2009 Hall of Fame Inductee - BYU Men's Golf Team, 1981 NCAA Champions
After a string of six-straight top-five NCAA finishes with out a title, the BYU’s men’s golf team broke through in 1981 and captured the school’s first outright NCAA Championship at the Stanford University Golf Course in Palo Alto, Calif. Three Cougars — Dick Zokol, Keith Clearwater and Rick Fehr — finished in the top 15 as BYU edged out Oral Roberts in the final round to win the championship by two shots with a four round score of 1161.
BYU trailed Oral Roberts by eight strokes after the first round, but came back with the best round of the tournament, a four-under-par 280 on the second day. A 296 in the third round gave BYU a slim one-shot lead over the Golden Eagles with 18 holes remaining. Led by the senior Zokol, the Cougars fired a closing round 291 for a two-shot victory. Zokol’s 4-over-par 288, was good for eighth place individually.
1. BYU | 294-280-296-291 - 1161 |
2. Oral Roberts | 286-294-291-292 - 1163 |
3. Houston | 289-291-294-296 - 1170 |
4. Oklahoma State | 297-295-292-287 - 1171 |
5. Arizona State | 293-288-297-294 - 1172 |
6. Georgia | 294-294-297-291 - 1176 |
T7. New Mexico | 288-298-294-300 - 1180 |
T7. Tennessee | 302-285-295-298 - 1180 |
9. Wake Forest | 303-293-292-294 - 1182 |
10. Texas A&M | 293-286-300-304 - 1183 |
1. Ron Commans, USC | 71-72-71-69 - 283 |
2. Jay Don Blake, Utah State | 70-69-69-76 - 284 |
Ed Leuthke, Fresno State | 73-69-73-69 - 284 |
4. Robert Wrenn, Wake Forest | 73-72-70-70 - 285 |
5. Grant Turner, Florida State | 75-71-68-73 - 287 |
Tommy Armour, New Mexico | 72-71-70-74 - 287 |
Bob Tway, Oklahoma State | 73-70-74-70 - 287 |
8. Charlie Bolling, Duke | 78-69-71-70 - 288 |
Richard Zokol, BYU | 76-66-72-74 - 288 |
10. Kirk Jones, Centen | 75-68-73-73 - 289 |
Keith Clearwater, BYU | 73-71-75-70 - 289 |
Steve Jones, Colorado | 75-71-71-72 - 289 |
Jim Kane, Oral Roberts | 73-71-74-71 - 289 |
Ray Barr, Houston | 71-73-72-73 - 289 |
15. Richard Fehr, BYU | 72-69-77-72 - 290 |