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2007 Spring Schedule 2006-07 Photos
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We are in the process of revamping all of our sports pages, watch for this sport to take on our new look before the start of the second semester. Bees ranked 7th in GCAA Preseason Poll St. Ambrose ranked seventh in the Fall Golf Coaches Association of America / Bridgestone NAIA Coaches Poll. VIEW POLL >> 2006 Fall Review / 2007
Spring Preview
After a very successful fall season which included
six tournament wins including the NAIA Region 7 Championship and a berth
in this spring’s NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship, the St. Ambrose
Men’s Golf Team looks forward with much confidence to the upcoming
spring 2007 season. Currently ranked 7th in the Golf
Coaches Association (GCAA) NAIA Men’s Golf National Preseason poll, the
Fighting Bee’s will look to improve on their team best 3rd
place finish in 2004 when they tee it up at the 56th Annual
NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship May 22-25, 2007, at The Golf Club
of Indiana in Plymouth, Indiana. The men’s golf team finished in 4th
place at the 2006 national championship. This will be the Fighting Bee’s 19th
appearance in the men’s golf national tournament since 1982. The fall tournament season began in record breaking
fashion with victory at the St. Ambrose Invitational. The Fighting Bee
linksters broke the 18 hole school scoring record on day two of the
tournament firing a 16 under par score of 272. Combined with the teams
first day score of 285 the bee’s also set a new school 36 hole scoring
record of 19 under par 557, winning the tournament by a whopping 23
shots. The team also had tournament victories at Loras,
Mt. Mercy, Iowa Wesleyan, St. Francis and at the fall season ending NAIA
Region 7 championship. The varsity squad posted a team stroke average
of 294 in the fall. The fall team was lead by 05-06 Midwest Classic
Conference Player of the Year and NAIA All-American Drew Chuipek
(Junior, Gilberts, IL). Chuipek was medalist at the St. Ambrose
Invitational firing a 36 hole total of 12 under par 132. He finished 2nd
at the NAIA Region 7 Tournament and was named to the All Region Team.
Chuipek is currently ranked as the No. 7 player in the nation in the
2006/07 Golfstat NAIA individual national rankings. Chuipek’s
competitive stroke average was 71.2 in the fall. Jimmy Marinelli (Senior, Byron, IL) was
medalist at the Mt. Mercy North Country Golf Classic with a 36 hole
total of one under 143. Marinelli had a competitive stroke average of
74.8 in the fall. Ben Hanson (Senior, Dubuque, IA) was
medalist at the NAIA Region 7 Championship with a 36 hole total of one
under 143. He was named the 2006/07 NAIA Region 7 Player of the Year.
Hanson had a competitive stroke average of 73.1 in the fall. Tim Harrigan (Junior, Oak Lawn, IL) was
medalist at the Loras Invitational with a 18 hole score of three under
par 69. Harrigan had a competitive stroke average of 74.4 in the fall. Dusty Drenth (Freshman, Davenport, IA) was
medalist at the Iowa Wesleyan Invitational with a 36 hole total of one
over par 145. He finished 2nd at the NAIA Region 7
Tournament and was named to the All Region Team. Drenth had a
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