Texas Wins The 2005 USGA Men's State Team Championship

Bluffton, S.C. – Terrence Miskell recorded his third consecutive sub-par round to lead Texas to the title at the 2005 USGA Men’s State Team Championship, which concluded Thursday at the par-72, 7,073-yard South Course at Berkeley Hall.

Texas, which also captured the 1999 State Team, won by four strokes over Alabama and seven over defending champion Tennessee. In each of the three, 18-hole stroke play rounds, the two lowest scores by players from each team constitute the team score for each round. The 54-hole total is the team’s score for the Championship.

Terrence Miskell, who led Texas to the 2005 USGA Men's State Team Championship, hits out of a bunker during Thursday's final round at Berkeley Hall's South Course. (Steve Gibbons/USGA)

Miskell, 38, of New Braunfels, carded a 2-under 70 to lead the champions. He was the only player in the field to record three sub-par rounds and finished as the low individual scorer for the championship at 8-under-par 208.

“Any time you’re in an event like this and playing with teammates, you don’t want to let them down,” said Miskell.

But he had help, particularly from Alan Hill, 43, of Spring Branch, who turned in his first sub-par round of the championship with a 2-under 70. Steve Galko, 31, of Dallas, the third member of the Texas team, came in with a 77 that did not count toward the team score. For the championship, the representatives of the Longhorn State finished at 10-under 422.

It was a fitting high point for the three most recent Texas State Golf Association Players of the Year (Galko, 2005; Miskell, 2004; and Hill, 2003).

“We felt like we had a good chance to do well,” said Miskell. “This is my 16th USGA event and to finally be a champion is really a nice deal.”

Alabama made a strong final-day push to finish second, led by Steven Hudson of Birmingham, who had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch, from the ninth to the 15th holes, to shoot a 6-under 66. But teammate Will Swift of Vestavia Hills came in at even par, leaving Alabama four shots back.

Danny Green of Jackson, the 1999 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion, recorded a 2-under 70, his first sub-par round of the championship, as did Andrew Black of Chattanooga, to lead Tennessee to a third-place finish. No team has successfully defended the title in the six times the USGA Men’s State Team has been played.

	Emmett Turner, who kept home team South Carolina's hopes alive with a 5-under 67, follows his shot during the final round. (Steve Gibbons/USGA)

Home state South Carolina, which entered the day two shots back, got a 5-under 67 from Emmett Turner of Greenwood. But Alex Hamilton, who shot a 6-under 66 Wednesday, struggled in the third round and finished with a 6-over 78. But it was still a solid finish for the team that opened five over par in the first round.

“We couldn’t quite come up with it today,” said Turner. “We tried our best. Especially after the first round, we gave it a good run.

North Carolina, led by a 3-under 69 from Paul Simson of Raleigh, finished tied for fourth with South Carolina.

The USGA Men’s State Team championship is one of the national championships conducted by the United States Golf Association. Fifty-two teams, from all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, were entered.

The USGA Women’s State Team also concluded Thursday, at Berkeley Hall's North Course. Georgia, which held a seven-stroke lead entering the final round, held on to beat Alabama by two strokes.

Story written by Beth Murrison of USGA Media Relations. Contact her at bmurrison@usga.org.

Bluffton, S.C.– Results following Thursday’s third and final round of stroke play at the 2005 USGA Men’s State Team Championship at the 7,073-yard, par-72 South Course at Berkeley Hall.  Two of three individual scores count toward the team score each day.

TEXAS 139-143-140--422; Terrence Miskell, New Braunfels 67-71-70--208; Alan Hill, Spring Branch 72-72-70--214; Steve Galko, Dallas 72-76-77--225

ALABAMA 145-143-138--426; Will Swift, Hoover 70-69-72--211; Steven Hudson, Birmingham 75-74-66--215; Josh Dennis, Birmingham 80-80-76--236

TENNESSEE 145-143-140--428; Tim Jackson, Germantown 72-70-73--215; Danny Green, Jackson 74-73-70--217; Andrew Black, Chattanooga 73-75-70--218

NORTH CAROLINA 141-145-143--429; Paul Simson, Raleigh 68-76-69--213; John Finster, Wake Forest 73-70-74--217; Mike Goodes, Reidsville 76-75-74--225

SOUTH CAROLINA 149-135-145--429; Emmett Turner, Greenwood 76-69-67--212; Alex Hamilton, Aiken 75-66-78--219; Todd White, Moore 74-71-79--224

PENNSYLVANIA 139-147-144--430; Nathan Smith, Brookville 68-72-74--214; Sean Knapp, Oakmont 71-75-74--220; Christopher Lange, Bryn Mawr 77-75-70--222

MASSACHUSETTS 146-143-142--431; Frank Vana Jr, Boylston 72-69-72--213; Bill Drohen, Haverhill 74-74-71--219; Andy Drohen, Granville 75-74-71--220

VIRGINIA 146-143-142--431; Keith Decker, Martinsville 73-70-71--214; Bill Hurley, Leesburg 73-74-71--218; Paul Erdman, West Point 74-73-75--222

CALIFORNIA 140-147-145--432; Bob Niger, El Dorado Hills 70-74-74--218; Scott McGihon, Bermuda Dunes 76-73-71--220; Joseph Bramlett, Saratoga 70-79-74--223

OKLAHOMA 143-145-145--433; Tripp Davis, Norman 70-74-71--215; Sam MacNaughton, Edmond 73-71-74--218; William A Jackson, Oklahoma City 83-77-76--236

MICHIGAN 151-145-140--436; Casey Baker, Ann Arbor 75-74-69--218; Eric Spencer, Bloomfield 79-75-71--225; Greg Davies, West Bloomfield 76-71-82--229

UTAH 143-150-144--437; Dan Horner, Salt Lake City 73-73-73--219; Zachary Johnson, Salt Lake City 70-77-76--223; Scott Clark, Draper 76-79-71--226

IOWA 147-143-148--438; J D Anderson, West Des Moines 70-74-73--217; Nate Dunn, Cedar Rapids 77-69-75--221; Jon Brown, Urbandale 77-75-75--227

MISSOURI 147-150-141--438; B J Curry, Sedalia 77-78-70--225; James Godwin, Poplar Bluff 77-78-71--226; Matt Keith, Springfield 70-72-84--226

ARKANSAS 147-147-144--438; Wes McNulty, Pine Bluff 73-73-73--219; Chris Jenkins, Little Rock 76-74-71--221; Tim Cain, Conway 74-79-80--233

ILLINOIS 146-147-145--438; Todd Mitchell, Bloomington 73-72-71--216; Steve Sawtell, Northfield 75-75-75--225; John Finnin, Crete 73-82-74--229

GEORGIA 147-147-145--439; David Noll Jr, Dalton 73-70-67--210; Douglas Hanzel, Savannah 74-79-78--231; Jefferson Murray, Augusta 82-77-79--238

WISCONSIN 144-147-148--439; Neil Johnson, River Falls 72-72-73--217; Mark Bemowski, Mukwonago 72-76-75--223; Pat Boyle, South Milwaukee 76-75-77--228

ARIZONA 145-145-149--439; Ben Choe, Scottsdale 70-71-74--215; Bryan Hoops, Chandler 77-74-75--226; Guy Gedeon, Chandler 75-80-77--232

KANSAS 147-144-149--440; Ty Cline, Wichita 74-70-75--219; Tyler Shelton, Fairway 73-74-76--223; Cole Nondorf, Hoxie 78-76-74--228

NORTH DAKOTA 147-148-147--442; Michael Podolak, Oxbow 72-70-78--220; Greg Melhus, Fargo 75-79-71--225; Clint Nelson, Fargo 75-78-76--229

NEVADA 150-145-147--442; Chad Fosburg, Las Vegas 72-75-70--217; Dean Menante, Reno 78-72-77--227; David Nelson, Reno 79-73-79--231

NEW YORK 141-150-152--443; Joseph Saladino, New York 70-72-80--222; Patrick Pierson, Central Nyack 74-78-72--224; Jim Scorse, Rochester 71-78-80--229

SOUTH DAKOTA 149-149-145--443; Ryan Jansa, Sioux Falls 74-74-70--218; Brett Egge, Sioux Falls 75-78-75--228; Tom Carlson, Sioux Falls 76-75-78--229

MARYLAND 145-148-151--444; David "Moose" Brown, Baltimore 72-73-76--221; Rick Sovero, Reisterstown 73-77-75--225; Michael Kelly, Odenton 74-75-79--228

RHODE ISLAND 147-143-154--444; John Drohen, Cranston 73-71-79--223; Billy Auger, East Providence 74-79-75--228; George Pirie, Warwick 81-72-80--233

NEW HAMPSHIRE 150-150-144--444; Austin Eaton III, New London 76-74-68--218; Phil Pleat, Nashua 74-76-78--228; Daniel Arvanitis, Manchester 78-79-76--233

OREGON 148-146-150--444; Ryan Fery, Beaverton 75-74-75--224; Eric Fiskum, Salem 74-72-79--225; Randy Mahar, Portland 74-79-75--228

MAINE 146-147-152--445; Corey Poulin, Skowhegan 73-74-78--225; Ricky Jones, Thomaston 73-73-82--228; Keith Patterson, Saco 77-84-74--235

DELAWARE 150-147-148--445; Anthony Apostolico, Newark 73-71-72--216; Steve Walczak, Greenville 77-76-76--229; Chase Brockstedt, Wilmington 78-76-76--230

COLORADO 151-150-145--446; Rick DeWitt, Arvada 74-73-70--217; Kent Moore, Greenwood Village 77-77-78--232; Steve Irwin, Golden 79-78-75--232

NEW JERSEY 146-152-150--448; Michael Deo, Bedminster 72-76-74--222; Ron Vannelli, Edison 74-76-76--226; Allan Small, Florham Park 80-82-78--240

WEST VIRGINIA 145-155-148--448; Drew Whitten, Hurricane  70-76-73--219; Tim Fisher, Statts Mills 75-80-75--230; Steve Van Horn, Morgantown 77-79-78--234

VERMONT 146-151-152--449; Dustin Cone, Bennington 72-76-76--224; William Hadden, Manchester 77-75-76--228; Jeff Stark, Dorset 74-80-77--231

MINNESOTA 150-155-145--450; Wayne Severud, Maple Grove 76-77-71--224; Joe Stansberry, Minnetonka 75-78-74--227; Jim Lehman, Plymouth 75-78-80--233

WASHINGTON 146-155-149--450; Erik Hanson, Kirkland 72-76-76--224; Josh Immordino, Kent 74-79-73--226; Kent Brown, Colville 74-81-84--239

MISSISSIPPI 142-156-152--450; Clay Homan, Starkville 71-76-70--217; Ricky Sims, Canton 71-80-82--233; Duke Simmons, Brandon 78-83-82--243

NEBRASKA 151-150-149--450; John Sajevic, Fremont 76-73-74--223; Patrick Duffy, Omaha 75-77-75--227; Jayson Brueggemann, Lincoln 79-77-76--232

FLORIDA 156-149-146--451; Steve Carter, Jacksonville 78-74-73--225; Rick Woulfe, Fort Lauderdale 78-75-73--226; Kelly Gosse, Inverness 78-76-76--230

HAWAII 148-153-151--452; Kellen-Floyd Asao, Pearl City 73-77-72--222; Chris Souza, Honolulu 76-76-83--235; Shannon Tanoue, Honolulu 75-81-79--235

INDIANA 149-152-151--452; Heath Peters, Auburn 75-77-73--225; Todd Chin, Marion 74-75-78--227; Randy Nichols, Connersville 76-77-NC--NC

CONNECTICUT 152-154-147--453; Tim Kane, Simsbury 78-74-73--225; Dave Szewczul, Farmington 75-80-74--229; Mark Farrell, Westport 77-81-81--239

LOUISIANA 148-156-149--453; Robby McWilliams, Bossier City 76-79-71--226; Jeff Calloway, Baker 72-77-78--227; Mike Walder, Lafayette 81-83-82--246

OHIO 147-156-151--454; Alan Fadel, Toledo 70-81-76--227; John Bishop, Columbus 77-78-75--230; Dan DeVore, Cincinnati 78-78-82--238

NEW MEXICO 145-155-158--458; Matt Williams, Las Cruces 70-75-76--221; Anton Salome, Socorro 75-81-82--238; Tom Clark, Albuquerque 77-80-84--241

KENTUCKY 150-151-158--459; Mark Blakefield, Maysville 75-74-80--229; Buddy Bryant, Lexington 77-77-78--232; Jim Sweeney, Crescent Springs 75-78-80--233

IDAHO 155-155-151--461; Travis Gibbens, Caldwell 77-75-76--228; Bob Wheeler, Eagle 78-83-75--236; Marc Rhoades, McCall 84-80-79--243

WYOMING 156-150-157--463; Todd Griffin, Casper 77-74-80--231; John Hornbeck, Saratoga 81-76-77--234; Morgan Splichal, Gillette 79-NC-84--NC

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 155-166-149--470; Chad Westby, Washington 77-83-74--234; Matthew Finger, Washington 78-83-75--236; Richard Glasgow, Washington 84-83-90--257

ALASKA 158-162-151--471; Ross Walther, Wasilla 78-83-76--237; Greg Sanders, Anchorage 80-83-75--238; Benji Sumulong, Anchorage 82-79-79--240

MONTANA 160-154-159--473; Jeff Ballard, Billings 78-76-77--231; Spencer Williams, Great Falls 82-78-82--242; Billy Thompson, Great Falls 87-81-84--252

PUERTO RICO 166-164-166--496; Fernando Herrera, San Juan 83-81-81--245; Luis de la Haba, San Juan 83-83-85--251

Bluffton, S.C. – Top 15 individual scorers (including ties) following the third and final round of the USGA Men’s State Team Championship, played Thursday at the par-72, 7,037-yard South Course at Berkeley Hall:

Terrence Miskell, New Braunfels, Texas, 67-71-70--208

David Noll Jr, Dalton, Ga., 73-70-67--210

Will Swift, Hoover, Ala., 70-69-72--211

Emmett Turner, Greenwood, S.C., 76-69-67--212

Frank Vana Jr, Boylston, Mass., 72-69-72--213

Paul Simson, Raleigh, N.C., 68-76-69--213

Alan Hill, Spring Branch, Texas, 72-72-70--214

Keith Decker, Martinsville, Va., 73-70-71--214

Nathan Smith, Brookville, Pa., 68-72-74--214

Ben Choe, Scottsdale, Ariz., 70-71-74--215

Steven Hudson, Birmingham, Ala., 75-74-66--215

Tim Jackson, Germantown, Tenn., 72-70-73--215

Tripp Davis, Norman, Okla., 70-74-71--215

Anthony Apostolico, Newark, Del., 73-71-72--216

Todd Mitchell, Bloomington, Ill., 73-72-71--216