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GOLF PLUS
Ivory Powers
School's out on which college yields the most Tour talent
by John O'Keefe
Posted: Wed April 29, 1998
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Before Matt Kuchar arrived, Stewart Cink, David Duval and Larry
Mize all played for Georgia Tech. Does that make the Yellow
Jackets' program the most productive in the college game? Not a
chance. As the chart below shows, Florida, with Mark
Calcavecchia and Dudley Hart among its 12 alumni on Tour, is pro
golf's leading talent factory. Still, the Gator alums aren't the
most successful class of 1998. That honor goes to Texas's 10-man
posse, which has earned more than $2 million, although Ben
Crenshaw hasn't won a dime. The Longhorns' stampede features
money leader Justin Leonard, No. 12 Bob Estes, No. 89 Omar
Uresti and Tom Kite, who ranks 93th.
Kite (left) and Crenshaw led Texas in '72
(Lane Stewart)
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For career achievement, check out Wake Forest, a.k.a. the Arnold
Palmer Golf Academy. With 104 Tour titles since 1955, the Demon
Deacons, who have sent Palmer Scholarship recipients Scott Hoch,
Curtis Strange and Lanny Wadkins to the pros, lead the nation in
that department. Ohio State's Buckeyes can boast 86 Tour
victories, including 19 majors. Of course, Jack Nicklaus
accounts for 70 of those wins and all the majors except Tom
Weiskopf's '73 British Open title.
Who's No. 1 all-around? Our choice is Houston, which won 16
national titles between 1954 and '85 and has sent more than 70
players to the Tour. With Bill Rogers (1981 British Open), Fuzzy
Zoeller ('84 U.S. Open), Fred Couples ('92 Masters) and Steve
Elkington ('94 PGA), Houston's the only school to have a
different alum win each major. "I didn't need Nicklaus," said
Dave Williams, who coached the Cougars from 1952 to '87 and
often stocked his team with enough talent for two NCAA winners.
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SCHOOL
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1998
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ALLTIME
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TOUR PLAYERS
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MONEY
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NCAA TITLES
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TOUR TITLES
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MAJORS
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MONEY
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Florida
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12
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$1,123,433
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3
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36
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4
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$24,642,801
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Houston
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11
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$1,251,565
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16
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70
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6
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$42,064,218
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Texas
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10
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$2,100,112
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2
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53
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5
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$35,822,802
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Wake Forest
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9
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$1,065,382
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9
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104
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9
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$38,885,584
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Oklahoma St.
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9
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$1,396,823
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8
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28
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1
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$20,580,172
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Arizona St.
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8
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$1,576,291
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2
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34
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0
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$26,981,668
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USC
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7
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$704,752
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0
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23
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4
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$16,734,898
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BYU
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7
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$267,727
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1
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32
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2
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$15,053,789
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Ohio St.
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6
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$732,525
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2
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86
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19
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$19,989,351
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New Mexico
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6
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$602,080
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0
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3
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0
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$7,780,864
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Issue date: May 4, 1998
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