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YES, IT IS A SPORT!

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Jonathan thingyinson fired a three-under par 68 on the final day of competition at the CSU Spring Kickoff Tournament, helping him finish fourth overall at the season-opening event.


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wish we had a team when I was there, might have motivated me to stay and finish.
But congrads to Jonathan on a great showing, hopefully the team will continue to improve and get stronger this season.


*EDIT: I don't even know how to fix this one- the auto "vulgarity-killer" butchered this poor kid's NAME! It's "Dikinson" but w/ a "c" in it for cryin' out loud*

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Actually, Toby McKeon (sp?) of DC Talk fame helped star up the team while we were in school, PAmedic. I'm not sure exactly what officially was our first year of NCAA competition.

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man, wish I'd known that then- of course I didn't really appreciate golf until about 10 years ago. And I think I still have a DC Talk tape* somewhere.


*(old hag term alert: means "cassette tape", was an updated version of the 8-tracks we USED to listen to - still have some of those as well! Pre- CD and laser disk days)

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Toby was pretty good. I should see if he wants to post on this board. I still talk with him from time to time. My wife and I attend his family's church in Northern VA when we go up there. Fair Oaks church (formerly Bethlehem Baptist). Rev Stokes is pretty cool. I am sure there are several current LU students from that church.

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Actually Jonathan was on my hall my first semester

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Flames finish 7th at the William and Mary Invitational

1 Wm. & Mary, Coll. of 296 306 602 +26 (Playoff winner)
2 Richmond, Univ. of 294 308 602 +26
3 Maryland, U. of 300 305 605 +29
4 George Washington 305 304 609 +33
5 Boston College 305 308 613 +37
6 George Mason Univ. 306 308 614 +38
7 Liberty University 309 311 620 +44
8 St. Louis University 310 314 624 +48
St. Joseph's Univer. 303 321 624 +48
10 St. Bonaventure U. 313 312 625 +49
James Madison Univ. 311 314 625 +49
12 Villanova University 314 313 627 +51
13 Navy 302 326 628 +52
14 Loyola College 312 320 632 +56
15 Drexel University 310 328 638 +62
16 Cleveland State U. 323 333 656 +80
17 Dayton, Univ. of 329 328 657 +81
DNF Lehigh University 312 DNF


*Ya think I can still join the team; I don't attend the school and I live in PA but w/ practice I'm pretty sure I could card an 80!

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in the fine tradition (mine) of recognizing the unsung heros of LU, congrats to Sr. Jonathan D1ckinson for recieving the BSC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in mens' golf!

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Tee times for today's round of the BSC championship- do ya think it'll be carried live on radio? HAH

Hole:  1      Brian Hayes           SO    High Point U.                9:15       Jonathan D1ckinson    SR    Liberty University  



      Hole:  1      Pat Rutter            FR    High Point U.                9:24       Peter Horstman        FR    Liberty University  



      Hole:  1      Marc Issler           FR    High Point U.                9:33       John Parker McKoy     FR    Liberty University  



      Hole:  1      Chase Wilson          SO    High Point U.                9:42       Eric Klinger          SR    Liberty University  



      Hole:  1      Matthew Hammond       JR    High Point U.                9:51       Andrew Turner         JR    Liberty University  

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How on earth did Lehigh get a DNF? Did they all throw their back out or something?

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When will we get a women's golf team?

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was thinking that but didn't want to start it. Would probably be an issue w/ scholarship availability- then again , what is the financial impact on the SCHOOL of a scholarship athelete? is there a big $ loss per or is that really a non-issue/low impact?

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LUconn said:

How on earth did Lehigh get a DNF? Did they all throw their back out or something?

since you mentioned it, I looked it up and, surprise, surprise- our website was INCORRECT, this is straight from Lehigh's site: Williamsburg, VA – Lehigh shot a 638 as a team to finish in a tie for 15th in an 18-team field at the two-day William and Mary Invitational on Sunday and Monday. The host Tribe shot a 602 and won a playoff over Richmond to win the event, which took place at the Par 72 Golden Horseshoe Golf Course.


Team Scores
Finish
School Score

1 William and Mary 602**

2 Richmond 602

3 Maryland 605

4 George Washington 609

5 Boston College 613

6 George Mason 614

7 Liberty 620

8 St. Louis 624
St. Joseph’s 624

10 St. Bonaventure 625
James Madison 625

12 Villanova 627

13 Navy 628

14 Loyola 632

15 Drexel 638
Lehigh 638

17 Cleveland State 656

18 Dayton 657

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Flames Finish First Day Of Big South Championship In Second Place


libertyflames.com/golf/news.asp?news_id=2443
2 days left to go, so stay tuned!

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after round 2 we are now 3rd, 2 shots behind CSU. Coastal is running away w/ it: 34 shots ahead. D1ckinson is +1 on the tourney, not bad at all.

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Finished 3rd, Coastal took 1st-looks like they'll be getting the Sasser Cup this year.

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Nice job guys: Flames Finish Season With Second-Place Finish At Scotty Duncan Invitational

libertyflames.com/golf/news.asp?news_id=2544

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Flames In 11th Place After First Two Rounds At Raines Development Intercollegiate

September 19, 2005 · Florence, S.C.

The Flames stood just eight strokes off the pace of play after the completion of the first round earlier in the morning; however, Liberty struggled a bit on the second 18 holes and currently stand in 11th place out of 14 teams at the Raines Development Group Intercollegiate, hosted by Francis Marion at the Country Club of South Carolina.

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Flames Finish Season-Opening Tournament In 11th Place

The Flames were not able to make a move on the final day of competition as Liberty remained in the same position as they were at the conclusion of the first day, finishing its season-opening tournament in 11th place out of 14 teams at the Raines Development Group Intercollegiate, hosted by Francis Marion at the Country Club of South Carolina.

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Excellent 2nd place finish guys!

Course-Record Performance Keeps Flames From Claiming JMU Invitational Title

October 11, 2005 · Harrisonburg, Va.

George Mason’s Mike Kirby fired a course-record 10-under-par 61 on the final day to enable the Patriots to climb over the Flames and claim the James Madison Invitational title by one strokes, Tuesday afternoon, at the Lakeview Golf Course.

Liberty led the event after the first and second 18 holes on Monday by one stroke over host James Madison and George Mason. However, the Patriots bested the Flames by two strokes in the final 18 holes of competition as George Mason finished the event with a 16-under-par 836 (279-282-275), while Liberty fell one stroke short of the title as the Flames carded a 15-under-par 837 (279-281-277).

Both James Madison (285-276-278) and Drexel (285-273-281) finished the two-day tournament with a 13-under-par 839, while Villanova finished fifth with an 11-under-par 841 (288-283-270).

Kirby’s record-breaking performance on the par-71, 6,517 yard course enable him to claim individual medalist honors with a 16-under-par 197 (66-70-61), while James Madison’s Jay Lindell was four strokes behind with a 12-under-par 201 (66-69-66).

Liberty’s Andrew Turner carded the best three rounds of his career as the senior finished the event in third place with an 11-under-par 202 (69-67-66).

Also helping the Flames to a second-place tournament finish was Parker McKoy, who finished tied for 14th with a three-under-par 210 (69-71-70), Raul Calvo, who finished tied for 20th with a one-under-par 212 (70-72-70), Peter Horstman, who finished tied for 38th with a four-over-par 217 (71-75-71) and Stephen Hawk, who finished in a tie for 64th place with a 14-over-par 227 (79-71-77).

The Flames return to the links next Monday and Tuesday as they host the Frank Landry Invitational at Poplar Grove Golf Course in Amherst, Va., for a two-day 54-hole event.

Andrew Turner led the Flames to a second-place finish at the JMU Invitational with a career-best 11-under-par.

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SMOOTHIE referred to this in another thread ("Fall Sports") but I thought it worth posting here as well:
Frank Landrey Invitational Results - Final Round

we win by 10 strokes, "B" team ties for 5th, and our guys place 4th, 5th and 6th individually! Great Job!

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No write up on this one yet- only stuff in print is from the conclusion of round 1, where we were 12 shots ahead. Will post it when I see it though.

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Found the write up on this tourney: Flames Claim Title At Inaugural Frank Landrey Invitational

October 18, 2005 · Amherst, Va.

Several teams made a run at the Flames but none were able to overcome Liberty’s sizeable first round lead and the team’s late final round heroics as Liberty finished 10 strokes ahead of its nearest competitor to claim the first-ever title at the Frank Landrey Invitational, Tuesday afternoon, at the Poplar Grove Golf Course.

Liberty entered the final 18 holes of competition with a 12-stroke advantage; however, the lead quick dissipated as Maryland closed to within one stroke as the two teams made the turn. But the Flames got a five-under par performance by Peter Hong on the back nine, while Parker McKoy birdied the final three holes to help seal the Flames’ first tournament victory of the year.

Liberty finished the 54-hole event with a 15-over-par 879 (289-291-299), while Maryland (304-288-297) and George Mason (300-296-293) finished tied for second with a 25-over-par 889. Towson finished fourth out of 10 teams as the Tigers carded the best round on the final day with an even-par 288 to finish the tournament at 36-over-par 900 (304-308-288).

For the second week in a row, George Mason’s Mike Kirby was able to walk away with individual medalist honors as the senior was one of two players to finish the tournament under par with a two-under-par 214 (70-71-73), while Towson’s Jeff Castle finished one shot back at one-under-par 215 (72-73-70), thanks to the best round on the final day with a two-under-par 70 on the par-72, 7,059 yard course.

Liberty placed three golfers in the top six as Hong finished with a career-best two-over-par 218 (73-73-72) for fourth place, while Andrew Turner finished in fifth with a three-over-par 219 (67-76-76), posting the best round of the event with a five-under-par 67 in Monday’s opening round.

Nathan Schenz-Davis finished in sixth place with a four-over-par 220 (74-68-78), while McKoy finished in a tie for 29th place with a 17-over-par 235 (80-80-73) as the sophomore recovered from a pair of 80s on the opening day to finish with a one-over-par 73 on Tuesday. Raul Calvo rounded out Liberty’s championship team as the freshman finished tied for 35th with a 19-over-par 235 (75-74-86).

A second set of Liberty golfers competed in the event as well with the “B” team finishing tied for fifth overall with a 42-over-par 906 (298-300-308). Sam Nelson led the second squad as he finished 10th with a seven-over-par 223 (75-74-74), followed by Albie Powers, who tied for 19th with a 12-over-par 228 (73-77-78), Michael Turner, who finished tied for 33rd with an 18-over-par 234 (73-80-81), Peter Horstman, who finished tied for 39th with a 20-over-par 236 (85-76-75) and Joshua Mast, who finished in 42nd place with a 23-over-par 239 (77-73-89).

The Flames will return to the links on October 24 and 25 as they travel to Concord, N.C., to participate in the 49er Classic for a two-day, 54-hole event hosted at the Cabarrus Country Club.

Fin. School Scores
1 Liberty University 289 291 299 879 +15
2 Maryland, U. of 304 288 297 889 +25
George Mason Univ. 300 296 293 889 +25
4 Towson University 304 308 288 900 +36
5 Longwood University 310 293 303 906 +42
Liberty - B 298 300 308 906 +42
7 James Madison Univ. 303 291 313 907 +43
8 Detroit Mercy, U. of 309 299 305 913 +49
9 Rutgers University 300 305 317 922 +58
10 Temple University 318 321 315 954 +90

1 Liberty University 289 291 299 879
4 Peter Hong 73 73 72 218 +2
5 Andrew Turner 67 76 76 219 +3
6 Nathan Schenz-Davis 74 68 78 220 +4
T 29 John Parker McKoy 80 80 73 233 +17
T 35 Raul Calvo 75 74 86 235 +19

T 5 Liberty - B 298 300 308 906
10 Sam Nelson 75 74 74 223 +7
T 19 Albie Powers 73 77 78 228 +12
T 33 Michael Turner 73 80 81 234 +18
T 39 Peter Horstman 85 76 75 236 +20
42 Joshua Mast 77 73 89 239 +23

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Liberty Finishes 49er Classic In Tie For 12th Place

October 25, 2005 · Concord, N.C.

The Flames weren’t able to climb any higher on the final day of competition as Liberty entered the final 18 holes of the 49er Classic in a share of 12th place and finished in the same location as the Flames carded a 314 earlier today to place 12th out of 16 teams at the two-day, 54-hole event.

Host Charlotte won the overall event by a commanding 20 strokes as the 49ers fired the best round of the day and the third best of the overall event with a seven-over-par 295 on the day to claim the team championship with a 20-over-par 884 (290-299-295).

Charlottes’ closest competitor was Davidson, who finished in second place with a 40-over-par 904 (302-304-298), while Ball State finished in third place with a 42-over-par 906 (311-293-302) and Long Beach State placed fourth with a 43-over-par 907 (308-293-306).

Charlottes’ Ray Sheedy was the only golfer to post a score in red numbers en route to individual medalist honors as the junior finished the event with a four-under-par 212 (68-73-71) and posted the only sub-par round on the final day at the par-72, 7,116 yards Cabarrus Golf Course with a one-under-par 71.

Jacksonville’s Daniel Willett (69-70-72) and Charlotte’s David Rawluk (74-75-72) tied for second place as both golfers finished with a five-over-par 221, while follow 49er Stefan Wiedergruen placed fourth with a seven-over-par 223 (71-74-78).

The Flames (309-315-314) finished the event in a two-way tie for 12th place along with Belmont Abbey (316-315-307) as the two squads carded scores of 74-over-par 938.

Flames’ rookie Nathan Schenz-Davis posted his second-straight Top 25 finish as the freshman finished in a tie for 23rd out of 83 golfers with a 13-over-par 229 (77-74-78).

Also finishing for Liberty was Peter Hong, who was tied for 44th with an 18-over-par 234 (75-82-77), Parker McKoy (80-79-80) and Jay Calvo (80-80-79), who tied for 61st place with a 23-over-par 239 and Andrew Turner, who finished 68th with a 24-over-par 240 (77-82-81).

The Flames will conclude their fall golf schedule next weekend when they travel to Kitty Hawk, N.C., to participate in the ODU/Seascape Tournament, with the two-day, 54-hole event scheduled to be played at the Seascape Golf Course.

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Great job by the frosh!
Schenz-Davis Named Big South Golfer Of The Week

October 27, 2005 · Lynchburg, Va.

Liberty University golfer Nathan Schenz-Davis has been named this week’s Big South Golfer of the Week, honoring his efforts at the 49er Classic earlier this week.

Schenz-Davis (Fr., San Diego, Calif.) recorded his fourth-straight Top 25 finish as the freshman finished in a six-way tie for 23rd place at the 49er Classic with a 12-over-par 229 (77-74-78) at the two-day, 54-hole event. His low round of 74 was the seventh-best round of the afternoon session on Monday.

On the season, Schenz-Davis has posted a 73.8 strokes per round average in eight rounds of golf. Schenz-Davis and the Flames will conclude their fall golf schedule next weekend when they travel to Kitty Hawk, N.C., to participate in the ODU/Seascape Tournament, with the two-day, 54-hole event scheduled to be played at the Seascape Golf Course.

Freshman Nathan Schenz-Davis has been named this week's Big South Golfer of the Week.

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so much for the 1st round lead. Keep the faith, guys!

Flames Drop To Sixth-Place Finish At ODU-Seascape Collegiate

November 1, 2005 · Kitty Hawk, N.C.

Host Old Dominion carded the best round of the tournament to climb over top of three teams, including Liberty, to claim the team title at the 26th annual ODU-Seascape Collegiate thanks in part to a five-under-par 279 on Tuesday.

The Monarchs entered the final day of competition in fourth place behind the Flames, who had a three-stroke lead over Radford, a five-stroke lead over Kennesaw State and an eight-stroke advantage over Old Dominion after the first 18 holes.

However, the homestanding Monarchs bested the field of 15 teams by a minimum of seven strokes with a final round 279, while Liberty slipped from the top spot to sixth in the final standings as the Flames carded a 16-over-par 300 on Tuesday after firing a one-under-par 283 yesterday at the par-71, 6256-yard Seascape Golf Course.

Overall, Old Dominion finished the event in first place with a two-over-par 568 (291-279), while Kennesaw State (288-288) and George Washington (295-281) finished in a two-way tie for second with an eight-over-par 576. The Flames dropped to sixth place as Liberty concluded the tournament with a 15-over-par 583 (283-300).

James Madison’s Scott Marino claimed individual medalist honors with a five-under-par 137 (69-68), while George Washington’s Brian Carroll finished second with a three-under-par 139 (70-69). Four players finished tied for third with a one-under-par 141 to round out the individuals in red numbers in the field of 78 golfers.

Liberty was led by Nathan Schenz-Davis, who led after the first day of competition along with fellow teammate Parker McKoy as both were at three-under-par; however, Schenz-Davis fell back to 12th place and finished the tournament with a one-over-par 143 (68-75).

McKoy finished tied for 17th place with a three-over-par 145 (68-77), while Andrew Turner finished tied for 24th with a four-over-par 146 (73-73), Jay Calvo finished tied for 43rd with a seven-over-par 149 (74-75) and Peter Hong finished tied for 66th with a 15-over-par 157 (76-81).

The ODU-Seascape Collegiate wraps up the Flames’ fall golf season that saw Liberty record three Top 5 finishes in five events, including a first-place finish at the Frank Landrey Intercollegiate and a second-place finish at the James Madison Invitational.

Liberty will return to the link in the spring with a full slate of events that will feature key match-ups against Big South Conference opponents and District II foes as the Flames will attempt to qualify for their second-ever appearance in the NCAA Regionals with an automatic bid by virtue of a conference title or an at-large bid by finishing amongst the tops of the District II rankings.

Fin. School Scores
1 Old Dominion Univ. 291 279 570 +2
2 Kennesaw St. Univ. 288 288 576 +8
George Washington 295 281 576 +8
4 Elon University 295 283 578 +10
5 Radford University 286 295 581 +13
6 Liberty University 283 300 583 +15
7 Drexel University 297 287 584 +16
8 Richmond, Univ. of 299 286 585 +17
9 Campbell University 301 286 587 +19
10 James Madison Univ. 301 288 589 +21
11 Delaware, U. of 303 295 598 +30
12 High Point U. 303 296 599 +31
13 Francis Marion U. 294 306 600 +32
Winthrop University 301 299 600 +32
15 Hofstra University 326 311 637 +69

Liberty University 283 300 583 +15
T12 Richard Schenz-Davis Liberty 68 75 143 +1
T17 John Parker McKoy Liberty 68 77 145 +3
T24 Andrew Turner Liberty 73 73 146 +4
T43 Raul Calvo Liberty 74 75 149 +7
T66 Peter Hong Liberty 76 81 157 +15

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actually a nice article on former coach Frank Landrey.

LU coach drove his players ... literally

Lynchburg News & Advance
December 12, 2005

It’s one of the few professions where the job title itself becomes a mark of respect.

Coach. It’s like Governor, or Reverend, a way of addressing someone that persists long after the title has become merely symbolic.

Legendary E.C. Glass High School basketball coach Jimmie Bryan later became Mayor of Lynchburg, but no one ever called him “Mr. Mayor.” He remained, until the day he died, “Coach.”

Similarly, Frank Landrey has been a lot of things in his life - athlete, businessman, husband, father, religious convert, and now an author. They’re all important, but he most defines himself by the 14 years he spent as a coach at Liberty University.

“I knew when it was time to leave,” he said, “but I cried like a baby.”

Landrey didn’t have the thrill of leading teams into a packed stadium or arena as the television cameras rolled. No one ever carried on a public debate about his job performance. He coached the golf team.

Prior to that, he traveled a multi-state territory trying to sell barbecue to restaurants and supermarkets. The progression (or regression) from that to golf coach was not a logical step.

“Our daughter enrolled at Liberty,” Landrey recalled recently, “and when we took her back to school (from Indiana) one year, I went to one of the basketball games on campus. I ran into Mike Hall, who started the golf program at Liberty and who knew I’d played golf at Georgia Tech, and Mike told me, ‘Frank, God has laid it on my heart for you to be the golf coach at Liberty.’”

Salary, $3,000 a year. And this was in 1992.

“It didn’t worry me,” he said, “because I knew my wife Carol would never go for it. But when I told her, she said, ‘Frank, I think that’s what the Lord has prepared you to do. Why don’t you take it?”

He didn’t tell her the $3,000 part. Not then.

Some coaches eventually leave the profession because they grow tired of the criticsm, or because they can no longer relate to their players. Landrey left, in part, “because it got so I was having trouble staying awake on those long van trips. And I always drove the van.”

Unlike coaches with dozens of athletes under their guidance, however, he cherished that “van time” with the five or six Flames golfers he took on road trips.

“It gave me a chance to really talk to them,” he said.

Maybe he even told them his own story. Despite standing only 5-8, Landrey was the starting point guard for the Georgia Tech basketball team for two seasons. Late in his junior year, though, he started feeling guilty.

“I had joined a fraternity,” he said, “and I was drinking some, and Coach (John) Hyder had a rule against drinking. So when he called me into his office and told me he was suspending me for the rest of the season, I just figured he’d found out what I’d been doing at parties. He said, ‘You know why I’m doing this, don’t you?’ and I said, ‘Yes sir.’”

The next fall, when Landrey returned for his senior year, there was no uniform for him. He was off the team permanently.

“I was devastated,” Landrey said. “I went into a tailspin. It seemed like such a harsh punishment for breaking one rule.”

It wasn’t until a number of years later, when he happened to run into his old coach, that he found out the truth. Hyder had suspended him not for drinking, but because he believed Landrey was shaving points.

That was a major problem in the early ’60s, with a number of college basketball programs tarnished by it. In case you didn’t know, each athletic event has a “line” attached to it.

If Duke is “giving” 10 points to Virginia in a basketball game, for instance, it means that Duke has to outscore Virginia by at least 11 points for you to collect if you bet on Duke to win.

What happened, then, was that gamblers would approach players on some of the better teams and say: “Look, son, I know you love your school, and you’d never do anything to lose a game for them. We’re not asking you to do that. But what’s the harm if your team only wins by five points instead of eight? Could you help make that happen?”

Back in Vincennes, Ind., Frank Landrey’s father was a prodigious gambler. One of his best friends, also his bookie, called young Frank one day and said: “Would you mind letting me know if you’re ever hurt and not going to play in a game? That’s information we’d like to know.”

So did the FBI, which had a put a “tail” on the Yellow Jackets’ star guard and was monitoring his phone calls. When they intercepted a message to Frank from the Indiana bookie, they put two and two together and got five.

“I was completely innocent,” Landrey said, “but it looked bad.”

He remembered the heartbreak of being misjudged and misunderstood and incorporated that pain into his coaching. His coaches at Georgia Tech did what they did, in part, because they didn’t really know him - and Landrey vowed not to make the same mistake with his golfers.

Over the years, he had a lot of difficult decisions to make. LU only had four golf scholarships, and Landrey had to chop them up and dole them out in such a way as to provide maximum motivation. Rules, meanwhile, had to be enforced. He once suspended four of his top golfers for drinking right before the Penn State Invitational, the biggest tournament of the year.

“We went anyway,” he said, “and we finished last.”

(Frank Landrey will be signing copies of his new book, ‘True Tales of College Golf,’ at Givens Books from 7-9 on Dec. 16, and later at New Life Books and Mustard Seed). LU coach drove his players ... literally