By LANCE RINGLER
Assistant EditorAndrew Giuliani, who is suing Duke University – claiming he was wrongfully kicked off the school’s golf team – has had a relatively small impact on college golf.
Giuliani, who would have been entering his senior season with the Blue Devils this fall, played in five tournaments in his first three seasons combined, and his performance counted toward the team’s score only twice in those events. The other three times, he played as an individual and was unattached to the team score. (One of those events was The Tom O’Briant Memorial, comprised mostly of Division III teams.)
Giuliani, a walk-on at Duke, did not compete in enough events to be ranked in the
Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings last season and was not considered one of the top 10 players on the Duke golf roster a year ago.
Two of Giuliani’s starts came during his junior campaign under first-year coach O.D. Vincent. Vincent came to Duke from UCLA, where he had been head coach for five years.
Giuliani’s best college finish came during the fall season of his junior year. He tied for 36th at the Olympia Fields Illini Invitational. His career scoring average was 75.75, with a low round of 1-under 71.
In his four tournaments, he compiled a head-to-head won-loss record of 54-235-11 (a .198 winning percentage).
He likely would not have made the lineup at all during his senior season, because five of the top six Blue Devils are returning for 2008-09.
Giuliani’s biggest golf achievement probably came in New York in 2005, when he won the Metropolitan Golf Association Stroke Play Championship – aka the “Ike” – shooting rounds of 75-72-73.
He also reached the quarterfinals of the North & South Amateur Championship held earlier this month at Pinehurst No. 2. Giuliani was eliminated by eventual champion Matt Savage of Florida State, 6 and 4, in the match-play event.
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Giuliani’s collegiate appearances: • Tom O’Briant Memorial (Sept. 26-27, 2005):
T-70th, 79-81–160 (+20)
• Olympia Fields Illini Invitational (Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2006):
T-36th, 73-75-76–224 (+14)
• Coca-Cola Duke Golf Classic (Oct. 7-8, 2006):
T-60th, 73-77-73–223 (+7)
• Carpet Capital Collegiate (Sept. 15-17, 2007):
81st, 78-75-76–229 (+13)
• Coca-Cola Duke Golf Classic (Oct. 8-9, 2007):
T-68th, 83-71-79–233 (+17)
Posted: 7/24/2008
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