Miller Leads Cougars to Seventh Place Finish at Waikoloa Intercollegiate

HILO, Hawaii -- Scott Miller overcame the windy conditions on the first two days, and tough putting surfaces in the final round, to lead the Cougars to a seventh place team finish at the Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate.

Miller finished out strong performances from the first two days of the tournament and claimed a share of third place for his best of the 2000-2001 season. Bruce Brockbank commented on Miller's solid play.

"He [Miller] was the most consistent golfer in the tournament," Brockbank said. "He was the big strong point in this tournament, he showed a lot of focus on the course."

Weather had played a factor during the first two rounds with high gusts of wind making shots difficult. The wind calmed down for the final round, but the dry conditions assisted in making the putting greens a challenge to get a read.

"The wind died down," Brockbank said. "The course was a little more reasonable today, but we missed some short putts on the tough greens."

The University of Texas won the tournament by a commanding 6 strokes. Meanwhile, the nation's top-ranked team, Georgia Tech struggled under the conditions to finish in a tie for eighth place.

Individually, Sprague Kolp of Nevada and Matt Jones of Arizona State finished 3 and 2 shots ahead of Miller respectively to claim first and second for the tournament.

Taylor Made/Waikoloa Inter.
Waikoloa: Kings/Beach    Waikoloa, HI
Tournament Dates: 02/15 - 02/17
FINAL RESULTS
Par:        72   70
Yardage:  7074 6566
BYU Scores
T3    Scott Miller                   75  72  73   220
T37   Billy Harvey                   80  80  72   232
T37   Jesse Hibler                   80  81  71   232
T50   Manuel Merizalde               85  78  72   235
111   Jared Overton                  82  85  81   248
Team Scores
1 Texas, Univ. of          302  310  281    893   +37
2 Arizona State U.         313  304  282    899   +43
3 TCU                      307  308  285    900   +44
4 Oregon, U. of            308  305  291    904   +48
5 Oklahoma, U. of          325  303  285    913   +57
6 Southern California      320  307  287    914   +58
7 Brigham Young Univ.      317  311  288    916   +60
8 Georgia Tech             321  320  282    923   +67
  Washington, U. of        336  307  280    923   +67
10 Nevada, Univ. of         329  308  289    926   +70
11 UCLA                     320  319  289    928   +72
12 CSU-Bakersfield          315  327  289    931   +75
13 Texas A&M University     332  304  296    932   +76
14 Hawaii, Univ. of         334  317  286    937   +81
   Rhode Island, U. of      321  324  292    937   +81
16 Oregon State U.          334  307  297    938   +82
17 UC-Santa Barbara         331  313  295    939   +83
18 San Diego State U.       336  309  295    940   +84
19 Pepperdine Univ.         328  314  300    942   +86
   Arkansas, U. of          333  310  299    942   +86
21 Southern Methodist       349  314  291    954   +98
   San Francisco, U. of     343  318  293    954   +98
23 Nagoya Univ Commerce     334  321  303    958  +102
24 Hawaii-Hilo, U. of       358  318  302    978  +122
Top 20 Players
1  Sprague Kolp          Nevada       76  72  69  217
2  Matt Jones            Arizona St   74  75  69  218
3  Scott Miller          BYU          75  72  73  220
   Matt Dobyns           Texas        70  83  67  220
5  Adam Rubinson         TCU          79  74  68  221
6  Cody Freeman          Oklahoma     81  73  68  222
7  Alex Kuyumjian        USC          78  75  70  223
   Matt Brost            Texas        75  72  76  223
   Jason Hartwick        Texas        80  77  66  223
10  Scott Volpitto        TCU          74  77  73  224
    John Ellis            Oregon       77  76  71  224
    Parker McLachlin      UCLA         75  75  74  224
13  Bryce Molder          Ga. Tech     76  82  67  225
    Troy Matteson         Ga. Tech     75  78  72  225
    Brock Mackenzie       Washington   82  75  68  225
16  Craig Lile            Arkansas     76  76  74  226
    Mike Applegate        CSUB         77  79  70  226
    Chez Reavie           Arizona St   79  77  70  226
19  Travis Johnson        UCLA         81  77  69  227
    Matt Cohn             Oklahoma     82  75  70  227
    Conner Robbins        Washington   81  75  71  227
    Matt Lindholm         Texas A&M    82  70  75  227
    Chris Carnahan        Oregon       76  76  75  227