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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
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