if necessary, within a few years. Although the women see no national tournaments in their immediate future, they see no "Besides, it takes stamina to carry your golf bag." How well the weight program will assist the Ducks remains to be seen. For the men, it could easily lead to the NCAA tournament, a national ranking and individual all-American honors. For the women, only time will tell. The men's team will begin tournament play over spring break as the Ducks travel to University of the Pacific for a two-day invitational March 26-27. The women's team will be heading north March 23-25 for a three-day tournament at the University of Washington. Neither team has a home match, but the women will return to the Willamette Valley March 26 and 27 to play in the OSU invitational in Corvallis. AP names All-American picks NEW YORK (AP) - Mark Aguirre of DePaul, college player of the year last season, was named to The Associated Press’ 1980-81 first-team All America squad for the second consecutive year Monday. Aguirre, a 6-foot-7 junior forward, was joined by 7-foot-4 sophomore Ralph Sampson of dis’ser ta’tions Quick & inexpensive: COPIES PER ORIGINAL 112 13 |4<9!10 + COST PER COPY .091.071.06I.0S'.04 Prices include 8'/2x11”, 20# white. 25% cotton bond, and free collating. We guarantee our copies to pass graduate school requirements and most orders can be completed within 24 hours. 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