University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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••?. Jim Furyk, who has stepped forward this year as one of the teams leaders, concen- trates as he prepares to attempt the putt. Photo by ROBERT F. WALKER MEN ' S GOLF 81

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Golf Team Survives Without Gamez Living life without Mr. Gamez, is what Rick LaRose described this year as. After losing Gamez a year early to the PGA the golf team was forced to move on without it ' s star However the team has stepped into the gap extremely well. Even without Gamez the team is still one of the top 5 teams in the country. Coach LaRose said that Jim Furyk, a returning all Ameri- can, has done well and stepped in to take over the reigns as team leaden Trev Anderson, another returning all-Ameri- can, also performed well and gave a boost to the team. petition he said, the team spirit is unique ... it is as good as I ' ve ever seen. He commented that the team was like their fraternity and that they were al- ways together Also since competition was so fierce. Coach LaRose said that it was important that the players like the U of A as a school because they may not always get to play. His attitude is reflected in his players grades, the golf club has one of the highest GPAs of any team and it has many members of the Golden Eagle Club (the club that recognizes superior student athletes). The coach said that competition was U of A is definitely in the elite group of fierce among the members of the team college golf, for spots. However even with the com- Trev Anderson, pleased with his shot, smiles as It heads down the fair- way Photo by ROBERT F. WALKER Team member Chris- tian Pena drives the ball down the fair- way hoping to be able to improve his score on this hole. Photo by ROBERT F. WALKER 80 MEN ' S GOLF

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Season Wrap-Up The Basket Cats wrapped up their season by being eliminated in NCAA Second Round Play. Pacific 10 co-champion Arizona finished a suc- cessful season with a loss to Alabama, 77-55, in a NCAA West second-round game at Long Beach, California. The Wildcats completed the season with an overall record of 25-7 and a Pacific- 10 record of 15-3. Winning a first-round game with South Florida, 79-67 Arizona went into the tournament as the West No.2 seed and ranked No. 14 in the final AP ranking. It was the third year in a row that the Wildcats won at least one game in the NCAA championships. UA made the Sweet 16 in 1989 and the Final Four in 1988. The Arizona line-up lost the services of senior lettermen Jud Buechler, Brian David and Harvey Mason. Streak wise the Cats will enter the 1991 season with a 47-game home-court win- ning streak in McKale. The Wildcats have a 32-game home-court Pac-10 win- ning streak and a 11-game Pac-10 win- ning streak. Photos by Spencer Walters Brice Samuel 82 BASKETBALL