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Men's Golf Tees off in Oahu
Cardinal travels to the islands for the John Burns Intercollegiate Classic.
February 16, 1999
OFF THE FIRST TEE: The Cardinal travels to the island of Oahu to compete in the John Burns Intercollegiate Golf Classic, held Feb. 17-19 at the Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course. Twenty teams will play three rounds in three days on the par-72, 6,512-yard course. Arizona and California are the only other Pac-10 teams that will participate, but the field includes five of the top 25 teams, according to the MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings. Stanford's Joel Kribel and BYU's Andy Miller will be the only individually ranked players at this tournament.
LEADING THE CARDINAL: Senior captain and three-time All-American Joel Kribel began the season ranked fifth in the MaterCard/Collegiate Golf Poll and is currently 11th... He has placed second in his last two tournaments, each by a one-stroke margin... Kribel opened the season with a second-place tie at the Husky Invitational, with a 73-70-69-212... Has placed in the top five at 11 of his past 12 tournaments... His eighth-place tie at the Wolfpack Classic ended his streak of top-five finishes at nine collegiate tournaments... Has already recorded nine under-par scores this season, in only 14 rounds... Earned medalist honors at the 1998 U.S. Amateur... Participated as an amateur at the 1998 U.S. Open and Masters... Finished second at the Northeast Amateur... Member of the World Amateur Team... Earned First Team All-America honors for the second straight season last year... Last season, averaged 71.78 strokes over 12 tournaments while posting 11 top-10 and eight top-five finishes... Posted a 16-under-par 272 (69-67-68-68) at the NCAA Championships and finished second at the Pac-10 Championships with a 285... Finished fourth at the regionals with a 213... Earned First Team All-Pac-10 honors.... Carded a career-best six-under-par 65 in the second round... Three-round total of 200 tied the tournament record... Has five career victories.... Also finished third at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (146), Anteater Invitational (213) and UTEP Intercollegiate (229).
KRIBEL'S CAREER STATISTICS
Year Events Rounds Avg. Low/Low Trn. 1998-99 5 14 70.29 67/206 1997-98 12 36 71.44 65/200 1996-97 12 36 71.69 66/208 1995-96 15 46 73.43 65/207 Totals 44 132 71.71 65/200DUSTING THE SHELVES: Junior Dusty Brett wasted no time beginning the season, winning the first tournament of his collegiate career at the Husky Invitational, held in his hometown of Tacoma, Wash... Carded rounds of 68, 74 and a career-low 67 for a career-low total 209... Competed in all 12 events for the Cardinal last season, finishing with a 74.69 stroke average, second best on the team... Carded nine par/under-par rounds while tallying two top-10 and three top-25 finishes... Earned Second Team Pac-10 All-Academic honors and Honorable Mention All Pac-10 recognition ... Finished second with a season-best 214 at the Nike/Northwest Classic in Corvallis... Fired a season-low 68 in the opening round.
MEET THE TEAM: The Cardinal returns ten members from last year's squad, including three seniors, two juniors and five sophomores... Three freshman join the team: Del deWindt of Bloomfiled Hills, Mich.; K.C. Yasmer of Tucson, Ariz.; and Ned Yetten of Andover, Mass... deWindt was voted MVP of his Cranbrook Kingswood High School team all four years and also earned varsity letters in hockey and lacrosse... Yasmer represented Arizona in the 1996 America's Cup matches in Vancouver, B.C., and the 1997 Hogan Cup matches in Portland, Ore... Yetten was a three-time Massachusetts Junior Amateur Champion.
WALLLY'S WINNING WAYS: Head coach Wally Goodwin begins his 12th season at Stanford... Has already led his team to four top-five finishes in 1998-99, tying for first place at the Husky Invitiational and finishing fourth at the Windon Memorial, Wolfpack and Nelson Tournaments... His 1994 team became the seventh NCAA men's golf championships team in school history... Has coached two Pac-10 Championship teams, three individual conference champions and seven All-Americans, including 1998 First Team selection Joel Kribel ... Was named the 1994 NCAA Coach of the Year and the 1992 and 1995 Pac-10 Coach of the Year.
SPRINGING INTO ACTION: The Cardinal kicked off the spring season at the PING/Arizona Intercollegiate in early February. The team placed 13th (890, +38), led by the play of Joel Kribel. He placed second individually by one stroke, for the second consecutive tournament..
AS THE LEAVES FELL: Here's a tournament-by-tournament recap of Stanford's 1998 fall season.
1. Husky Invitational, Sept. 28-29, Tacoma, Wash. - The Cardinal tied for first with Oregon at 1091 (+11), but lost the tournament title in a one-hole sudden-death playoff. Dusty Brett won his first collegiate tournament, firing a career-low 67 in the final round at the par-72 Olympic North Golf Course. His three-round total 209 (-7) was also a career low. Joel Kribel finished behind Brett, in a four-way tie for second with a 212 (-4).
2. Windon Memorial Classic, Oct. 5-6, Glenview, Ill. -Stanford tied for fourth with No. 12 Florida in the two-round event (284-304-588). Rain canceled the first round. Joel Kribel was the team's top finisher, placing T3rd at five-under-par 139. Jimmy Lee finished T17th at five-over 147.
3. Wolf Pack Classic, Oct. 12-13, Carson City, Nev. - The Cardinal finished fourth for the second consecutive tournament, posting rounds of 295, 283 and 305 (883). Jimmy Lee posted the highest tournament finish of his career, placing 12th with a 219. Joel Kribel was Stanford's top scorer, recording a one-over-par 217 for eighth place.
4. The Nelson, Oct. 30-Nov. 1, Stanford, Calif. - For the third tournament in a row, Stanford finished fourth with 289-292-290-871. The Cardinal concluded its fall season with four strong top-four finishes. Joel Kribel led the way with a second-place finish with a seven-under-par 206.
1997-98 IN REVIEW: Stanford competed in 12 tournaments, posting three top-five and seven top-10 finishes... The Cardinal averaged 299 strokes over 31 rounds... Stanford completed the season with a sixth-place finish (1477) at the 72-hole Pac-10 Championships played in Moraga, Calif... The squad finished the season ranked 50th in the MasterCard Collegiate Golf Poll.
1998-99 Schedule/Results
Sept. 28-29 The Husky Classic Tacoma, Wash. 2. 369-364-358-1091 Oct. 5-6 Windon Memorial Classic Glenview, Ill. T4. 284-304-588 Oct. 12-13 The Wolfpack Classic Carson City, Nev. 4. 295-283-305-883 Oct. 30-Nov. 1 The Nelson Stanford, Callif. 4. 289-292-290-871 Feb. 1-2 PING/Arizona Invitational Tucson, Ariz. 13. 297-297-296-890 Feb. 17-19 J.A. Burns Intercollegiate Kaneohe, Hawaii March 1-2 Southwestern Intercollegiate Westlake Village, Calif. March 22-23 Stevinson Ranch Invitational Turlock, Calif. March 29-30 Anteater Invitational Coto de Caza, Calif. April 5-6 Western Intercollegiate Santa Cruz, Calif. April 17-18 Thunderbird/SAVANE Invit. Tempe, Ariz. April 26-28 Pac-10 Championships Seattle, Wash. May 7-9 U.S. Intercollegiate Stanford, Calif. May 20-22 NCAA West Regionals Tucson, Ariz. June 3-6 NCAA Championships Minneapolis, Minn.
MasterCard Collegiate
Golf Poll
Fourth Edition, Dec. 2
1. Clemson
2. Georgia
3. Houston
4. UNLV
5. Oklahoma State
6. Texas
7. Georgia Tech
8. Minnesota
9. Arizona State
10. South Carolina
11. Florida
12. North Carolina
13. TCU
14. UCLA
15. North Carolina State
16. Northwestern
17. California,
East Tenn. St.
19. Oklahoma
20. BYU
21. Nebraska
22. Oregon
23. Arizona, North Florida
25. New Mexico
Ranked Individually
11. Joel Kribel
1998-99 Stroke Average
Events Avg.
Joel Kribel 14 70.29
Jimmy Lee 14 74.14
Dusty Brett 14 74.21
Eric Dahlberg 14 74.43
Alex Aragon 8 77.38
Rudy Barreto 3 78.00
Ned Yetten 6 80.17
K.C. Yasmer 3 82.33
1997-98 Awards
Joel Kribel - All-America (1st)
All Pac-10 (1st)
Dusty Brett - All Pac-10 (HM)
Pac-10 All-Academic (2nd)
Eri Crum - Pac-10
All-Academic (1st)
1998-99 Individual Results
Alex Aragon
Husky T42. 77-77-76-230 Windon T51. 77-81-158 Nelson T74. 73-81-77-231
Rudy BarretoHusky T51. 78-72-84-234
Dusty Brett
Husky 1. 68-74-67-209 Windon T28. 72-78-150 Wolf T31. 74-71-80-225 Nelson T53. 77-74-74-225 PING T74. 73-78-79-230
Eric DahlbergHusky T31. 76-76-73-225 Windon T34. 74-78-152 Wolf T19. 73-71-78-222 Nelson T37. 73-71-78-222 PING T39. 77-74-70-221
Joel KribelHusky T2. 73-70-69-212 Windon T3. 68-71-139 Wolf T8. 72-71-74-217 Nelson 2. 67-72-67-206 PING 2. 69-71-70-210
Jimmy LeeHusky T17. 75-72-73-220 Windon T17. 70-77-147 Wolf T12. 76-70-73-219 Nelson T45. 76-75-72-223 PING T72. 78-74-77-229
K.C. YasmerPING T101. 83-78-86-247
Ned YettenWolf 72. 78-79-80-237 PING 100. 80-84-80-244