RESULTS: In addition to the round-by-round results, Kansas State will provide live scoring via the Internet at www.golfstat.com. A link will also be available on K-State’s website at www.k-statesports.com.

Media coordinators:

Garry Bowman and Ryan Schulz

    Phone: 785/532-6735

    E-mail: gbowman@ksu.edu

                 rschulz@ksu.edu

what’s at stake: The 2004 Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship, hosted by Kansas State at Prairie Dunes, is one of 28 NCAA  D-I conference championships conducted to determine the 28 automatic bids for the 2004 NCAA Regionals, May 20-22.

the field: The 2004 Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship is comprised of all 12 member institutions of the Big 12 Conference.

2004 Big 12 Conference men’s golf coaches poll

 1. Oklahoma State     119

 2. Texas              113

 3. Oklahoma            98

 4. Kansas              89

 5. Kansas State        73

 6. Colorado            70

 7. Texas Tech          58

 8. Baylor              54

 9. Texas A&M           51

10. Missouri            30

11. Iowa State          26

12. Nebraska            11 

tournament format: The 2004 Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship will consist of 54 holes, with 36 holes being played on the first day and the final 18 on the second day. Teams will tee off both the 1st and 10th tees at 8 a.m. and 8:50 a.m. The pairings and seedings were determined by a poll voted on by the league’s coaches. Starting at the 1st tee at 8 a.m. are Missouri, Iowa State and Nebraska. Following at 8:50 a.m. will be Texas Tech, Baylor and Texas A&M. Starting on the 10th tee at 8 a.m. will be Kansas, Kansas State and Colorado. Following at 8:50 a.m. will be Oklahoma State, Texas and Oklahoma. Individual scoring will be determined by USGA stroke-play rules. A daily team score will be computed by totaling the lowest scores of four of each team’s five members with the final team score determined by totaling the daily score.

2004 Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship First Day Pairings

1st Tee

8:00 a.m.: #10 Missouri, #11 Iowa State, #12 Nebraska

8:50 a.m.: #7 Texas Tech, #8 Baylor, #9 Texas A&M

10th Tee

8:00 a.m.: #4 Kansas, #5 Kansas State, #6 Colorado

8:50 a.m.: #1 Oklahoma State, #2 Texas, #3 Oklahoma

ADMISSION: Admission to the Big 12 championship is free for the general public.

MEDIA SERVICES: Kansas State, with the use of GolfStat’s computerized scoring system, will make round-by-round results available in the media work room at Prairie Dunes. Charge per call telephones will also be available for media use by a first-come, first-served basis.

CREDENTIALS: Media interested in covering the 2004 Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship are not required to have a credential.

K-state in the big 12 conference: Since 1999 K-State has either improved or matched its finish from the previous year, with its top placement coming last year as the Wildcats tied for 6th. In 1997 at the inaugural Big 12 Championship, K-State finished in seventh. Since then, the Wildcats have finishes of 12th (1998), 10th (1999), 10th (2000), eighth (2001), seventh (2002). Individually, senior Aaron Watkins has the best-ever finish for the Wildcats, finishing sixth in 2002.

Year     Finish     Score     Top Individual                     

1997     7th        917       Matt Murdoch, 226 (T14)

1998     12th       967       Brian Racette, 231 (T15)

1999     10th       910       B. Benninga/B. Milberger, 226 (T26)

2000     10th       905       Bryan Milberger, 227 (T8)

2001     8th        941       A.J. Elgert, 232 (T20)

2002     7th        885       Aaron Watkins, 217 (T6)

2003     T6th       927       Matt Van Cleave, 230 (T16)

2003 Big 12 championship results: Texas carded a three-round total of 894 to claim its second consecutive Big 12 championship. The Longhorns held off Oklahoma State, who fired a 54-hole total of 898, four strokes off the pace. The championship was played at the par-70, 6,988-yard Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. Oklahoma (899), Texas A&M (918) and Texas Tech (923) completed the top five. Oklahoma State’s Hunter Mahan fired a 2-under par 208 and won by 13 strokes.

2003 Big 12 Championship

Southern Hills CC - Tulsa, Okla

Par: 72; Yardage: 6,988

 1. Texas            296     301     297     894

 2. Oklahoma St.     303     294     301     898

 3. Oklahoma         302     293     304     899

 4. Texas A&M        312     299     307     918

 5. Texas Tech       312     300     311     923

 6. Kansas State     305     302     320     927

    Colorado         312     311     304     927

 8. Kansas           316     304     309     929

 9. Baylor           310     317     316     943

10. Missouri         318     306     320     944

11. Nebraska         311     314     320     945

12. Iowa State       312     319     317     948

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS

 1. Hunter Mahan, OSU         73     67     68     208

 2. Jason Hartwick, Texas     73     75     73     221

 3. Chris Marshall, KU        76     73     74     223

    David Tasker, A&M         76     73     74     223    

    J.J. Wall, Texas          70     80     73     223

 6. Martin Flores, OU         77     72     75     224

 7. Blake Martin, OU          77     73     75     225

    Matthew Rosenfeld, Texas  74     74     77     225

 9. Doug Manor, OU            73     76     77     226

10. Stephen Carroll, CU       76     81     70     227