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By RON BALICKI
Senior Writer

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Following Friday’s third round at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championship there was one common question asked by players, coaches and spectators.

“What golf course did Kevin Chappell play?”

The UCLA senior had just completed a 4-under 68 in extremely windy conditions on a difficult Pete Dye-designed, 7,450-yard Kampen Course at Purdue’s Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex.

It was the low round of the day, no one else was able to break 70.

Not only did the performance vault Chappell into the individual lead, it also boosted the Bruins into the top spot of the team standings with a round to play.

Chappell stands at 6-under 210, four shots clear of Clemson’s Kyle Stanley (74) and Washington’s Nick Taylor (73). Second-round leader Billy Horschel is five behind after a 76.

With Chappell leading the way, UCLA shot 10-over 298 for a 24-over 888 total. The Bruins will take a three-shot lead over USC (300) and second-round leader Clemson (302) into the final 18 holes. Another two shots back at 893 is defending champion Stanford, which posted Friday’s low round (296) to keep alive its hopes of becoming the first team since Houston in 1984-85 to win consecutive Division I golf titles.

The Cardinal were 7 under after eight holes, but played No. 9 in 5 over and the back side in 10 over.

“We’ve worked really hard all year to get ourselves in this position,” said Chappell, who has won once this season. “Now what we have to do is come out tomorrow, enjoy the moment, and finish the job.”

First-year Bruin coach Derek Freeman said Chappell’s play was a confidence boost to the team.

“When Kevin got under par early it added a level of security for everyone,” Freeman said. “Considering the conditions, the difficulty of the course and the situation, Kevin’s round was pretty amazing.”

In looking toward the final round, Freeman said, “No doubt there’s going to be some nerves out there, but that’s okay. What we have to do is come up with a good game plan and then work on it shot by shot. Mainly, I’ll tell the guys to just go out there and enjoy the moment. They’ve put themselves in a position to win and as a coach, that’s all you can ask for going into the final round.”

Clemson’s third round was somewhat like the previous day when the Tigers jumped into contention by shooting 11 under on its last nine holes after playing its first nine 11 over.

Clemson played the front nine in 10 over Friday and the back side in 4 over. The key stretch was the final four holes, which the Tigers played in even par. USC was 12 over and UCLA 5 over in that same stretch of holes.

“To me, that 4 over on the back was just as impressive as yesterday’s 11 under,” said Clemson coach Larry Penley. “We could have easily folded our tents. Instead the guys dug down deep and came up with another impressive performance. We just need to find a way to get started.”

Probably the most notable thing about USC’s showing thus far is it has put itself in position to win with little help from its No. 1 player Jamie Lovemark, the defending champion and college golf’s reigning player of the year.

Lovemark had the Trojans’ high round the first day (79), followed by a 75 and 78, which equaled the team’s high round Friday.

“The way to win out here is to have five players who are contributing and I feel we have that,” said USC coach Chris Zambri. “Overall, we had a solid day today, but struggled coming in.

“But we’re only three back and on this golf course that’s nothing. As Magic Johnson would say, ‘It’s winning time.’ And they’re in position to see if they can do it.”

Chappell, who double bogeyed the 18th hole the previous day and was three shots behind when the third round began, made a statement early on. He made good par saves at Nos. 1 and 4, and birdied Nos. 2 , 5 and 8 to get to 5 under for the tournament.

After a bogey at No. 9, he birdied Nos. 10, 12 and 13 to stand 5 under on the day and 7 under for the tournament. But the 484-yard, par-4 18th hole got him again. He closed with a bogey, but it was one that could have been a triple.

Chappell pulled his tee shot and hit a provisional ball, thinking his first might be out of bounds. The ball was in play, about two feet inside the OB line, and while his lie was good, he had to stand on a tree root.

His foot slipped on the root while he was hitting his second shot, causing him to push it well right into the knee-high rough about 25 yards short of the green.

“I was lucky to find my ball in that rough,” Chappell said. “I wanted to just pitch out, but coach (Freeman) said he thought I could get it on the green.”

He went with Freeman’s choice and his wedge shot landed on the green and rolled just to the back fringe, where he two-putted for what he termed, “one of the best bogeys I’ve ever made.”

As he sat in the scorer’s tent, Chappell said it finally dawned on him what he just did on the day.

“I said to myself, ‘Wow. That was a really good round,’ ” he said. “I’d have to say it was one of the top five rounds I’ve ever played. Now what I have to do is get a good night’s sleep and come out tomorrow and keep doing what I’ve been doing.”

Considering the way the Kampen Course has been playing all week, that might be a lot easier said than done.

And should UCLA hang on and win the title, it would be the school’s first since 1988. And for Chappell, a victory would make him the first Bruin to ever claim the individual title.

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Ron Balicki is a Golfweek senior writer. To reach him e-mail rbalicki@golfweek.com.

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Scores with relation to par from the third round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Championship, played May 30 at the par-72, 7,450-yard Kampen Course at Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Ind. (Note: y-played as individual; play suspended due to inclement weather):

TEAMS
1. UCLA	297-293-298--888	+	24
2. USC	297-294-300--891	+	27
2. Clemson	301-288-302--891	+	27
4. Stanford	309-288-296--893	+	29
5. Oklahoma St.	298-296-301--895	+	31
6. Florida	302-291-306--899	+	35
7. Kent St.	301-297-302--900	+	36
8. Georgia	303-293-305--901	+	37
9. Washington	305-290-307--902	+	38
10. Louisville	311-296-0--607	+	39	thru	15
10. Alabama	309-297-297--903	+	39
12. San Diego St.	310-303-0--613	+	40	thru	13
13. Charlotte	306-295-306--907	+	43
14. Auburn	306-304-0--610	+	45	thru	15
14. Texas A&M	309-294-306--909	+	45
16. Texas	311-309-0--620	+	48	thru	10
17. UC-Irvine	320-297-0--617	+	49	thru	11
17. Middle Tennessee St.	309-293-311--913	+	49
19. UAB	311-297-0--608	+	50	thru	15
20. Wake Forest	314-304-0--618	+	51	thru	11
21. Arizona St.	311-293-312--916	+	52
21. Illinois	302-302-312--916	+	52
23. Indiana	313-310-0--623	+	54	thru	9
24. East Tennessee St.	313-300-0--613	+	56	thru	13
25. Penn St.	315-298-0--613	+	57	thru	13
26. Oregon	315-304-0--619	+	63	thru	10
27. Mississippi St.	326-297-0--623	+	64	thru	10
28. Virginia	312-307-0--619	+	65	thru	11
29. Augusta St.	326-308-0--634	+	73	thru	9
30. St. Mary's (CA)	333-309-0--642	+	78	thru	9
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INDIVIDUALS
1. Kevin Chappell, UCLA	69-73-68--210		-6
2. Kyle Stanley, Clemson	72-68-74--214		-2
2. Nick Taylor, Washington	75-66-73--214		-2
4. Billy Horschel, Florida	72-67-76--215		-1
5. Tim Sluiter, USC	70-73-73--216		E
6. y-Joel Sjoholm, Georgia St.	72-72-75--219	+	3
6. Derek Fathauer, Louisville	77-72-0--149	+	3	thru	15
6. Jorge Campillo, Indiana	75-70-0--145	+	3	thru	9
9. Rob Grube, Stanford	78-69-73--220	+	4
9. David Palm, SDSU	76-72-0--148	+	4	thru	14
11. Rickie Fowler, Okla. St.	74-77-70--221	+	5
11. Hudson Swafford, Georgia	73-69-79--221	+	5
13. David Markle, Kent St.	70-76-76--222	+	6
13. Jason Millard, MTSU	77-72-73--222	+	6
13. Adam Rainaud, Louisville	77-71-0--148	+	6	thru	15
13. Kevin Foley, Penn St.	75-73-0--148	+	6	thru	14
17. Rory Hie, USC	74-72-77--223	+	7
17. Sihwan Kim, Stanford	77-72-74--223	+	7
17. Gareth Shaw, ETSU	74-73-0--147	+	7	thru	14
17. Webb Simpson, W. Forest	73-77-0--150	+	7	thru	11
17. Bobby Hudson, Texas	78-73-0--151	+	7	thru	10
17. Chadd Cocco, St. Mary’s	76-74-0--150	+	7	thru	9
17. H. Norlander, Augusta St.	75-72-0--147	+	7	thru	9
24. Ignacio Elvira, Texas A&M	77-72-75--224	+	8
24. Matthew Giles, USC	78-74-72--224	+	8
24. Trent Whitekiller, Okla. St.	77-74-73--224	+	8
27. Jordan Cox, Stanford	79-71-75--225	+	9
27. Scott Langley, Illinois	74-76-75--225	+	9
27. Ben Martin, Clemson	74-77-74--225	+	9
27. Adam Mitchell, Georgia	78-72-75--225	+	9
27. Andrea Pavan, Texas A&M	75-73-77--225	+	9
27. Michael Thompson, Alabama	76-74-75--225	+	9
27. y-J. van der Vaart, Va. Tech	77-75-73--225	+	9
27. Johan Carlsson, SDSU	80-73-0--153	+	9	thru	13
27. Robert Rohanna, Penn St.	76-74-0--150	+	9	thru	13
36. David Ludlow, Kent St.	78-75-73--226	+	10
36. Corey Nagy, Charlotte	80-70-76--226	+	10
36. S. Wiedergruen, Charlotte	74-74-78--226	+	10
36. Steven Groover, Auburn	78-76-0--154	+	10	thru	17
36. Brendan Gielow, W. Forest	79-71-0--150	+	10	thru	12
36. Tim Cha, UCI	77-74-0--151	+	10	thru	11
36. Lance Lopez, Texas	76-78-0--154	+	10	thru	11
43. Zach Bixler, Washington	74-76-77--227	+	11
43. Chris DeForest, Illinois	75-70-82--227	+	11
43. Erik Flores, UCLA	76-75-76--227	+	11
43. John Hahn, Kent St.	83-71-73--227	+	11
43. Mark Harrell, Alabama	79-73-75--227	+	11
43. Russell Henley, Georgia	74-78-75--227	+	11
43. Braxton Marquez, ASU	78-71-78--227	+	11
43. Kevin Tway, Okla. St.	81-70-76--227	+	11
43. Adam Hadwin, Louisville	78-76-0--154	+	11	thru	16
43. Carlos Sainz, Miss. St.	81-75-0--156	+	11	thru	11
43. y-Dan Woltman, Wisconsin	82-71-0--153	+	11	thru	9
54. Rick Cochran, MTSU	75-73-80--228	+	12
54. Dodge Kemmer, Stanford	78-76-74--228	+	12
54. Matthew Swan, Alabama	75-79-74--228	+	12
54. Patton Kizzire, Auburn	79-75-0--154	+	12	thru	16
54. Brad Smith, UAB	75-71-0--146	+	12	thru	15
54. Gordon Strother, Auburn	75-77-0--152	+	12	thru	15
54. Zach Sucher, UAB	79-71-0--150	+	12	thru	15
54. Sean Shahi, UCI	80-75-0--155	+	12	thru	12
62. Tyson Alexander, Florida	75-74-80--229	+	13
62. Zach Barlow, Illinois	76-78-75--229	+	13
62. J. Enander Hedin, Charlotte	78-77-74--229	+	13
62. Phillip Francis, UCLA	76-73-80--229	+	13
62. Brian Harman, Georgia	78-75-76--229	+	13
62. Phillip Mollica, Clemson	75-72-82--229	+	13
62. Jay Moseley, Auburn	76-76-0--152	+	13	thru	15
62. John Chin, UCI	83-73-0--156	+	13	thru	13
62. Joey Benedetti, Oregon	74-80-0--154	+	13	thru	10
71. R. Gates, Jr., Texas A&M	77-77-76--230	+	14
71. Jesper Kennegard, ASU	80-75-75--230	+	14
71. Craig Leslie, UCLA	76-80-74--230	+	14
71. Matt Hoffenberg, SDSU	84-75-0--159	+	14	thru	16
71. Charlie Holland, Texas	75-80-0--155	+	14	thru	11
76. B. Burgoon, Texas A&M	80-73-78--231	+	15
76. Lucas Lee, UCLA	79-72-80--231	+	15
76. David May, Clemson	80-74-77--231	+	15
76. Trevor Murphy, Charlotte	77-74-80--231	+	15
76. Will Strickler, Florida	79-74-78--231	+	15
76. Adam West, UAB	74-83-0--157	+	15	thru	16
76. Seamus Power, ETSU	83-72-0--155	+	15	thru	13
76. Will Collins, Virginia	78-78-0--156	+	15	thru	12
76. Noah Goldman, Miss. St.	77-75-0--152	+	15	thru	10
85. Kent Bulle, MTSU	77-77-78--232	+	16
85. T. Huang Choo, Washington	84-72-76--232	+	16
85. Stephan Gross, ASU	76-78-78--232	+	16
85. Mark Johnson, Okla. St.	74-76-82--232	+	16
85. Jamie Lovemark, USC	79-75-78--232	+	16
85. Sam Saunders, Clemson	81-74-77--232	+	16
85. Manuel Villegas, Florida	76-80-76--232	+	16
85. Rhys Enoch, ETSU	75-80-0--155	+	16	thru	15
85. Chris McCartin, W. Forest	84-77-0--161	+	16	thru	14
85. Greg Carlin, Virginia	77-80-0--157	+	16	thru	13
85. Seth Brandon, Indiana	78-79-0--157	+	16	thru	9
96. James Byrne, ASU	78-74-81--233	+	17
96. Brett Cairns, Kent St.	78-75-80--233	+	17
96. Tom Glissmeyer, USC	75-80-78--233	+	17
96. Steve Ziegler, Stanford	76-79-78--233	+	17
96. Glenn Northcutt, Auburn	77-79-0--156	+	17	thru	17
96. Kyle Sapp, UAB	84-76-0--160	+	17	thru	17
96. Kenny Kim, UCI	80-78-0--158	+	17	thru	14
96. Matt Fast, Miss. St.	84-74-0--158	+	17	thru	12
96. Kyle Stough, Virginia	75-73-0--148	+	17	thru	11
96. Alex Martin, Indiana	81-78-0--159	+	17	thru	10
96. y-James Sacheck, TCU	78-80-0--158	+	17	thru	9
107. Joseph Sykora, Alabama	79-82-73--234	+	18
107. Cian McNamara, ETSU	81-75-0--156	+	18	thru	16
107. Jace Moore, Texas	82-79-0--161	+	18	thru	12
107. Drew Allenspach, Indiana	79-83-0--162	+	18	thru	10
107. y-Eric Shriver, Pepperdine	80-76-0--156	+	18	thru	9
112. Knut Borsheim, ASU	79-73-83--235	+	19
112. Tyler Brown, Florida	83-76-76--235	+	19
112. A. DiBitetto, Charlotte	77-80-78--235	+	19
112. Trent Leon, Okla. St.	73-76-86--235	+	19
112. y-Derek Tolan, Colorado	74-77-84--235	+	19
112. Aaron Goldberg, SDSU	74-85-0--159	+	19	thru	15
112. Derek Sipe, Oregon	80-74-0--154	+	19	thru	11
112. Jake Amos, Augusta St.	84-74-0--158	+	19	thru	9
120. Tom Ballinger, Kent St.	75-80-81--236	+	20
120. Larry Blatt, Illinois	77-79-80--236	+	20
120. Chas Narramore, MTSU	80-76-80--236	+	20
120. D. Wallace, Washington	79-76-81--236	+	20
120. Dustin Groves, W. Forest	80-79-0--159	+	20	thru	13
120. Tarik Can, Augusta St.	82-80-0--162	+	20	thru	10
120. Robert McRae, St. Mary’s	84-76-0--160	+	20	thru	9
127. Harvin Groft, Penn St.	83-75-0--158	+	21	thru	15
127. Kevin Schultz, Texas	83-79-0--162	+	21	thru	12
127. Josh Oller, Miss. St.	84-73-0--157	+	21	thru	11
130. John Wise, Washington	77-79-82--238	+	22
130. K. Clements, Louisville	80-79-0--159	+	22	thru	17
130. Amory Davis, Virginia	82-77-0--159	+	22	thru	14
130. Sean Maekawa, Oregon	78-82-0--160	+	22	thru	12
134. Nick Bailes, MTSU	86-72-81--239	+	23
134. Jack Dukeminier, Oregon	90-74-0--164	+	23	thru	12
134. Isaiah Telles, Oregon	83-76-0--159	+	23	thru	11
137. TJ Howe, Penn St.	84-76-0--160	+	24	thru	16
138. Chad Moscovic, SDSU	80-83-0--163	+	25	thru	17
138. Josh Kelley, St. Mary’s	87-79-0--166	+	25	thru	10
140. Harris English, Georgia	86-77-79--242	+	26
140. M. Van Zandt, Texas A&M	82-76-84--242	+	26
140. Josh Bevell, Miss. St.	84-78-0--162	+	26	thru	12
143. Matt Hoffman, Illinois	80-78-85--243	+	27
143. Matt Hughes, Alabama	90-71-82--243	+	27
143. Daryl Fathauer, Louisville	79-77-0--156	+	27	thru	17
143. Mike Oimoen, UAB	83-79-0--162	+	27	thru	17
143. Daniel Cone, St. Mary’s	86-80-0--166	+	27	thru	10
148. Santiago Quirarte, Indiana	83-84-0--167	+	28	thru	11
149. Keith Guest, Augusta St.	85-83-0--168	+	29	thru	10
150. Max Greil, UCI	85-75-0--160	+	30	thru	14
150. Michael McRae, St. Mary’s	89-81-0--170	+	30	thru	11
152. M. Krywulycz, Augusta St.	89-82-0--171	+	31	thru	11
153. Jim Markovitz, Penn St.	81-79-0--160	+	32	thru	17
153. Steven Rojas, Virginia	88-79-0--167	+	32	thru	14
155. Travis Wadkins, W. Forest	82-88-0--170	+	34	thru	14
156. Simon Doherty, ETSU	85-83-0--168	+	40	thru	17

Posted: 5/30/2008

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