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CoverSenior Andrew MedleyCredits The 2006-07 Auburn Men's Golf Media Guide is published by Auburn Media Relations, a division of the Auburn Athletic Department, Jay Jacobs, Director. The media guide was written, designed and edited by Ben Beaty with assistance from Chuck Gallina on Adobe InDesign. Special thanks to Mike Griffin, Ryan Cab-bage and Kirk Sampson for their editorial contributions. Printing by Interstate Printing. Photographs by Mike Griffin, Todd Van Emst, Emily McLain, Tony Hall and Jeff Etheridge. Covers designed by Pamela Welch.Note to the Media Auburn Media Relations considers its work with the media top priority. Part of that commitment is the publication of this media guide and the continuing distribution of tournament notes and releases. Should a request arise, please do not hesitate to contact us. We appreciate your interest in Auburn golf and look forward to an outstanding season.

Location ................................................................................ Auburn, AlabamaFounded ......................................................................................... April 1, 1856Enrollment ................................................................................................ 23,547Interim President .................................................. Dr. Edward R. RichardsonConference ...................................................................................SoutheasternColors ................................................................. Burnt Orange and Navy BlueNickname ................................................................................................... TigersHome Courses ............................................Auburn University Club (Par 72) Grand National Lake Course (Par 72) Grand National Links Course (Par 72) Saugahatchee Country Club (Par 72) Auburn Links (Par 72) Farm Links (Par 72) Moore's Mill Golf Course (Par 72) Indian Pines Golf Course (Par 72)Head Coach ...........................................................Mike Griffin (23rd Season)Record at Auburn ........................................................... 2686-1553-60 (.632)Assistant Coach ........................................... Ryan Cabbage (Eighth Season)Auburn Athletic Department .................................................(334) 844-4750Media Relations Department ................................................(334) 844-9800Men's Golf Office ......................................................................(334) 844-9759FAX ..............................................................................................(334) 844-9807Chuck Gallina, Golf Contact (Home) .....................................(334) 502-0929Gallina Email Address: ....................................................gallica@auburn.eduBen Beaty, Golf Contact (Cell) ................................................(334) 703-0637Beaty Email Address: ................................................. beatybw@auburn.eduAU Men's Golf on the Web: ....................................www.auburntigers.com

Table of Contents2006-07 Schedule ................................ 22006-07 Team Photo/Roster ............. 3

Coaching StaffHead Coach Mike Griffin ................ 4-5Asst. Coach Ryan Cabbage ................ 6

2006-07 Auburn TigersNils Bjorling ........................................... 7Jamie Bowen ........................................ 8Brent Cooper ........................................ 9Steven Groover ..................................10Patton Kizzire .....................................11Andrew Medley ............................12-13Cole Moreland ....................................14Jay Moseley .........................................15Jake Nolen ...........................................16Glenn Northcutt .................................17Gordon Strother ................................18Keith White .........................................19Southeastern Conference ................202006-07 Tournament Information .21

2005-06 Season Review2005-06 Season-in-Review ..............222005-06 Results ...........................23-242005-06 Statistics ........................25-26

Auburn Golf HistoryAU in the NCAA Championship ......27AU in the NCAA Regionals .........28-29AU in the SEC Championship ..........302002 SEC Champions ........................31Tournament History ..........................32Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate. .33-35Aloha! ...................................................36Year-by-Year Results ...................37-40All-Time Records ................................41All-Americans .....................................42All-Time Honors ..................................43Auburn's Greatest Players ................44Tigers in the Pros ..........................45-47All-Time Letterman ......................48-49

Auburn UniversityAuburn University ........................50-51Auburn-Opelika Golf .........................52AU Club at Yarbrough Farms ...........53Tigers Home Courses ..................54-55AU Golf Teaching Facility .................56

Athletic Support .................................57 City of Auburn .....................................58 Tiger ......................................................59 Aubie ....................................................60

Auburn Quick Facts 2006-07 Auburn Tigers

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September 15-17 Carpet Capital Collegiate Dalton, Ga. The Farm Golf Club (15th of 18)

September 25-26 Shoal Creek Invitational Birmingham, Ala. Shoal Creek Golf Club (5th of 15)

October 9-10 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Birmingham, Ala. Old Overton Golf Club (7th of 12)

October 14-15 Bank of Tennessee Ridges Intercollegiate Jonesborough, Tenn. The Ridges Golf Club (6th of 15)

October 29-31 Callaway Match Play Championship Ft. Worth, Texas Colonial Country Club (0-2)

February 21-23 John Burns Intercollegiate Wahiawa, Hawaii Leileihua Golf Course

March 4-6 Seminole Intercollegiate Tallahassee, Fla. Golden Eagle Country Club

March 17-18 Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational Statesboro, Ga. Bulls Bay Golf Club

March 26-27 Morris Williams Intercollegiate Austin, Texas Austin Country Club

Mar. 31-April 1 Administaf ASU Invitational Augusta, Ga. Champions Retreat Golf Course

April 7-8 Boilermaker Invitational West Lafayette, Ind. Kampen Golf Course

April 20-22 SEC Championship Sea Island, Ga. Sea Island Golf Club

May 17-19 NCAA Regional TBA TBA

May 30-June 2 NCAA Championship Williamsburg, Va. Golden Horseshoe

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Name Year Exp. Hometown Last SchoolNils Bjorling Junior TR Borlange, Sweden Midland CCJamie Bowen Junior TR Dawsonville, Ga. Central Ala. CCBrent Cooper Freshman HS Valley Head, Ala. Fort PayneSteven Groover Junior SQ Birmingham, Ala. HooverPatton Kizzire Junior 2L Tuscaloosa, Ala. NorthridgeAndrew Medley Senior 3L Athens, Ala. AthensCole Moreland Freshman RS Austin, Texas WestlakeJay Moseley Junior 1L Bainbridge, Ga. BainbridgeJake Nolen Sophomore TR Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham So.Glenn Northcutt Sophomore 1L Dothan, Ala. Houston AcademyGordon Strother Junior TR St. Simons Island, Ga. UT-ChattanoogaKeith White Sophomore SQ Huntsville, Ala. Grissom

Head Coach: Mike Griffin (Troy State '70) 23rd Year at AuburnAssistant Coach: Ryan Cabbage (Auburn '98) Eighth Year at Auburn

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2006-07 Auburn TigersSitting (l to r): Brent Cooper, Steven Groover, Jay Moseley, Cole Moreland. Standing: Glenn Northcutt, Assistant coach Ryan Cabbage, Patton Kizzire, Keith White, Gordon Strother, Jake Nolen, Andrew Medley, Jamie Bowen, Nils Bjorling, Head coach Mike Griffin

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• NCAA Hall of Fame inductee in 2000• Four-time SEC Coach of the Year in 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002• Led Tigers to 14 NCAA Championship appearances• SEC Champions in 2002• Eight-time runner-up at the SEC Championship• Has a 2686-1553-60 (.632) record in 23 years at Auburn• Has defeated 4,267 teams in his 33-year career• Coached 10 All-Americans, 1 NCAA Champion, 1 SEC Player of the Year, 3 SEC Individual Champions, 24 All-SEC selections, 24 SEC Aca-demic Honor Roll selections and 3 SEC Freshman of the Years• Led Auburn to 28 tournament titles• Won 3 Div. II National Championships at Troy State in 1976, 1977, 1984• Nine-time Conference Coach-of-the-Year at Troy State

MIKE GRIFFIN TAP-INS

Mike Griffin is as much a part of Auburn Athletics as Toomer's Corner, Jordan-Hare Stadium and Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum are to this town and athletic program. Griffin enters his 23rd year on the Plains as the head men’s golf coach, and since his tenure began at Auburn in 1984, progress has been the constant goal. He has brought success to the sport of golf at Auburn University. Griffin has led the Tigers to 16 NCAA Regional appear-ances in the last 18 years and to the NCAA Championships 14 times out of 22 years, a per-centage not matched by any other coach in school history. The coaching career for the 33-year veteran began at his alma mater, Troy State. After graduating as one of the greatest golfers in Trojan history, Griffin played on the mini-tour, but returned to Troy State after two years and took over the program. As an amateur, Griffin amassed 30 amateur tournament wins as well as claiming the 1968 and 1969 Alabama Collegiate Con-ference Championship. He graduated from Troy State in 1970 with a degree in educa-tion. In only 11 seasons at Troy State, Griffin accumulated 1,581 wins, seven Gulf South Conference Championships, led the Trojans to the NCAA Division II Championships

nine-straight years, finishing lower than fourth place only once. He was also honored as the conference’s Coach of the Year nine times and won the National Championship in 1976, 1977 and 1984. Griffin coached 32 All-Americans while at Troy State. In 1985, Griffin moved to the Plains and took the Tigers to two tournament victories and a berth in the NCAA Championships, where they finished 18th. He was awarded the District III South Coach of the Year in his first season, but that was only the beginning for Griffin and the Tigers. In his second year, he took Auburn back to the NCAA Championship and finished 22nd. In 1990, Griffin led the team to a first-place finish in the NCAA East Regional. In perhaps one of the best performances in Auburn golf history, Jimmy Green won in-dividual honors while leading his team to Auburn’s first-ever regional title. Over his 33-year career, Griffin has defeated 4,267 teams, an incredible achieve-ment. Although he strives for success on the golf course, he also encourages his players to perform well in the classroom. During his tenure at Auburn, Griffin has had 24 Academic All-SEC choices. Griffin has been named the NCAA Coach of the Year for Region III South five times: 1984-85, 93-94, 94-95 and 96-97. In 1995, he was also named the SEC Coach of the Year. That same year he coached Iain Steel, who went on to earn All-America honors and was named the SEC Player of the Year. Griffin has also coached Auburn’s only NCAA individual champion, Chip

Spratlin in 1996 and one of the most decorated Tigers in his-tory in Lee Williams. Williams was a two-time Walker Cup member, a two-time All-Amer-ican, a two-time Academic All-American, a three-time All-SEC selection and a member of the United States World Amateur Team. Griffin is a four-time SEC Coach of the Year selec-tion, being named in 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2002. In 2000, Griffin was inducted into the GCAA Hall of Fame.

Griffin led the Tigers to a third-place finish in the SEC Championship in 2001 and a runner-up finish in 2000. In 1994, Griffin led the Tigers to a tie with Tennessee for second time in the SEC Champion-ship. That same year, Grand National’s Lake Course in Ope-lika, was the site of the NCAA East Regional, in which the Tigers finished ninth on their home course to advance to the NCAA Championship. In 2002, the Tigers captured

HEAD COACHMIKE GRIFFIN

(Troy State '70) •23rd-year at Auburn(2686-1553-60, .632)

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Year Schools Record Pct. SEC National1973-74 Troy State 51-97-1 .346 5th1974-75 Troy State 109-43-3 .713 1st 7th1975-76 Troy State 144-24-4 .849 1st 1st1976-77 Troy State 205-24-0 .895 2nd 1st1977-78 Troy State 107-69-3 .606 2nd 2nd1978-79 Troy State 189-90-6 .674 2nd 4th1979-80 Troy State 175-59-0 .748 1st 4th1980-81 Troy State 195-75-3 .720 1st 3rd1981-82 Troy State 135-69-0 .662 1st 4th1982-83 Troy State 133-38-2 .775 1st 2nd1983-84 Troy State 138-54-0 .719 1st 1st1984-85 Auburn 166-69-1 .706 5th 18th, NCAA Championship1985-86 Auburn 143-55-2 .720 4th 22nd, NCAA Championship1986-87 Auburn 87-90-4 .492 6th 1987-88 Auburn 102-57-7 .636 t-3rd 1988-89 Auburn 115-97-6 .541 5th t-29th, NCAA Championship1989-90 Auburn 136-89-1 .604 5th t-25th, NCAA Championship1990-91 Auburn 107-70-1 .604 2nd 13th, NCAA East Regional 1991-92 Auburn 125-52-1 .705 2nd 13th, NCAAEast Regional 1992-93 Auburn 155-71-6 .681 5th 17th, NCAA Championship1993-94 Auburn 150-49-2 .751 2nd 7th, NCAA Championship1994-95 Auburn 137-62-7 .682 2nd t-16th, NCAA Championship1995-96 Auburn 107-58-2 .647 7th t-13th, NCAA East Regional1996-97 Auburn 159-50-2 .758 2nd t-16th, NCAA Championship1997-98 Auburn 146-54-4 .725 6th 10th, NCAA Championship1998-99 Auburn 55-92-2 .371 6th 1999-00 Auburn 137-59-1 .698 2nd 14th, NCAA Championship2000-01 Auburn 99-75-5 .580 3rd 13th, NCAA East Regional2001-02 Auburn 134-69-2 .659 1st t-28th, NCAA Championship2002-03 Auburn 132-70-0 .653 2nd t-8th, NCAA Championship2003-04 Auburn 75-121-3 .384 3rd t-21st, NCAA Championship2004-05 Auburn 119-53-0 .692 2nd 13th, NCAA West Regional2005-06 Auburn 100-91-1 .523 5th t-19th, NCAA Championship

Troy State Totals (11 years) ............. 1581-642-22 ........... .714Auburn Totals (22 years) .................. 2686-1553-60 ......... .632Career Totals (33 years) .................... 4267-2195-82 ......... .658

MIKE GRIFFIN YEAR-BY-YEAR

the SEC Championship, the first under Griffin. The following year (2003) the Tigers won three tournaments (Palencia Invitational, Rehling Invitational and the AU Mulit-Match) and finished second in the SEC and ranked 14th in the country. Despite a winning percentage of .384 for the 2004 season, the Tigers advanced the NCAA Championship where they tied for 21st. Last season, Griffin guided the Tigers to their sixth-straight NCAA Regional appearance and 12th appearance out of the last 13 years. The Tigers have also ap-peared in the NCAA Championships for 14 times during Griffin’s tenure. The Tigers finished as the SEC Championship runner-

up for the eighth time under Griffin. While at Auburn, Griffin has led the Tigers to 29 tournament titles. He also played an instrumental role in bringing the 2000 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship to Grand National’s Lake Course. This was the first ever NCAA Championship in men’s golf hosted by Auburn University and the state of Alabama. There is no better coach than Mike Griffin to lead Auburn Golf. He has turned Auburn into one of the top golf programs in the country.

Mike and Joyce Griffin

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CABBAGE CHIP SHOTS

In his eighth season at Auburn, Ryan Cabbage has helped turn the Auburn golf program into one of the premier programs in the country. As a former Tiger golfer, Cabbage brings ex-perience and knowledge of golf to Auburn. A native of Rutledge, Tenn., Cabbage played his first two years at Walters State Community College in Morristown, Tenn., where he was the 1995 National Junior College Individual Champion. Cabbage let-tered at Auburn from 1996-98 and competed in the 1997 NCAA Championship at Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, Ill. "I think the fact that Ryan has been a part of our pro-gram not only as a coach for seven years, but also as a player for three years , adds more to the understanding of Auburn and the Auburn community," head coach Mike Griffin said."He has been with me for a long time, so we are

on the same wavelength. He brings some different things to the program that really enhances it." Before coming back to the Plains Cabbage spent a year with the Southeastern Junior Golf Tour in Opelika, Ala., as a tournament direc-tor. In 2004, Cabbage was runner-up for the Assistant Coach of the Year, which is presented by TaylorMade-Adidas Golf. He currently serves as the Assistant Coach Representative on the Golf Coaches Asso-ciation of America National Advisory Board. Cabbage is married to the former Jennifer Falkner of Marietta, Ga. They are the proud parents of three boys, twins Carson Sawyer and Maddox Falkner, born Feb. 16, 2004; and Davis Ryan, born Dec. 19, 2005. He is a 1998 Auburn Univer-sity graduate with a B.A. in Communications.

• Full name: Ryan Willis Cabbage• Born: October 8, 1975• Family: Married to the former Jennifer Falkner. Parents of three boys, twins Carson Sawyer and Maddox Falkner, born Feb. 16, 2004; and Davis Ryan, born Dec. 19, 2005. • Playing Experience: Two-year letterwinner at Auburn University (1996-98); two-year letterwinner at Walters State Community Col-lege in Morristown, Tenn.; 1995 National Junior College Individual Champion• Coaching Experience: Eighth-year as an assistant at Auburn (1999-2007); Runner-up for the Assistant Coach of the Year in 2004; South-eastern Junior Golf Tour tournament director in 1999.

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ASST. COACHRYAN CABBAGE

(Auburn '98) •Eighth- year at Auburn

Ryan and Jennifer Cabbage with sons, Maddox, Carson and Davis.