Cougar Women's Golf Opens Season at Colorado State
2002 Ptarmigan/Ram Classic will take place Sept. 9-10

Sept. 8, 2002

What's Happening This Week: The Washington State University women's golf team travels to the Ptarmigan Country Club at Fort Collins, Colo. to play in the 2002 Ptarmigan/Ram Classic Sept. 9-10. The tournament kicks off Monday with 36 holes of play and will end Tuesday with the final round of 18.

WSU Women at the Ram/Ptarmigan Fall Classic: WSU women's squad returns to the Ram/Ptarmigan Classic where they finished third and fifth in the last two years. At last year's tournament, WSU set team records for single round score (297) and overall team score (898).

Head Coach Walt Williams on the Ram Fall Classic: "Our team has done well at the Ram/Ptarmigan Fall Classic. I am excited about our team going out and making waves early."

The Field: The 2002 Ptarmigan/Ram Classic field will consist of 12 teams: Colorado State, Wyoming, Denver, Gonzaga, Long Beach, Nebraska, Nevada, Northern Arizona, UTEP, Montana State, North Texas, and Washington State.

Aces in the Hole: Kim Welch returns from a season when she captured two victories as a freshman. Along with her triumph at the Duck Invitational, the Sacramento, Calif., native captured the Lady Vandal Fall Invitational, Oct. 2, and captured national recognition by garnering College Player of Week accolades from Golfworld in the magazine's April 5 issue. Donna Bell returns as the only senior on the team and brings three years of varsity experience and three career top 10 finishes into this season. The tandem of Welch and freshman teammate Jay-Lee Longbottom was ranked as the nation's ninth best freshmen class according to Golfstat's freshmen class impact ranking.

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Dustin White Ties School Record for Career Top Ten Finishes
Senior finishes tied for fourth; records thirteenth career top 10 finish

Sept. 8, 2002

MADISON, Wis. - Senior Dustin White shot a 4-under 68 in Sunday's final round of the Badger Invitational at University Ridge Golf Course, tying him for fourth place.

White came into this season only one career top 10 finish away from tying Jon Reehorn's school record of 13. Using a bogey-free round, White finished only three strokes behind top finisher Brad Heaven (-8, 74-67-67) of Toledo and fired four birdies to secure a thirteenth career top 10 finish. White's placing also brings him within five of Jon Reehorn's school record 26 top 25 finishes.

Junior Ryan Camp, who fired a school record tying seven-under par 65 in the second round, finished in a tie for 38th place with a 3-over on the day, but moved up 32 spots from the opening round to Sunday. Newcomer Ryan Ressa (-1, 70-73-72) continued his consistent play by carding an even par final round, and finished tied for 14th for his first top 25 finish at WSU.

Isaac Woods shot 8-over for the day, finishing in 59th place, but used another birdie on the par-3 fifth to bring his par 3 average to even for the tournament. Ben Bryson shot 9-over in the final round, finishing the back nine at only 1-over, and completing play for the Cougars at University Ridge Golf Course.

As a team, the Cougars finished in eighth place, just two strokes behind 7th place Indiana, and three strokes ahead of 9th Place finisher Coastal Carolina.

Badger Invitational
Sept. 6-8
University Ridge, Madison, Wis.
Par 72; 6,888 yards
Results after 3 of 3 rounds

WSU Results: T4. Dustin White (71-72-68, -5); T14. Ryan Ressa (70-73-72, -1); T38. Ryan Camp (81-65-75, +5); T59; Isaac Woods (74-74-80, +12); 73. Ben Bryson (78-81-81, +24).

Team Results: T1. Toledo (-21, 843), 2. Illinois (-13, 851), 3. Penn State (-10, 854), 4. UNC-Wilmington (-2, 862), 5. Lamar (-1, 863), 6. Colorado State, (+5, 869), 7. Indiana (+6, 870), 8. WSU (+8, 872), 9. Coastal Carolina (+11, 875), T10. Iowa (+15, 879), T10. Xavier (+15, 879), 12. Wisconsin (+28, 892), 13. Long Beach State (+31, 895), 14. Georgia State (+36, 900), 15. Western Kentucky (+39, 903).

Top Five Individuals: 1. Brad Heaven, Toledo (74-67-67, -8), T2. Patrick Nagle, Illinois (71-67-72, -6), T2. Derek Brown, UNC-Wilmington (70-71-69, -6) T4. David Jones, Toledo (67-74-70, -5), T4. Greg Pieczynski, Penn State (67-67-77, -5), T4. Dustin White, WSU (71-72-68, -5)

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Dustin White Selected As One Of The Top 50 Players To Watch By GolfWorld
With 13 career top-10 finishes, White is tied for first on school's career list in that category.

Sept. 11, 2002

PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State senior Dustin White has been selected as one of the Top 50 male players to watch during the 2002-03 season by GolfWorld magazine in its Sept. 6 issue.

This is not the first national honor to be bestowed on the Pueblo West, Colo., native by the publication. White received College Player of the Week honors from GolfWorld in the March 15 issue of the magazine earlier this year.

White posted a single-season school record eight top-10 finishes in 2001-02 en route to earning an All-Pac-10 first team selection. Included in those top-10 efforts was a seven-shot victory at the Coastal Carolina Invitational, which earned him player of the week accolades. In recording his first career win, White, who began the year with 11 consecutive top-24 efforts, bested a field that featured six golfers ranked in the top 50 by Golfstat.

With a fourth place finish last week at the Badger Invitational, White recorded his 13th career top-10 effort, tying him with Jon Reehoorn for first on the school's all-time list in that category.

White and the rest of the WSU men's golf team returns to action at the Idaho Vandal Fall Classic, Sept. 28-29 at the University of Idaho Golf Course.

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Cougars Complete First Day Of Shanico Invitational
Kim Welch tied for 27th heading into Tuesday's final round.

Sept. 16, 2002

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Following are results through two rounds of the Shanico Invitational at the par-72, 6,160 yard Trysting Tree Golf Club.

After the first day's action, sophomore Kim Welch is tied for 27th with a two round total of 151 (+7). Sophomore Jay-Lee Longbottom and freshman Stephanie Parsley are tied for 33rd at 153 (+9).

With a 36-hole total of 618, the Cougars are tied for ninth with BYU and the College of Charleston heading into Tuesday's final 18 holes.

Shanico Invitational
Sept. 16-17
Trysting Tree Golf Club, Corvallis, Ore.
Par 72, 6,160 yards
Results after 2 of 3 rounds

WSU Results:
T27. Kim Welch (77-74 - 151, +7); T33. Jay-Lee Longbottom (76-77 - 153, +9); T33. Stephanie Parsley (75-78 - 153, +9); T71. Katharine Dorris (79-82 - 161, +17); T84. Donna Bell (82-82 - 164, +20)*; T89. Lindsey Bogden (81-85 - 166, +22).

Team Results:
1. California 585, 2. UCLA 587, 3. Oregon State 596, 4. Colorado 598, 5. San Jose State 607, 6. Oregon 608, 7. San Francisco 610, 8. UC - Irvine 615, T9. WSU 618, T9. BYU 618, T9. College of Charleston 618, 12. Boise State 620, 13. Portland State 621, 14. Long Beach State 622, 15. Idaho 623, 16. Weber State 625, 17. Eastern Washington 630, 18. Hawaii 638.

Top Five Individuals:
1. Nicole Keller, Idaho (70-71 - 141, -3); 2. Vikki Laing, California (70-73 - 143, -1); 3. Hana Kim, UCLA (72-73 - 145, +1). Three players tied for fourth at 146 (+2).

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