1977 Men's Golf - Year In Review

1977 Men's Golf - Year In Review

Coaching Staff
Don Veller, Head Coach

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1977 Florida State Signees/Newcomers

Jim Crowley, 6-3, 180, Fanwood, N.J.


1977 Roster - By Name

L
T                                       PY
R Name                  Hgt   Wgt  Cl   Ltr  Hometown (Prior School)
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  Marcus Beck           5-10  165  So        Tallahassee (Leon)
* Jim Crowley           6-3   180  Fr        Fanwood, N.J.
* Chip Curley           6-0   140  Sr   *    Orlando (Valencia CC)
* Rick Fletcher                    Sr        Jacksonville
* Denny Hepler                               Warsaw, Ind. (Ball State)
  Alan James            5-8   145  So        Weston, Ontario, Canada (Scarlett Heights)
* Rich Jeffers          6-1   155  Sr-R *    Birmingham, Ala. (Mountain Brook)
* John Juvenal          5-9   155  So        Tampa (Northeast)
* Kenny Knox            5-11  175  Jr   **   Tallahassee (Leon)
* Buz Wooten            6-3   185  Sr   *    Macon, Ga. (Valencia CC)

1977 Conference Awards

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Kenny Knox               Metro Conference - Champion
                         Metro Conference - Spring Sports Outstanding Athlete

All-Conference -  1

1977 All-Americans

Name                     Organization
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Kenny Knox               Golf Coaches Association of America - All-American - Honorable Mention

All-Americans -  1

1977 Schedule and Results

DATE
POST
GAME
BOX
SCORE
LOC
OPPONENT
SCORE
10/30
Postgame
Box
N
Cypress Gardens Invitational
October 29-31, 1976, Haines City, Fla.
6th Place
03/06
Postgame
Box
H
Seminole Classic
March 4-6, 1977
5th Place
04/02
Postgame
Box
N
Cape Coral Intercollegiate
March 30-April 2, 1977, Cape Coral, Fla.
1st Place
04/16
Postgame
 
N
Houston All-American
April 13-16, 1977, Houston, Tex.
8th Place
04/24
Postgame
Box
N
Chris Schenkel Tournament
April 21-24, 1977, Statesboro, Ga.
7th Place
05/15
Postgame
Box
N
Metro Championship
May 13-15, 1977, Memphis, Tenn.
1st Place
05/27
Postgame
Box
N
Southern Intercollegiate
May 25-27, 1977, Atlanta, Ga.
11th Place
06/11
Postgame
Box
N
NCAA Championship
June 8-11, 1977, Hamilton, N.Y.
 
EOY Stats Ref

                Overall   Home    Away   Neutral
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FSU record is    0- 0     0- 0     0- 0     0- 0


1977 Metro Conference Results
 1  Florida State         877
 2  Memphis State         885
 3  Georgia Tech          909
 4  Louisville            910
 5  Cincinnati            921
 6  Tulane                924
 7  Saint Louis           972

1977 EOY Stats

Name Tournaments Rounds Par Low Strokes Wins Top10 Ave ======================================================================== Denny Hepler 8 24 7 65 1,761 0 4 73.38 Kenny Knox 8 23 8 68 1,697 1 2 73.78 John Juvenal 2 6 1 72 449 0 0 74.83 Chip Curley 5 15 3 70 1,133 0 0 75.53 Jim Crowley 4 9 0 72 686 0 0 76.22 Rick Fletcher 7 20 2 72 1,537 0 2 76.85 Rich Jeffers 7 19 0 72 1,480 0 0 77.89 Buz Wooten 2 1 0 79 79 0 0 79.00

Cypress Gardens Invitational, 6th place
10/30/1976, October 29-31, 1976, Haines City, Fla.

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Rnd2  Rnd3  Total
=========================  =====  ====  ====  ====  =====
Rick Fletcher                5     75    78    73    226
Kenny Knox                  11t    78    79    73    230
Denny Hepler                14t    79    78    74    231
Buz Wooten                                             0
Jim Crowley                                            0

Seminole Classic, 5th place
03/06/1977, March 4-6, 1977, Tallahassee, Fla.

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Chip Curley                        73     73
Kenny Knox                         74     74
Denny Hepler                       74     74
Rick Fletcher                      76     76
Rich Jeffers                       78     78
Buz Wooten                         79     79

Cape Coral Intercollegiate, 1st place
04/02/1977, March 30-April 2, 1977, Cape Coral, Fla.

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Rnd2  Rnd3  Rnd4  Total
=========================  =====  ====  ====  ====  ====  =====
Kenny Knox                   2     72    74    70    71    287
Denny Hepler                 3     70    72    73    75    290
Chip Curley                        72    71    70    81    294
Rich Jeffers                       73    80    73    73    299
Rick Fletcher                      77    74    77    72    300
Jim Crowley                        73    76    73    79    301

Houston All-American, 8th place
04/16/1977, April 13-16, 1977, Houston, Tex.

8th out of 24 teams

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Rnd2  Rnd3  Rnd4  Total
=========================  =====  ====  ====  ====  ====  =====
Kenny Knox                  11t    76    69    73    74    292
Denny Hepler                13t    70    76    69    78    293
Chip Curley                 41t    75    78    71    76    300
Rich Jeffers                72t    81    76    74    76    307
Rick Fletcher              102t    85    77    74    79    315

Chris Schenkel Tournament, 7th place
04/24/1977, April 21-24, 1977, Statesboro, Ga.

7th out of 18 teams

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Rnd2  Rnd3  Total
=========================  =====  ====  ====  ====  =====
Denny Hepler                 2     72    70    65    207
Kenny Knox                  13     70    76    69    215
John Juvenal                       72    73    76    221
Rich Jeffers                       75    75    76    226
Chip Curley                        74    77    75    226

Metro Championship, 1st place
05/15/1977, May 13-15, 1977, Memphis, Tenn.

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Rnd2  Rnd3  Total
=========================  =====  ====  ====  ====  =====
Kenny Knox                   1     71    68    70    209
Denny Hepler                 2     72    73    68    213
Rick Fletcher                9t    73    77    77    227
John Juvenal                11t    79    74    75    228
Rich Jeffers                11t    72    74    82    228
Jim Crowley                 18t    72    82    77    231

Southern Intercollegiate, 11th place
05/27/1977, May 25-27, 1977, Atlanta, Ga.

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Rnd2  Rnd3  Total
=========================  =====  ====  ====  ====  =====
Denny Hepler                 6     71    73    73    217
Rick Fletcher                      77    72          149
Kenny Knox                         73    80          153
Jim Crowley                        78    76          154
Rich Jeffers                       80    81          161

NCAA Championship
06/11/1977, June 8-11, 1977, Hamilton, N.Y.

                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 1. Houston              1197                                                                                                                                                                           
 2. Oklahoma State       1205                                                                                                                                                                           
 3. Arizona State        1211                                                                                                                                                                           
    Georgia              1211                                                                                                                                                                           
 5. Southern California  1212                                                                                                                                                                           
 6. Brigham Young        1219                                                                                                                                                                           
 7. Oregon               1228                                                                                                                                                                           
 8. Florida              1230                                                                                                                                                                           
 9. Ohio State           1232                                                                                                                                                                           
10. Wake Forest          1233                                                                                                                                                                           
11. Texas A&M            1234                                                                                                                                                                           
12. North Carolina       1240                                                                                                                                                                           
13. San Jose State       1241                                                                                                                                                                           
14. Georgia Southern     1247                                                                                                                                                                           
15. San Diego State      1248                                                                                                                                                                           
    Stanford             1248                                                                                                                                                                           
17. Southern Methodist   1252                                                                                                                                                                           
18. Furman               1253                                                                                                                                                                           
19. Indiana              1259                                                                                                                                                                           
    Fresno State         1259                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Non-Finalists                                                                                                                                                                                           
    Kent State            937                                                                                                                                                                           
    Witchita State        938                                                                                                                                                                           
    Oklahoma              944                                                                                                                                                                           
    Florida State         957                                                                                                                                                                           
    New Mexico            963                                                                                                                                                                           
    McNeese State         971                                                                                                                                                                           
    Delaware              972                                                                                                                                                                           
    Providence            983                                                                                                                                                                           
    Colgate               990                                                                                                                                                                           
Name                       Place  Rnd1  Rnd2  Total
=========================  =====  ====  ====  =====
Rich Jeffers               dq      92    89    181
Denny Hepler               mc      84    74    236
Kenny Knox                 mc      81    77    237
Chip Curley                mc      78    83    240
Rick Fletcher              mc      84    82    244