Thursday, September 26, 1985
Amateur wins at PGA;
can't collect earnings
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a national title. Last year the Cowboys deadline' m,y b ,ubm,1UK' 01 ch,ro
finished second behind Houston. Ver- 1 p m. day bafora publication (Monday through
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Western Open. i want the team to play well enouch !""?.,ed i''ombuiraa that ar not equal oppor-
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out in Oklahoma State golfer Scott said. "I want to play well and help the
Verplank's mind for the rest of his life, team and possibly win the double A
On Aug. 4, Verplank dueled profes- myself."
sional golfer Jim Thorpe to a tie in the Verplank came closest to capturing
professional Golfer's Association tour the NCAA individual title his freshman
event at Oak Brook, 111., forcing a sud- year when he lost it in a sudden death
den death play-off. Verplank sank a six- play-off.
foot putt on the second hole of sudden The Dallas native decided to come to
death to become the first amateur to Oklahoma State because of the pro
win a PGA tournament since Gene gram and the coach, Mike Holder.
Littler in 1954 at the San Diego Open. "He's just a great coach," Verplank
Tne name vi veiyiauR win v.v.. muu. ue is
probably be embedded in Thorpe's and doilg and is willing to put the time and
nthpr nrofessionals' minds as a golfer effort into his work."
fnr Verplank chose OSU over Texas
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That will buy a lot of trophies."
Amateur rules prevent Verplank from
collecting any money from tour events.
Verplank is now back at Oklahoma
State finishing his senior year and
working toward a degree in business
administratioa
Verplank said he didn't expect to
win the Western Open or even do as
well as he did. He said he just "wanted
to play well and to see what happens."
"It turned out to be a great situation
for me," Verplank said. "By winning I
don t nave to go to (rtiAj lour qualify
ing school."
Amateur golfers must attend the
school before trying the professional
ranks.
Verplank wants to become a profes
sional golfer.
"I would like to try the tour, but I
don't know when I'll tum pro," he said.
"I am hoping I will play well enough
to make the tour next year," Verplank
said.
As a pro, Verplank will be able to
collect some of the money he missed in
the Western Open. He said he is not
disappointed he didn't receive the
$90,000.
"1 knew I wasn't able to get it so I
didn't worry about it," he said.
This year Verplank is gearing his
goals toward the teams goal of winning
Nationally ranked
'volleyball teams
here for Classic
The Nebraska women's volleyball
team will put its 10-1 record on the line
this weekend in the Power Volleyball
Classic in Lincoln.
Their only loss of the season came
last weekend at the hands of Stanford,
in the San Jose Invitational.
"We're disappointed we didn't win,
but it was a tournament we'll benefit
from later in the season," Coach Terry
Pettit said.
Other teams in that invite besides
Stanford, which was third in the nation,
included host San Jose State, ranked
second at the time and Colorado State,
ranked sixth.
This weekend, the competition will
be just as tough for the Huskers
Oregon, Arizona and Brigham Young,
all nationally ranked teams, come to
Lincoln.
Nebraska will begin play Friday night
against Arizona, whose team features
one of the best attackers in the country
Missy McCleddand. McCleddand
toured with the U.S. natipnal team this
Past summer.
v Saturday, the Huskers play Brigham
ioung before the football game. For the
ast 10 years, BYU has had a team in the
top 10.
After the football game, Nebraska
wil tangle with Oregon. Oregon fea
tures 6-0 All-American Sue Harbor.
We play BYU before the football
same, and Oregon after, so we might
a deal that anyone with a football
newt will be able to get in on a dis
count,'; Pettit said.
Pettit predicted an excellent tourna
ment. n7hi,s is Probably the strongest tour
jey we ve ever had here, and we're con
Jjent we'll be playing our best volley
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