April 25, 2001

University of Houston freshman Brad McIntosh shot a three under par 69 to win the individual title and lead his Cougar men,s golf team to its fifth straight Conference USA Men's Golf Championship at The Club at Hidden Creek in Navarre, Fla. Wednesday.

UAB's Graeme McDowell was named Conference USA Player of the Year and one of 10 members of the league's All-Tournament team at the conclusion of the event while Blazers coach Alan Kaufman was the league's Coach of the Year. McIntosh won Freshman of the Year honors.

McIntosh was the lone man in the 60-player field to break par Wednesday as he had five birdies and two bogeys in his round to finish the tournament at two-under par 214.

McIntosh, named Conference USA's Freshman of the Year, defeated Louisville's Chris Campbellby one stroke. Campbell fired an even par 72 to finish at one under par 215 for the tournament. The two were joined on the C-USA All-Tournament team by third place finisher Simon Robinson of Houston, who had a one over par 73 Wednesday and was at one over 217 for the three rounds, and Charlotte's Mike Shamp and South Florida's Tele Wightman, who tied for fourth. Second round leader Brett Hitchcock of USF was one stroke back at 219 along with Houston's Wade Ormsby.

Houston outdistanced second place finisher UAB by 16 strokes to win its fifth straight crown. The Cougars compiled a team total of 290 in Wednesday,s final round and finished at eight over par 872. The second place Blazers were at 24 over 888, 11 strokes ahead of Southern Miss and Louisville, who tied for third. South Florida was fifth, three strokes back, and was followed by Memphis, Marquette, Cincinnati and DePaul. Charlotte, Tulane and Saint Louis completed the field.

2001 C-USA Men's Golf Champ.
                    The Club at Hidden Creek Navarre, FL
                         FINAL RESULTS
                    Tournament Dates: 04/23 - 04/25

                              Par:        72
                              Yardage:  6795
 Fin Team                     Scores
   1 Houston, Univ. of        290  292  290    872    +8
   2 UAB                      296  293  299    888   +24
   3 Southern Mississippi     295  302  302    899   +35
     Louisville, U. of        298  300  301    899   +35
   5 So. Florida, U. of       298  295  309    902   +38
   6 Memphis, U. of           307  300  303    910   +46
   7 Marquette University     306  307  303    916   +52
   8 Cincinnati, U. of        296  311  315    922   +58
   9 De Paul University       309  302  312    923   +59
  10 Charlotte                297  311  317    925   +61
  11 Tulane University        307  317  305    929   +65
  12 St. Louis University     313  305  318    936   +72

Fin  Top 20 Players        School      Scores
   1  Brad McIntosh         Houston      72  73  69  214
   2  Chris Campbell        Louisville   69  74  72  215
   3  Simon Robinson        Houston      72  72  73  217
   4  Mike Shamp            Charlotte    71  71  76  218
      Tele Wightman         So Florida   68  76  74  218
   6  Wade Ormsby           Houston      74  72  73  219
      Brett Hitchcock       So Florida   70  71  78  219
   8  Tim Yelverton         So. Miss.    73  75  72  220
      Daniel Ozley          UAB          73  73  74  220
  10  Payton Osborn         UAB          76  70  76  222
      Grant Sturgeon        Louisville   75  70  77  222
      Andy Sanders          Houston      72  75  75  222
  13  Graeme McDowell       UAB          73  75  75  223
      David Jeans           Memphis      77  71  75  223
  15  Matt Hilton           Marquette    74  74  76  224
  16  Mark Wentz            Marquette    76  74  75  225
  17  Justin Strausbaugh    Tulane       78  75  73  226
      Neil Lykins           Cincinnati   72  79  75  226
      Drew Jones            UAB          76  76  74  226
      Chris Speight         So. Miss.    74  76  76  226