Golfers tee off on season’s back nine
Posted on 09. Apr, 2008 by Archivist in Biz/Tech, Sports
Amy Kuzyk
Sports Reporter
The Humber men’s golf team resumed its season last weekend in Ohio, in a tuneup for a couple of more tournaments in the United States as preparation for the national championships next month.
The Hawks placed sixth in the eight-team tournament at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. They will travel to Michigan later this month for another NCAA tournament.
Then it’s on to the Canadian university-college nationals in Victoria, B.C. at the end of May, where coach Ray Chateau expects the Hawks to face their toughest competition.
“Aside from Humber, the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria are the two other big Canadian powerhouses,” he said. “And this is our only real chance to see them.”
Keeping up their game during the long winter is tough for teams from Ontario, said team captain Mike Zizek, a Guelph-Humber business administration student who graduated from Humber’s golf management program.
“We do off-land training, go to the gym, play at golf domes, all that good stuff,” he said. “We can only do so much. In B.C, they can play all year round. It’s a definite advantage.”
A strong performance at nationals qualifies some for the World University Games in South Africa next September.
“The top six golfers at nationals are supposed to go on to the international competition, so we have a good chance to go to South Africa,” said athletic director and former Humber golf coach Doug Fox.
Zizek and teammate Lee French went last year, when the games were held in Thailand. Zizek finished 15th in the men’s individual competition.
“Conditions in Bangkok were terrible,” said Chateau. “It was 44 degrees and 100 per cent humidity.
Humber’s golf team has already had a successful season, winning both provincial and national college championships last October. It was the team’s sixth national college title in seven years.
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